Snowden: Directed by Oliver Stone. With Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jaymes Butler. The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by one of the agency's employees, Edward Snowden, in the form of thousands of classified documents distributed to the press.

In 2013, Edward Snowden arranges a clandestine meeting in Hong Kong with Laura Poitras and journalist Glenn Greenwald. They discuss releasing the classified information in the former's possession regarding illegal mass surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency (NSA).

Snowden (2016) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

Edward Snowden: Whistleblower or Spy?: Directed by Wanda Koscia, Tilman Remme. With Craig Fletcher, Sean Gallagher, Edward Snowden. Five years after his sensational disclosure of top-secret NSA documents, this film tells the untold story of Edward Snowden.

Citizenfour: Directed by Laura Poitras. With Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, William Binney, Jacob Appelbaum. A documentarian and a reporter travel to Hong Kong for the first of many meetings with Edward Snowden.

Edward Snowden was born on 21 June 1983 in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Citizenfour (2014), Snowden (2016) and The Alternative Christmas Message 2013 (2013).

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Meeting Snowden: Directed by Flore Vasseur. With Edward Snowden, Lawrence Lessig, Birgitta Jónsdóttir. Global activists Snowden, Jonsdottir, and Lessig discuss democracy's future, their struggles, its fragility, and potential solutions in a candid conversation amidst Snowden's precarious situation.

Oliver Stone visited the real Edward Snowden after filming wrapped and showed him a work-in-progress cut of the film. Edward Snowden's parents attended a screening of the film, and praised Joseph Gordon-Levitt for his portrayal of their son.

The main character in the movie 'Snowden' was a dishonest and grossly false representation of the real Edward Snowden. Oliver Stone portrays him as this hot shot genius big-wig within the NSA and CIA when the truth is that Edward Snowden was really a mid-level intelligence analyst.