Snowden is a 2016 biographical political thriller film directed by Oliver Stone and written by Stone and Kieran Fitzgerald, based on the books The Snowden Filesby Luke Harding and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. The cast includes Joseph Gordon-Levitt as the titular character Edward Snowden with Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo, Zachary Quinto, Tom ..