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Director
Kirsten Johnson
- Born October 12, 1965 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Kirsten Johnson (born 12 October 1965, Seattle) is a cinematographer and documentary filmmaker. She graduated from Brown University in 1987, with a BA in Fine Arts and Literature. After two years in West Africa working on local fiction and documentary film projects, she attended the FEMIS (the French National Film School) in Paris. Her film "Cameraperson" premiered at Sundance 2016 and her short "The Above" premiered at 2015 New York Film Festival.
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Her work as a cinematographer appears in Oscar-winning "Citizen Four," Academy Award-nominated, "The Invisible War," Tribeca winner, "Pray the Devil Back to Hell," "Fahrenheit 9/11", Academy Award-nominated "Asylum," "This Film is Not Yet Rated," and "Derrida."
Known for
Fahrenheit 9/112004
Citizenfour2014
This Film Is Not Yet Rated2006
Audrie & Daisy2016
Dick Johnson Is Dead2020
Betting on Zero2016
The Invisible War2012
Cameraperson2016
Filmography
- TBASontagFilmDirector, Screenplay
- 2024A Photographic MemoryFilmExecutive Producer
- 2024Helen and the BearFilmExecutive Producer
- 2024Sabbath QueenFilmCinematography
- 2023SubjectFilmSelf
- 2023The Arc of OblivionFilmSelf
- 2021Arctic SummerFilmThanks
- 2020Dick Johnson Is DeadFilmSelf, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
- 2020On the RecordFilmAdditional Camera
- 2020MotherFilmExecutive Producer
- 2020The Viewing BoothFilmExecutive Producer
- 2019Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds GoodFilmDirector of Photography
- 2019Museum TownFilmDirector of Photography
- 2018Crime + PunishmentFilmCamera Operator
- 2018Cradle of ChampionsFilmAdditional Camera
- 2018ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016Filmself
- 2018A Thousand ThoughtsFilmDirector of Photography
- 2018Brooklyn InshallahFilmConsulting Producer
- 2017RiskFilmDirector of Photography, Co-Producer
- 201732 Pills: My Sister's SuicideFilmAdditional Photography
- 2017Rolling Stone: Stories from the EdgeSeriesDirector of Photography
- 2017Atomic HomefrontFilmAdditional Camera
- 2017In the Service of the FilmFilmself
- 2016Audrie & DaisyFilmAdditional Camera
- 2016Betting on ZeroFilmAdditional Director of Photography
- 2016CamerapersonFilmSelf (archive footage), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
- 2016TrappedFilmDirector of Photography
- 2016The Joy of Extreme PossibilityFilmDirector of Photography
- 2016A Thousand MothersFilmDirector of Photography
- 2015Close Up with The Hollywood ReporterSeriesSelf
- 2015The Armor of LightFilmAdditional Photography
- 2015Very Semi-SeriousFilmDirector of Photography
- 2015A Woman Like MeFilmDirector of Photography
- 2015The AboveFilmDirector, Producer, Director of Photography
- 2015Buffalo ReturnsFilmDirector of Photography
- 2015Once a Month on SundayFilmDirector of Photography
- 2014CitizenfourFilmDirector of Photography, Co-Producer
- 20141971FilmDirector of Photography
- 2014Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. GravityFilmDirector of Photography
- 2014That Film About MoneyFilmDirector of Photography
- 2014The Wound and the GiftFilmDirector of Photography
- 2013Fatal AssistanceFilmDirector of Photography
- 2013Seeds of TimeFilmCamera Operator
- 2013ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to StageFilmAdditional Photography
- 2012The Invisible WarFilmDirector of Photography
- 2012A Place at the TableFilmDirector of Photography
- 2012Virgin TalesFilmDirector of Photography
- 2012Here One DayFilmDirector of Photography
- 2012The ProgramFilmProducer, Director of Photography
- 2011Yelling To The SkyFilmStill Photographer
- 2011I Came to TestifyFilmDirector of Photography
- 2011The Lady Is a Fighting LionFilmDirector of Photography, Assistant Editor
- 2011This Very LifeFilmCinematography
- 2010The OathFilmDirector of Photography
- 2010No Woman, No CryFilmDirector of Photography
- 2010The Edge of JoyFilmAdditional Camera
- 2009OutrageFilmAdditional Camera
- 2009Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin ArefFilmCo-Producer, Editor
- 2008Pray the Devil Back to HellFilmDirector of Photography
- 2008Throw Down Your HeartFilmDirector of Photography
- 2008LionessFilmDirector of Photography
- 2008Oscar's ComebackFilmDirector of Photography
- 2007Slacker UprisingFilmDirector of Photography
- 2007Darfur NowFilmDirector of Photography
- 2007Crime FictionFilmDirector of Photography
- 2007How Much Is Your Life Worth?FilmAdditional Camera
- 2007Election DayFilmDirector of Photography, Producer
- 2007Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary ArtsFilmDirector of Photography
- 2006This Film Is Not Yet RatedFilmSelf - Interviewer (voice), Director of Photography
- 2006Welcome Back to the BarrioFilmSecond Assistant Camera
- 2005The Venetian DilemmaFilmAdditional Photography
- 2005Red Hook JusticeFilmDirector of Photography
- 2005Project Leap: Learning Out LoudFilmDirector of Photography
- 2004Fahrenheit 9/11FilmAdditional Camera
- 2004DeadlineFilmDirector, Director of Photography
- 2004Ladies FirstFilmDirector of Photography
- 2004Building to ExtremesFilmCamera Operator
- 2004Innovation: Life, InspiredSeriesCamera Operator
- 2003A Decade Under the InfluenceFilmAdditional Camera
- 2003Heart of AmericaFilmArt Direction