Kirsten Johnson
Biography
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. Her work as a cinematographer appears in Oscar-…
Known For
Citizenfour
Co-Producer
Fahrenheit 9/11
Additional Camera
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Self
Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
Cameraperson
Self (archive footage)
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Filmography
Acting (8)
Movies (7)
Subject
2023as Self
The Arc of Oblivion
2023as Self
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020as Self
ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
2018as self
In the Service of the Film
2017as self
Cameraperson
2016as Self (archive footage)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006as Self - Interviewer (voice)
Television (1)
Crew (116)
Movies (109)
A Photographic Memory
2024Executive Producer
Sabbath Queen
2024Cinematography
Helen and the Bear
2024Executive Producer
Arctic Summer
2021Thanks
The Viewing Booth
2020Executive Producer
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020Director
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020Director of Photography
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020Producer
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020Writer
On the Record
2020Additional Camera
Mother
2020Executive Producer
Museum Town
2019Director of Photography
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
2019Director of Photography
Cradle of Champions
2018Additional Camera
A Thousand Thoughts
2018Director of Photography
Brooklyn Inshallah
2018Consulting Producer
Crime + Punishment
2018Camera Operator
Atomic Homefront
2017Additional Camera
Risk
2017Co-Producer
Risk
2017Director of Photography
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
2017Additional Photography
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
2016Director of Photography
Cameraperson
2016Director
Cameraperson
2016Director of Photography
Cameraperson
2016Producer
Audrie & Daisy
2016Additional Camera
A Thousand Mothers
2016Director of Photography
Betting on Zero
2016Additional Director of Photography
Trapped
2016Director of Photography
Once a Month on Sunday
2015Director of Photography
Very Semi-Serious
2015Director of Photography
The Armor of Light
2015Additional Photography
The Above
2015Director
The Above
2015Director of Photography
The Above
2015Producer
Buffalo Returns
2015Director of Photography
A Woman Like Me
2015Director of Photography
The Wound and the Gift
2014Director of Photography
That Film About Money
2014Director of Photography
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
2014Director of Photography
Citizenfour
2014Co-Producer
Citizenfour
2014Director of Photography
1971
2014Director of Photography
Fatal Assistance
2013Director of Photography
Seeds of Time
2013Camera Operator
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2013Additional Photography
A Place at the Table
2012Director of Photography
Virgin Tales
2012Director of Photography
Here One Day
2012Director of Photography
The Invisible War
2012Director of Photography
The Program
2012Director of Photography
The Program
2012Producer
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
2011Assistant Editor
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
2011Director of Photography
Yelling To The Sky
2011Still Photographer
I Came to Testify
2011Director of Photography
This Very Life
2011Cinematography
No Woman, No Cry
2010Director of Photography
The Edge of Joy
2010Additional Camera
The Oath
2010Director of Photography
Outrage
2009Additional Camera
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
2009Co-Producer
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
2009Editor
Oscar's Comeback
2008Director of Photography
Lioness
2008Director of Photography
Throw Down Your Heart
2008Director of Photography
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
2008Director of Photography
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
2007Director of Photography
Slacker Uprising
2007Director of Photography
Election Day
2007Director of Photography
Election Day
2007Producer
Darfur Now
2007Director of Photography
Crime Fiction
2007Director of Photography
How Much Is Your Life Worth?
2007Additional Camera
Welcome Back to the Barrio
2006Second Assistant Camera
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006Director of Photography
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
2005Director of Photography
Red Hook Justice
2005Director of Photography
Building to Extremes
2004Camera Operator
The Venetian Dilemma
2004Additional Photography
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004Additional Camera
Ladies First
2004Director of Photography
Deadline
2004Director
Deadline
2004Director of Photography
Chasing the Virus
2003Camera Operator
A Nation on Edge
2003Camera Operator
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
2003Director of Photography
Risk/Reward
2003Additional Photography
Starring Osama Bin Laden
2003Camera Operator
Heart of America
2003Art Direction
Asylum
2003Director of Photography
India
2003Camera Operator
A Decade Under the Influence
2003Additional Camera
Boys Will Be Girls
2003Director of Photography
American Standoff
2002Director of Photography
Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
2002Camera Operator
Two Towns of Jasper
2002Additional Camera
Derrida
2002Director of Photography
Trembling Before G-d
2001Additional Camera
Brother Born Again
2001Director of Photography
Perpetua 664
2001Director of Photography
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
2001Director of Photography
Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
2001Director of Photography
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
1999Director
Bintou in Paris
1995Director
Bintou in Paris
1995Screenplay
Il faut que je l'aime
1994Director of Photography
Sontag
Director
Sontag
Screenplay
Television (7)
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