Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Known for

Directing

Born

October 12, 1965 (age 60)

Birthplace

Seattle, Washington, USA

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-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,"...

Best known work

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
Citizenfour
Citizenfour
2014
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
Audrie & Daisy
Audrie & Daisy
2016
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020
Betting on Zero
Betting on Zero
2016
The Invisible War
The Invisible War
2012
Cameraperson
Cameraperson
2016
Risk
Risk
2017
A Decade Under the Influence
A Decade Under the Influence
2003

Filmography

  1. TBA

    Sontag

    Screenplay, Director

  2. 2024

    Sabbath Queen

    Cinematography

  3. 2024

    Helen and the Bear

    Executive Producer

  4. 2024

    A Photographic Memory

    Executive Producer

  5. 2023

  6. 2023

    Subject

    as Self

  7. 2021

  8. 2020

    The Viewing Booth

    Executive Producer

  9. 2020

    Mother

    Executive Producer

  10. 2020

    On the Record

    Additional Camera

  11. 2020

    Dick Johnson Is Dead

    as Self, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer

  12. 2019

  13. 2019

    Museum Town

    Director of Photography

  14. 2018

    Cradle of Champions

    Additional Camera

  15. 2018

    A Thousand Thoughts

    Director of Photography

  16. 2018

    Crime + Punishment

    Camera Operator

  17. 2018

  18. 2018

    Brooklyn Inshallah

    Consulting Producer

  19. 2017

    32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

    Additional Photography

  20. 2017

    Atomic Homefront

    Additional Camera

  21. 2017

    Rolling Stone: Stories from the EdgeTV

    Director of Photography

  22. 2017

    Risk

    Co-Producer, Director of Photography

  23. 2017

  24. 2016

    A Thousand Mothers

    Director of Photography

  25. 2016

    The Joy of Extreme Possibility

    Director of Photography

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