Kirsten Johnson
- Directing
- October 12, 1965 · 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," and "Derrida."
Known for
Filmography
- Sabbath Queen · Cinematography
- Helen and the Bear · Executive producer
- A Photographic Memory · Executive producer
- The Arc of Oblivion · Self
- Subject · Self
- Arctic Summer · Thanks
- The Viewing Booth · Executive producer
- Mother · Executive producer
- On the Record · Additional Camera
- Dick Johnson Is Dead · Self, Director
- Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good · Cinematography
- Museum Town · Cinematography
- Cradle of Champions · Additional Camera
- A Thousand Thoughts · Cinematography
- Crime + Punishment · Camera Operator
- ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016 · Self
- Brooklyn Inshallah · Consulting Producer
- 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide · Additional Photography
- Atomic Homefront · Additional Camera
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge · Cinematography
- Risk · Co-producer, Cinematography
- In the Service of the Film · Self
- A Thousand Mothers · Cinematography
- The Joy of Extreme Possibility · Cinematography
- Audrie & Daisy · Additional Camera
- Cameraperson · Self, Director
- Betting on Zero · Additional Director of Photography
- Trapped · Cinematography
- The Above · Director, Producer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- Very Semi-Serious · Cinematography
- The Armor of Light · Additional Photography
- A Woman Like Me · Cinematography
- Buffalo Returns · Cinematography
- Once a Month on Sunday · Cinematography
- That Film About Money · Cinematography
- Citizenfour · Cinematography, Co-producer
- The Wound and the Gift · Cinematography
- 1971 · Cinematography
- Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity · Cinematography
- Seeds of Time · Camera Operator
- Fatal Assistance · Cinematography
- ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage · Additional Photography
- Here One Day · Cinematography
- The Program · Producer, Cinematography
- Virgin Tales · Cinematography
- A Place at the Table · Cinematography
- The Invisible War · Cinematography
- I Came to Testify · Cinematography
- Yelling To The Sky · Still Photographer
- The Lady Is a Fighting Lion · Cinematography, Assistant Editor
- This Very Life · Cinematography
- The Oath · Cinematography
- No Woman, No Cry · Cinematography
- The Edge of Joy · Additional Camera
- Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref · Co-producer, Editing
- Outrage · Additional Camera
- Throw Down Your Heart · Cinematography
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell · Cinematography
- Oscar's Comeback · Cinematography
- Lioness · Cinematography
- Darfur Now · Cinematography
- Slacker Uprising · Cinematography
- Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts · Cinematography
- How Much Is Your Life Worth? · Additional Camera
- Election Day · Cinematography, Producer
- Crime Fiction · Cinematography
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated · Self, Cinematography
- Welcome Back to the Barrio · Second Assistant Camera
- Project Leap: Learning Out Loud · Cinematography
- The Venetian Dilemma · Additional Photography
- Red Hook Justice · Cinematography
- Deadline · Director, Cinematography
- Ladies First · Cinematography
- Fahrenheit 9/11 · Additional Camera
- Building to Extremes · Camera Operator
- Innovation: Life, Inspired · Camera Operator
- Rokia: Voice of a New Generation · Cinematography
- A Nation on Edge · Camera Operator
- Chasing the Virus · Camera Operator