Kirsten Johnson
Directing
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. 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."
Filmography
Sabbath Queen
Helen and the Bear
A Photographic Memory
The Arc of Oblivion
Self
Subject
Self
Arctic Summer
The Viewing Booth
Mother
On the Record
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Self
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Museum Town
Cradle of Champions
A Thousand Thoughts
Crime + Punishment
Brooklyn Inshallah
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Atomic Homefront
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Risk
In the Service of the Film
self
A Thousand Mothers
Audrie & Daisy
Cameraperson
Self (archive footage)
Betting on Zero
Trapped
The Above
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Very Semi-Serious
The Armor of Light
A Woman Like Me
Buffalo Returns
That Film About Money
Citizenfour
The Wound and the Gift
1971
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Seeds of Time
Fatal Assistance
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Here One Day
The Program
Virgin Tales
A Place at the Table
The Invisible War
I Came to Testify
Yelling To The Sky
The Oath
No Woman, No Cry
The Edge of Joy
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Outrage
Throw Down Your Heart
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Lioness
Darfur Now
Slacker Uprising
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Election Day
Crime Fiction
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Welcome Back to the Barrio
Deadline
Ladies First
Fahrenheit 9/11
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
A Decade Under the Influence
Asylum
Boys Will Be Girls
Risk/Reward
Heart of America
Wide Angle
The Hamptons
Frontline/World
Derrida
Two Towns of Jasper
Trembling Before G-d
Perpetua 664
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Brother Born Again
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Bintou in Paris
Il faut que je l'aime
POV