Known For
Directing
Born
Oct 12, 1965
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
Credits
106 titles
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-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
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography
Museum Town
Director of Photography
Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera
A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography
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
Director of Photography
Risk
Co-Producer
In the Service of the Film
self
A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
Cameraperson
Self (archive footage)
Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
Trapped
Director of Photography
The Above
Director
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Very Semi-Serious
Director of Photography
The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
A Woman Like Me
Director of Photography
Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography
Once a Month on Sunday
Director of Photography
That Film About Money
Director of Photography
Citizenfour
Co-Producer
The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
1971
Director of Photography
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Director of Photography
Seeds of Time
Camera Operator
Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography
Here One Day
Director of Photography
The Program
Producer
Virgin Tales
Director of Photography
A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
I Came to Testify
Director of Photography
Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer