Kirsten Johnson
Born: 1965-10-12 in Seattle, Washington, USA
Known For: Directing
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."
Filmography
2024
- A Photographic Memory ... (Executive Producer)
- Helen and the Bear ... (Executive Producer)
- Sabbath Queen ... (Cinematography)
2023
- Subject as Self
- The Arc of Oblivion as Self
2021
- Arctic Summer ... (Thanks)
2020
- Dick Johnson Is Dead as Self
- On the Record ... (Additional Camera)
- The Viewing Booth ... (Executive Producer)
- Mother ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Museum Town ... (Director of Photography)
- Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good ... (Director of Photography)
2018
- Brooklyn Inshallah ... (Consulting Producer)
- Cradle of Champions ... (Additional Camera)
- Crime + Punishment ... (Camera Operator)
- A Thousand Thoughts ... (Director of Photography)
- ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016 as self
2017
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge ... (Director of Photography)
- Atomic Homefront ... (Additional Camera)
- Risk ... (Director of Photography)
- In the Service of the Film as self
- 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide ... (Additional Photography)
2016
- Cameraperson as Self (archive footage)
- Audrie & Daisy ... (Additional Camera)
- Betting on Zero ... (Additional Director of Photography)
- The Joy of Extreme Possibility ... (Director of Photography)
- Trapped ... (Director of Photography)
- A Thousand Mothers ... (Director of Photography)
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- The Above ... (Director)
- Buffalo Returns ... (Director of Photography)
- The Armor of Light ... (Additional Photography)
- A Woman Like Me ... (Director of Photography)
- Very Semi-Serious ... (Director of Photography)
- Once a Month on Sunday ... (Director of Photography)
2014
- Citizenfour ... (Director of Photography)
- The Wound and the Gift ... (Director of Photography)
- 1971 ... (Director of Photography)
- Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity ... (Director of Photography)
- That Film About Money ... (Director of Photography)
2013
- Fatal Assistance ... (Director of Photography)
- Seeds of Time ... (Camera Operator)
- ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage ... (Additional Photography)
2012
- Virgin Tales ... (Director of Photography)
- The Invisible War ... (Director of Photography)
- A Place at the Table ... (Director of Photography)
- The Program ... (Producer)
- Here One Day ... (Director of Photography)
2011
- Yelling To The Sky ... (Still Photographer)
- This Very Life ... (Cinematography)
- I Came to Testify ... (Director of Photography)
- The Lady Is a Fighting Lion ... (Director of Photography)
2010
- No Woman, No Cry ... (Director of Photography)
- The Oath ... (Director of Photography)
- The Edge of Joy ... (Additional Camera)
2009
- Outrage ... (Additional Camera)
- Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref ... (Co-Producer)
2008
- Lioness ... (Director of Photography)
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell ... (Director of Photography)
- Throw Down Your Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Oscar's Comeback ... (Director of Photography)
2007
- Election Day ... (Director of Photography)
- Slacker Uprising ... (Director of Photography)
- Darfur Now ... (Director of Photography)
- Crime Fiction ... (Director of Photography)
- Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts ... (Director of Photography)
- How Much Is Your Life Worth? ... (Additional Camera)
2006
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated as Self - Interviewer (voice)
- Welcome Back to the Barrio ... (Second Assistant Camera)
2005
- Red Hook Justice ... (Director of Photography)
- Project Leap: Learning Out Loud ... (Director of Photography)
2004
- Fahrenheit 9/11 ... (Additional Camera)
- Ladies First ... (Director of Photography)
- Innovation: Life, Inspired ... (Camera Operator)
- Deadline ... (Director)
- The Venetian Dilemma ... (Additional Photography)
- Building to Extremes ... (Camera Operator)
2003
- India ... (Camera Operator)
- Risk/Reward ... (Additional Photography)
- Heart of America ... (Art Direction)
- A Decade Under the Influence ... (Additional Camera)
- Asylum ... (Director of Photography)
- Starring Osama Bin Laden ... (Camera Operator)
- Boys Will Be Girls ... (Director of Photography)
- Chasing the Virus ... (Camera Operator)
- A Nation on Edge ... (Camera Operator)
- Rokia: Voice of a New Generation ... (Director of Photography)
2002
- Frontline/World ... (Camera Operator)
- Wide Angle ... (Camera Operator)
- The Hamptons ... (Director of Photography)
- The Hamptons ... (Additional Camera)
- Derrida ... (Director of Photography)
- Two Towns of Jasper ... (Additional Camera)
- Ancient Poison, Modern Cure ... (Camera Operator)
- American Standoff ... (Director of Photography)
2001
- Perpetua 664 ... (Director of Photography)
- Brother Born Again ... (Director of Photography)
- Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle ... (Director of Photography)
- Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today ... (Director of Photography)
- Trembling Before G-d ... (Additional Camera)
1999
- Innocent Until Proven Guilty ... (Director)
1997
- Science Times ... (Camera Operator)
1995
- Bintou in Paris ... (Director)
1994
- Il faut que je l'aime ... (Director of Photography)
1988
- Point of View ... (Director of Photography)