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
- Helen and the Bear ... (Executive Producer)
- Sabbath Queen ... (Cinematography)
- A Photographic Memory ... (Executive Producer)
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
- Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good ... (Director of Photography)
- Museum Town ... (Director of Photography)
2018
- Brooklyn Inshallah ... (Consulting Producer)
- A Thousand Thoughts ... (Director of Photography)
- Crime + Punishment ... (Camera Operator)
- Cradle of Champions ... (Additional Camera)
- ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016 as self
2017
- Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge ... (Director of Photography)
- Risk ... (Co-Producer)
- Atomic Homefront ... (Additional Camera)
- 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)
- The Joy of Extreme Possibility ... (Director of Photography)
- A Thousand Mothers ... (Director of Photography)
- Betting on Zero ... (Additional Director of Photography)
- Trapped ... (Director of Photography)
2015
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter as Self
- A Woman Like Me ... (Director of Photography)
- Buffalo Returns ... (Director of Photography)
- The Armor of Light ... (Additional Photography)
- Very Semi-Serious ... (Director of Photography)
- The Above ... (Director)
- Once a Month on Sunday ... (Director of Photography)
2014
- Citizenfour ... (Co-Producer)
- Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity ... (Director of Photography)
- The Wound and the Gift ... (Director of Photography)
- That Film About Money ... (Director of Photography)
- 1971 ... (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)
- A Place at the Table ... (Director of Photography)
- The Invisible War ... (Director of Photography)
- The Program ... (Producer)
- Here One Day ... (Director of Photography)
2011
- Yelling To The Sky ... (Still Photographer)
- I Came to Testify ... (Director of Photography)
- This Very Life ... (Cinematography)
- The Lady Is a Fighting Lion ... (Director of Photography)
2010
- The Edge of Joy ... (Additional Camera)
- No Woman, No Cry ... (Director of Photography)
- The Oath ... (Director of Photography)
2009
- Outrage ... (Additional Camera)
- Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref ... (Editor)
2008
- Lioness ... (Director of Photography)
- Throw Down Your Heart ... (Director of Photography)
- Pray the Devil Back to Hell ... (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
- Project Leap: Learning Out Loud ... (Director of Photography)
- Red Hook Justice ... (Director of Photography)
- The Venetian Dilemma ... (Additional Photography)
2004
- Fahrenheit 9/11 ... (Additional Camera)
- Ladies First ... (Director of Photography)
- Innovation: Life, Inspired ... (Camera Operator)
- Building to Extremes ... (Camera Operator)
- Deadline ... (Director)
2003
- Risk/Reward ... (Additional Photography)
- A Decade Under the Influence ... (Additional Camera)
- Asylum ... (Director of Photography)
- Heart of America ... (Art Direction)
- India ... (Camera Operator)
- Boys Will Be Girls ... (Director of Photography)
- Starring Osama Bin Laden ... (Camera Operator)
- Rokia: Voice of a New Generation ... (Director of Photography)
- A Nation on Edge ... (Camera Operator)
- Chasing the Virus ... (Camera Operator)
2002
- The Hamptons ... (Director of Photography)
- Wide Angle ... (Camera Operator)
- Derrida ... (Director of Photography)
- Frontline/World ... (Camera Operator)
- The Hamptons ... (Additional Camera)
- Two Towns of Jasper ... (Additional Camera)
- Ancient Poison, Modern Cure ... (Camera Operator)
- American Standoff ... (Director of Photography)
2001
- Perpetua 664 ... (Director of Photography)
- Trembling Before G-d ... (Additional Camera)
- Brother Born Again ... (Director of Photography)
- Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today ... (Director of Photography)
- Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle ... (Director of Photography)
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
- POV ... (Director of Photography)