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