Kirsten Johnson
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Female
Birthday
1965-10-12 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA
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."
Acting
(2023)
Subject
as Self
(2023)
The Arc of Oblivion
as Self
(2020)
Dick Johnson Is Dead
as Self
(2018)
(2017)
In the Service of the Film
as self
(2016)
Cameraperson
as Self (archive footage)
(2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
Crew
Sontag
Screenplay, Director
(2024)
A Photographic Memory
Executive Producer
(2024)
Helen and the Bear
Executive Producer
(2024)
Sabbath Queen
Cinematography
(2021)
Arctic Summer
Thanks
(2020)
The Viewing Booth
Executive Producer
(2020)
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
(2020)
Mother
Executive Producer
(2020)
On the Record
Additional Camera
(2019)
Museum Town
Director of Photography
(2019)
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography
(2018)
Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera
(2018)
Crime + Punishment
Camera Operator
(2018)
A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography
(2018)
Brooklyn Inshallah
Consulting Producer
(2017)
Risk
Co-Producer, Director of Photography
(2017)
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Additional Photography
(2017)
Atomic Homefront
Additional Camera
(2016)
Cameraperson
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2016)
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
Director of Photography
(2016)
A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography
(2016)
Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
(2016)
Trapped
Director of Photography
(2016)
Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
(2015)
The Above
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2015)
A Woman Like Me
Director of Photography
(2015)
Very Semi-Serious
Director of Photography
(2015)
Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography
(2015)
Once a Month on Sunday
Director of Photography
(2015)
The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
(2014)
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Director of Photography
(2014)
1971
Director of Photography
(2014)
Citizenfour
Director of Photography, Co-Producer
(2014)
That Film About Money
Director of Photography
(2014)
The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
(2013)
Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography
(2013)
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography
(2013)
Seeds of Time
Camera Operator
(2012)
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
(2012)
The Program
Producer, Director of Photography
(2012)
Virgin Tales
Director of Photography
(2012)
Here One Day
Director of Photography
(2012)
A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
(2011)
I Came to Testify
Director of Photography
(2011)
The War We Are Living
Director of Photography
(2011)
Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer
(2011)
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
Director of Photography, Assistant Editor
(2010)
The Oath
Director of Photography
(2010)
The Edge of Joy
Additional Camera
(2010)
No Woman, No Cry
Director of Photography
(2009)
Outrage
Additional Camera
(2009)
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Co-Producer, Editor
(2008)
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director of Photography
(2008)
Throw Down Your Heart
Director of Photography
(2008)
Lioness
Director of Photography
(2008)
Oscar's Comeback
Director of Photography
(2007)
Darfur Now
Director of Photography
(2007)
Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography
(2007)
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Director of Photography
(2007)
Crime Fiction
Director of Photography
(2007)
Election Day
Director of Photography, Producer
(2007)
How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Additional Camera
(2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Director of Photography
(2006)
Welcome Back to the Barrio
Second Assistant Camera
(2005)
Red Hook Justice
Director of Photography
(2005)
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
Director of Photography
(2004)
Deadline
Director, Director of Photography
(2004)
Fahrenheit 9/11
Additional Camera
(2004)
Ladies First
Director of Photography
(2004)
Building to Extremes
Camera Operator
(2004)
The Venetian Dilemma
Additional Photography
(2003)
Boys Will Be Girls
Director of Photography
(2003)
Asylum
Director of Photography
(2003)
Risk/Reward
Additional Photography
(2003)
A Decade Under the Influence
Additional Camera
(2003)
A Nation on Edge
Camera Operator
(2003)
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography
(2003)
Chasing the Virus
Camera Operator
(2003)
India
Camera Operator
(2003)
Starring Osama Bin Laden
Camera Operator
(2003)
Heart of America
Art Direction
(2002)
Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera
(2002)
Derrida
Director of Photography
(2002)
American Standoff
Director of Photography
(2002)
Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
Camera Operator
(2001)
Perpetua 664
Director of Photography
(2001)
Trembling Before G-d
Additional Camera
(2001)
Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
Director of Photography
(2001)
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Director of Photography
(2001)
Brother Born Again
Director of Photography
(1999)
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Director
(1995)
Bintou in Paris
Director, Screenplay
(1994)
Il faut que je l'aime
Director of Photography