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Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Directing1965Seattle, Washington, USA

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 History

2024
A Photographic Memory
Executive Producer
Sabbath Queen
Cinematography
2023
Subject
as Self
2020
On the Record
Additional Camera
2017
Risk
Co-Producer
Risk
Director of Photography
2016
Cameraperson
as Self (archive footage)
Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
Trapped
Director of Photography
Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
Cameraperson
Director
Cameraperson
Producer
Cameraperson
Director of Photography
2014
1971
Director of Photography
The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
Citizenfour
Director of Photography
Citizenfour
Co-Producer
2012
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
The Program
Producer
The Program
Director of Photography
Here One Day
Director of Photography
A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
2011
Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer
2010
The Oath
Director of Photography
POV
TVDirector of Photography1 eps
2009
Outrage
Additional Camera
2007
Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography
Crime Fiction
Director of Photography
Darfur Now
Director of Photography
2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Interviewer (voice)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Director of Photography
2004
Building to Extremes
Camera Operator
Fahrenheit 9/11
Additional Camera
Deadline
Director
Deadline
Director of Photography
2003
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography
A Nation on Edge
Camera Operator
Chasing the Virus
Camera Operator
Heart of America
Art Direction
India
Camera Operator
2002
American Standoff
Director of Photography
Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera

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Personal Info

Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
10/12/1965(60 years old)
Place of Birth
Seattle, Washington, USA