Director
Kirsten Johnson
61 years · Seattle, Washington, USA · 52 films
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."
Best known for
Filmography 52
The Arc of Oblivion
2023 · Self
Subject
2023 · Self
On fuboTV
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020 · Self, Director
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
2019 · Cinematography
On DOCSVILLE
Museum Town
2019 · Cinematography
On Plex
A Thousand Thoughts
2018 · Cinematography
Risk
2017 · Cinematography
In the Service of the Film
2017 · self
A Thousand Mothers
2016 · Cinematography
Cameraperson
2016 · Self (archive footage), Director
On HBO Max
Trapped
2016 · Cinematography
The Above
2015 · Director, Producer
Very Semi-Serious
2015 · Cinematography
A Woman Like Me
2015 · Cinematography
Buffalo Returns
2015 · Cinematography
That Film About Money
2014 · Cinematography
Citizenfour
2014 · Cinematography
The Wound and the Gift
2014 · Cinematography
1971
2014 · Cinematography
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
2014 · Cinematography
Fatal Assistance
2013 · Cinematography
Here One Day
2012 · Cinematography
On Kanopy
The Program
2012 · Producer, Cinematography
Virgin Tales
2012 · Cinematography