Kirsten Johnson
Directing
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."
Known for
Directing7
movieDick Johnson Is Dead
2020
Director
movieCameraperson
2016
Director
movieThe Above
2015
Director
movieDeadline
2004
Director
movieBintou in Paris
1995
Director
Sontag
Director
Camera87
movieOn the Record
2020
Additional Camera
movieDick Johnson Is Dead
2020
Director of Photography
movieElliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
2019
Director of Photography
movieMuseum Town
2019
Director of Photography
movieCradle of Champions
2018
Additional Camera
movieA Thousand Thoughts
2018
Director of Photography
movieCrime + Punishment
2018
Camera Operator
movie32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
2017
Additional Photography
movieAtomic Homefront
2017
Additional Camera
tvRolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017
Director of Photography
movieRisk
2017
Director of Photography
movieA Thousand Mothers
2016
Director of Photography
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
2016
Director of Photography
movieAudrie & Daisy
2016
Additional Camera
movieCameraperson
2016
Director of Photography
movieBetting on Zero
2016
Additional Director of Photography
movieTrapped
2016
Director of Photography
movieThe Above
2015
Director of Photography
movieVery Semi-Serious
2015
Director of Photography
movieThe Armor of Light
2015
Additional Photography
movieA Woman Like Me
2015
Director of Photography
movieBuffalo Returns
2015
Director of Photography
Once a Month on Sunday
2015
Director of Photography
movieThat Film About Money
2014
Director of Photography
movieCitizenfour
2014
Director of Photography
movieThe Wound and the Gift
2014
Director of Photography
movie1971
2014
Director of Photography
movieBorn to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
2014
Director of Photography
movieSeeds of Time
2013
Camera Operator
movieFatal Assistance
2013
Director of Photography
movieANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2013
Additional Photography
movieHere One Day
2012
Director of Photography
movieThe Program
2012
Director of Photography
movieVirgin Tales
2012
Director of Photography
movieA Place at the Table
2012
Director of Photography
movieThe Invisible War
2012
Director of Photography
movieI Came to Testify
2011
Director of Photography
movieYelling To The Sky
2011
Still Photographer
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
2011
Director of Photography
movieThe Oath
2010
Director of Photography
movieNo Woman, No Cry
2010
Director of Photography
movieThe Edge of Joy
2010
Additional Camera
movieOutrage
2009
Additional Camera
movieThrow Down Your Heart
2008
Director of Photography
moviePray the Devil Back to Hell
2008
Director of Photography
Oscar's Comeback
2008
Director of Photography
movieLioness
2008
Director of Photography
movieDarfur Now
2007
Director of Photography
movieSlacker Uprising
2007
Director of Photography
movieSmall Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
2007
Director of Photography
movieHow Much Is Your Life Worth?
2007
Additional Camera
movieElection Day
2007
Director of Photography
movieCrime Fiction
2007
Director of Photography
movieThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
Director of Photography
movieWelcome Back to the Barrio
2006
Second Assistant Camera
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
2005
Director of Photography
Red Hook Justice
2005
Director of Photography
movieDeadline
2004
Director of Photography
The Venetian Dilemma
2004
Additional Photography
movieLadies First
2004
Director of Photography
movieFahrenheit 9/11
2004
Additional Camera
Building to Extremes
2004
Camera Operator
Innovation: Life, Inspired
2004
Camera Operator
movieRokia: Voice of a New Generation
2003
Director of Photography
A Nation on Edge
2003
Camera Operator
Chasing the Virus
2003
Camera Operator
India
2003
Camera Operator
Starring Osama Bin Laden
2003
Camera Operator
movieA Decade Under the Influence
2003
Additional Camera
movieAsylum
2003
Director of Photography
movieBoys Will Be Girls
2003
Director of Photography
movieRisk/Reward
2003
Additional Photography
tvWide Angle
2002
Camera Operator
tvThe Hamptons
2002
Additional Camera
tvFrontline/World
2002
Camera Operator
movieDerrida
2002
Director of Photography
movieTwo Towns of Jasper
2002
Additional Camera
American Standoff
2002
Director of Photography
movieTrembling Before G-d
2001
Additional Camera
Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
2001
Director of Photography
moviePerpetua 664
2001
Director of Photography
movieJourney to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
2001
Director of Photography
movieBrother Born Again
2001
Director of Photography
Science Times
1997
Camera Operator
movieIl faut que je l'aime
1994
Director of Photography
tvPoint of View
1988
Director of Photography
Production13
movieHelen and the Bear
2024
Executive Producer
movieA Photographic Memory
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe Viewing Booth
2020
Executive Producer
movieMother
2020
Executive Producer
movieDick Johnson Is Dead
2020
Producer
movieBrooklyn Inshallah
2018
Consulting Producer
movieRisk
2017
Co-Producer
movieCameraperson
2016
Producer
movieThe Above
2015
Producer
movieCitizenfour
2014
Co-Producer
movieThe Program
2012
Producer
movieElection Day
2007
Producer
Acting8
movieSubject
2023
Self
movieCameraperson
2016
Self (archive footage)
movieThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Crew3
movieSabbath Queen
2024
Cinematography
movieArctic Summer
2021
Thanks
This Very Life
2011
Cinematography
Writing3
Editing2
Art1
movieHeart of America
2003
Art Direction