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Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Actor, Cinematographer, Camera and Electrical Department

Born October 12, 1965 in Seattle, Washington, USA

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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."

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17 wins and 28 nominations

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Cameraperson Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary

Cameraperson Trailer

Filmography

Actor

10

Type

Year

Searching for America: Part II Feature Film2024Self

The 2021 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Poster

The 2021 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards TV Special2021Self - Winner: Outstanding Directing for a Documentary

ASC Clubhouse Conversations Poster

ASC Clubhouse Conversations TV Series2020Self - Cinematographer

Dick Johnson Is Dead Poster

Dick Johnson Is Dead Documentary2020Self

Room H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016 Documentary2018Self

Editing Cameraperson Poster

Editing Cameraperson Documentary2017Self

In the Service of the Film Poster

In the Service of the Film Short Film2017Self

Cameraperson Poster

Cameraperson Documentary2016Self

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter Poster

Close Up with the Hollywood Reporter TV Series2015Self

This Film Is Not Yet Rated Poster

This Film Is Not Yet Rated Documentary2006Self - Interviewer

Cinematographer

57

Type

Year

One Bullet Poster

One Bullet Documentary2024

Sabbath Queen Poster

Sabbath Queen Feature Film2024

Love Nonnie Short Film2020

Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good Poster

Elliott Erwitt: Silence Sounds Good Documentary2019

Museum Town Poster

Museum Town Documentary2019

A Thousand Thoughts Poster

A Thousand Thoughts Documentary2018

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge Poster

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge Documentary2017

A Thousand Mothers Poster

A Thousand Mothers Short Film2016

Cameraperson Poster

Cameraperson Documentary2016

Risk Documentary2016

Trapped Documentary2016

A Woman Like Me Poster

A Woman Like Me Documentary2015

Once a Month on Sunday Short Film2015

The Above Poster

The Above Documentary2015

Very Semi-Serious Poster

Very Semi-Serious Documentary2015

1971 Documentary2014

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity Poster

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity Documentary2014

Citizenfour Poster

Citizenfour Documentary2014

That Film About Money Poster

That Film About Money Short Film2014

The Wound and the Gift Poster

The Wound and the Gift Documentary2014

A Place at the Table Poster

A Place at the Table Documentary2012

Here One Day Poster

Here One Day Documentary2012

The Invisible War Poster

The Invisible War Documentary2012

The Program Poster

The Program Documentary2012

Virgin Tales Poster

Virgin Tales Documentary2012

The Lady Is a Fighting Lion Documentary2011

Women, War & Peace Poster

Women, War & Peace TV Series2011

No Woman, No Cry Poster

No Woman, No Cry Documentary2010

The Oath Poster

The Oath Documentary2010

Lioness Documentary2008

Oscar's Comeback Documentary2008

Pray the Devil Back to Hell Poster

Pray the Devil Back to Hell Documentary2008

Throw Down Your Heart Poster

Throw Down Your Heart Documentary2008

Crime Fiction Poster

Crime Fiction Feature Film2007

Darfur Now Poster

Darfur Now Documentary2007

Election Day Poster

Election Day Documentary2007

Slacker Uprising Poster

Slacker Uprising Documentary2007

Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts Poster

Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts Documentary2007

This Film Is Not Yet Rated Poster

This Film Is Not Yet Rated Documentary2006

Project Leap: Learning Out Loud Documentary2005

Deadline Poster

Deadline Documentary2004

Innovation: Life, Inspired TV Series2004

Asylum Short Film2003

Rokia: Voice of a New Generation Poster

Rokia: Voice of a New Generation Short Film2003

American Standoff Documentary2002

Derrida Documentary2002

The Hamptons Poster

The Hamptons Mini-Series2002

Wide Angle Poster

Wide Angle TV Series2002

Brother Born Again Poster

Brother Born Again Documentary2001

Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today Poster

Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today Video2001

Perpetua 664 Poster

Perpetua 664 Feature Film2001

Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle Poster

Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle Documentary2001

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Il faut que je l'aime Poster

Il faut que je l'aime Short Film1994

American Experience Poster

American Experience Mini-Series1988

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Frontline Poster

Frontline TV Series1983

Camera and Electrical Department

22

Type

Year

On the Record Poster

On the Record Documentary2020

Crime + Punishment Poster

Crime + Punishment Documentary2018

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide Poster

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide Documentary2017

Atomic Homefront Poster

Atomic Homefront Documentary2017

Cradle of Champions Poster

Cradle of Champions Documentary2017

The Armor of Light Poster

The Armor of Light Documentary2015

ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage Poster

ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage Documentary2013

Seeds of Time Poster

Seeds of Time Documentary2013

Women, War & Peace Poster

Women, War & Peace TV Series2011

Yelling to the Sky Poster

Yelling to the Sky Feature Film2011

Outrage Documentary2009

Damages Documentary2007

Welcome Back to the Barrio Poster

Welcome Back to the Barrio Feature Film2006

Red Hook Justice Poster

Red Hook Justice Documentary2005

Fahrenheit 9/11 Poster

Fahrenheit 9/11 Documentary2004

The Venetian Dilemma Documentary2004

A Decade Under the Influence Poster

A Decade Under the Influence Documentary2003

Risk/Reward Poster

Risk/Reward Documentary2003

Frontline/World Poster

Frontline/World TV Series2002

Science Times TV Series2001

Trembling Before G-d Poster

Trembling Before G-d Documentary2001

Independent Lens Poster

Independent Lens TV Series1999

Producer

15

Type

Year

The Great Experiment Feature Film2026

A Photographic Memory Poster

A Photographic Memory Documentary2024

Bad Hostage Poster

Bad Hostage Short Film2024

Brooklyn Inshallah Poster

Brooklyn Inshallah Documentary2021

Dick Johnson Is Dead Poster

Dick Johnson Is Dead Documentary2020

Mother Documentary2019

Cameraperson Poster

Cameraperson Documentary2016

Risk Documentary2016

Field of Vision TV Series2015

The Above Poster

The Above Documentary2015

Citizenfour Poster

Citizenfour Documentary2014

The Program Poster

The Program Documentary2012

Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref Poster

Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref Documentary2009

Election Day Poster

Election Day Documentary2007

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Thanks

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Type

Year

The Apologist Poster

The Apologist Feature Film2026

To Hold a Mountain Poster

To Hold a Mountain Feature Film2026

How to Bury Your Mother During a Pandemic Short Film2022

Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot Poster

Self-Portrait as a Coffee Pot TV Series2022

Vision Portraits Poster

Vision Portraits Documentary2019

Gift Documentary2018

Hale County This Morning, This Evening Poster

Hale County This Morning, This Evening Documentary2018

Strong Island Poster

Strong Island Documentary2017

Little Men Poster

Little Men Feature Film2016

The Hunting Ground Poster

The Hunting Ground Documentary2015

Love Is Strange Poster

Love Is Strange Feature Film2014

Sin Nombre Poster

Sin Nombre Feature Film2009

Director

7

Type

Year

Dick Johnson Is Dead Poster

Dick Johnson Is Dead Documentary2020

Cameraperson Poster

Cameraperson Documentary2016

Field of Vision TV Series2015

The Above Poster

The Above Documentary2015

Deadline Poster

Deadline Documentary2004

Innocent Until Proven Guilty Poster

Innocent Until Proven Guilty Documentary1999

Bintou in Paris Poster

Bintou in Paris Documentary1995

Editorial Department

2

Type

Year

In the Same Breath Poster

In the Same Breath Feature Film2021

The Lady Is a Fighting Lion Documentary2011

Writer

2

Dick Johnson Is Dead Poster

Dick Johnson Is Dead Documentary2020

Bintou in Paris Poster

Bintou in Paris Documentary1995

Other Crew

1

P.O.V. TV Series1988

Editor

1

Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref Poster

Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref Documentary2009

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