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."
Born: October 12, 1965 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Filmography (33)
On the Record
2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020
Cradle of Champions
2018
Crime + Punishment
2018
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
2017
Atomic Homefront
2017
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge
2017
Risk
2017
Audrie & Daisy
2016
Cameraperson
2016
Betting on Zero
2016
Trapped
2016
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Very Semi-Serious
2015
The Armor of Light
2015
Citizenfour
2014
1971
2014
A Place at the Table
2012
The Invisible War
2012
Yelling To The Sky
2011
The Oath
2010
Outrage
2009
Throw Down Your Heart
2008
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
2008
Darfur Now
2007
Slacker Uprising
2007
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
Heart of America
2003
Derrida
2002
Trembling Before G-d
2001
POV
1988