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."
Filmography
all 106
Movies 99
Director 17
Producer 8
self 8
TV Shows 7

Sabbath Queen (2024)

A Photographic Memory (2024)

One Bullet (2024)

The Viewing Booth (2020)

Mother (2020)

On the Record (2020)

Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good (2019)

Museum Town (2019)

Cradle of Champions (2018)

A Thousand Thoughts (2018)

Crime + Punishment (2018)

Brooklyn Inshallah (2018)

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide (2017)

Atomic Homefront (2017)

Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge (2017)

Risk (2017)

Betting on Zero (2017)

A Thousand Mothers (2016)

The Joy of Extreme Possibility (2016)

Audrie & Daisy (2016)

Trapped (2016)

The Above (2015)

Very Semi-Serious (2015)

The Armor of Light (2015)

A Woman Like Me (2015)

Once a Month on Sunday (2015)

Buffalo Returns (2015)

That Film About Money (2014)

Citizenfour (2014)

The Wound and the Gift (2014)

1971 (2014)

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity (2014)

Seeds of Time (2013)

Fatal Assistance (2013)

ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage (2013)

Here One Day (2012)

The Program (2012)

Virgin Tales (2012)

A Place at the Table (2012)

The Invisible War (2012)

The War We Are Living (2011)

I Came to Testify (2011)

The War We Are Living (2011)

Yelling To The Sky (2011)

The Lady Is a Fighting Lion (2011)

The Oath (2010)

No Woman, No Cry (2010)

The Edge of Joy (2010)

Outrage (2009)

Throw Down Your Heart (2008)

Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)

Oscar's Comeback (2008)

Lioness (2008)

Darfur Now (2007)

Slacker Uprising (2007)

How Much Is Your Life Worth? (2007)

Election Day (2007)

Crime Fiction (2007)

Welcome Back to the Barrio (2006)

This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

Project Leap: Learning Out Loud (2005)

Red Hook Justice (2005)

Deadline (2004)

The Venetian Dilemma (2004)

Ladies First (2004)

Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

Building to Extremes (2004)

Innovation: Life, Inspired (2004)

Rokia: Voice of a New Generation (2003)

India (2003)

Starring Osama Bin Laden (2003)

A Nation on Edge (2003)

Chasing the Virus (2003)

A Decade Under the Influence (2003)

Asylum (2003)

Boys Will Be Girls (2003)

Risk/Reward (2003)

Heart of America (2003)

Wide Angle (2002)

Ancient Poison, Modern Cure (2002)

The Hamptons (2002)

Frontline/World (2002)

Derrida (2002)

Two Towns of Jasper (2002)

American Standoff (2002)

Trembling Before G-d (2001)

Perpetua 664 (2001)

Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today (2001)

Brother Born Again (2001)

Bintou in Paris (1995)

Il faut que je l'aime (1994)

POV (1988)

Sontag

Helen and the Bear
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Known ForCamera
GenderFemale
Birthday1965-03-17 (59 years old)
Birth PlaceSeattle, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsКерстен Джонсон
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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