Kirsten Johnson
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."
Cast
Crew
Deadline
Director, Director of Photography
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Director of Photography
1971
Director of Photography
Citizenfour
Director of Photography, Co-Producer
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director of Photography
The Above
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Director of Photography
Cameraperson
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Program
Producer, Director of Photography
That Film About Money
Director of Photography
A Photographic Memory
Executive Producer
A Woman Like Me
Director of Photography
Sontag
Screenplay, Director
Helen and the Bear
Executive Producer
Sabbath Queen
Cinematography
The Viewing Booth
Executive Producer
Very Semi-Serious
Director of Photography
I Came to Testify
Director of Photography
Fahrenheit 9/11
Additional Camera
Boys Will Be Girls
Director of Photography
Museum Town
Director of Photography
Virgin Tales
Director of Photography
Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera
Darfur Now
Director of Photography
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
Director of Photography
Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography
Derrida
Director of Photography
Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera
The Oath
Director of Photography
Throw Down Your Heart
Director of Photography
Here One Day
Director of Photography
Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
Mother
Executive Producer
Perpetua 664
Director of Photography
American Standoff
Director of Photography
The Edge of Joy
Additional Camera
Asylum
Director of Photography
A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography
Trembling Before G-d
Additional Camera
Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
Camera Operator
Il faut que je l'aime
Director of Photography
Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
Director of Photography
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Director of Photography
Brother Born Again
Director of Photography
Ladies First
Director of Photography
Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
Risk/Reward
Additional Photography
A Decade Under the Influence
Additional Camera
A Nation on Edge
Camera Operator
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography
Risk
Co-Producer, Director of Photography
Crime + Punishment
Camera Operator
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Director of Photography
Lioness
Director of Photography
No Woman, No Cry
Director of Photography
Chasing the Virus
Camera Operator
Once a Month on Sunday
Director of Photography
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Additional Photography
India
Camera Operator
A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
Atomic Homefront
Additional Camera
Crime Fiction
Director of Photography
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Director
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography
Trapped
Director of Photography
Bintou in Paris
Director, Screenplay
Building to Extremes
Camera Operator
Red Hook Justice
Director of Photography
Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer
The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
Director of Photography
The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
Starring Osama Bin Laden
Camera Operator
Outrage
Additional Camera
Welcome Back to the Barrio
Second Assistant Camera
Seeds of Time
Camera Operator
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
Director of Photography, Assistant Editor
A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography
The Venetian Dilemma
Additional Photography
On the Record
Additional Camera
Election Day
Director of Photography, Producer
How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Additional Camera
Oscar's Comeback
Director of Photography
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Co-Producer, Editor
Brooklyn Inshallah
Consulting Producer
Arctic Summer
Thanks
Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
Heart of America
Art Direction
This Very Life
Cinematography