Directing
Kirsten Johnson
EN, TH, FR cinema · 98 credits
Born
12 October 1965 (age 61)
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington, USA
Also known as Керстен Джонсон
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
Filmography
Sontag
Sontag
Director, Screenplay
A Photographic Memory
Executive Producer
Helen and the Bear
Executive Producer
Sabbath Queen
Cinematography
Subject
as Self
Dick Johnson Is Dead
as Self, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer
The Viewing Booth
Executive Producer
Mother
Executive Producer
On the Record
Additional Camera
Museum Town
Director of Photography
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography
Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera
Crime + Punishment
Camera Operator
A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography
Brooklyn Inshallah
Consulting Producer
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Additional Photography
Atomic Homefront
Additional Camera
Risk
Director of Photography, Co-Producer
Cameraperson
as Self (archive footage), Director, Producer, Director of Photography
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
2016
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
Director of Photography
Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography
Trapped
Director of Photography
Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
The Above
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
A Woman Like Me
Director of Photography
Very Semi-Serious
Director of Photography
Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography
The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
Once a Month on Sunday
2015
Once a Month on Sunday
Director of Photography
Citizenfour
Director of Photography, Co-Producer
1971
Director of Photography
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Director of Photography
That Film About Money
Director of Photography
The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography
Seeds of Time
Camera Operator
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
The Program
Producer, Director of Photography
Virgin Tales
Director of Photography
Here One Day
Director of Photography
A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
I Came to Testify
Director of Photography
Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
2011
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
Director of Photography, Assistant Editor
This Very Life
2011
This Very Life
Cinematography
The Oath
Director of Photography
The Edge of Joy
Additional Camera
No Woman, No Cry
Director of Photography
Outrage
Additional Camera
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Co-Producer, Editor
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director of Photography
Throw Down Your Heart
Director of Photography
Lioness
Director of Photography
Oscar's Comeback
2008
Oscar's Comeback
Director of Photography
Darfur Now
Director of Photography
Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography
How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Additional Camera
Crime Fiction
Director of Photography
Election Day
Director of Photography, Producer
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Director of Photography
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - Interviewer (voice), Director of Photography
Welcome Back to the Barrio
Second Assistant Camera
The Venetian Dilemma
2005
The Venetian Dilemma
Additional Photography
Red Hook Justice
2005
Red Hook Justice
Director of Photography
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
2005
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
Director of Photography
Deadline
Director, Director of Photography
Fahrenheit 9/11
Additional Camera
Ladies First
Director of Photography
Boys Will Be Girls
Director of Photography
Asylum
Director of Photography
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography
Risk/Reward
Additional Photography
A Decade Under the Influence
Additional Camera
India
2003
India
Camera Operator
A Nation on Edge
2003
A Nation on Edge
Camera Operator
Chasing the Virus
2003
Chasing the Virus
Camera Operator
Heart of America
Art Direction
Derrida
Director of Photography
Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera
American Standoff
2002
American Standoff
Director of Photography
The Hamptons
Director of Photography
Perpetua 664
Director of Photography
Brother Born Again
Director of Photography
Le profit et rien d'autre ! - ou réflexions abusives sur la lutte des classes
2001
Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
Director of Photography
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Director of Photography
Trembling Before G-d
Additional Camera
Bintou in Paris
Director, Screenplay
Il faut que je l'aime
Director of Photography