Kirsten Johnson

Personal Info

Known For Camera

Gender Female

Birthday 1965-10-12 (59 years old)

Place of Birth Seattle, Washington, USA

Also Known As Керстен Джонсон

Kirsten Johnson

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."

Known For

Camera

2020
On the Record

as Additional Camera

2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead

as Director of Photography

2019
Museum Town

as Director of Photography

2019
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good

as Director of Photography

2018
Cradle of Champions

as Additional Camera

2018
Crime + Punishment

as Camera Operator

2018
A Thousand Thoughts

as Director of Photography

2017
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide

as Additional Photography

2017
Atomic Homefront

as Additional Camera

2017
Risk

as Director of Photography

2017
Betting on Zero

as Additional Director of Photography

2017
Rolling Stone: Stories From the Edge

as Director of Photography

2016
Cameraperson

as Director of Photography

2016
The Joy of Extreme Possibility

as Director of Photography

2016
Audrie & Daisy

as Additional Camera

2016
A Thousand Mothers

as Director of Photography

2016
Trapped

as Director of Photography

2015
A Woman Like Me

as Director of Photography

2015
Very Semi-Serious

as Director of Photography

2015
The Above

as Director of Photography

2015
Buffalo Returns

as Director of Photography

2015
The Armor of Light

as Additional Photography

2015
Once a Month on Sunday

as Director of Photography

2014
Citizenfour

as Director of Photography

2014
1971

as Director of Photography

2014
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

as Director of Photography

2014
That Film About Money

as Director of Photography

2014
The Wound and the Gift

as Director of Photography

2013
Fatal Assistance

as Director of Photography

2013
Seeds of Time

as Camera Operator

2012
The Invisible War

as Director of Photography

2012
The Program

as Director of Photography

2012
Virgin Tales

as Director of Photography

2012
Here One Day

as Director of Photography

2012
A Place at the Table

as Director of Photography

2011
I Came to Testify

as Director of Photography

2011
The War We Are Living

as Director of Photography

2011
Yelling To The Sky

as Still Photographer

2011
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion

as Director of Photography

2010
The Oath

as Director of Photography

2010
The Edge of Joy

as Additional Camera

2010
No Woman, No Cry

as Director of Photography

2009
Outrage

as Additional Camera

2008
Pray the Devil Back to Hell

as Director of Photography

2008
Throw Down Your Heart

as Director of Photography

2008
Lioness

as Director of Photography

2008
Oscar's Comeback

as Director of Photography

2007
Darfur Now

as Director of Photography

2007
Slacker Uprising

as Director of Photography

2007
How Much Is Your Life Worth?

as Additional Camera

2007
Election Day

as Director of Photography

2007
Crime Fiction

as Director of Photography

2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated

as Director of Photography

2006
Welcome Back to the Barrio

as Second Assistant Camera

2005
Red Hook Justice

as Director of Photography

2005
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud

as Director of Photography

2004
Fahrenheit 9/11

as Additional Camera

2004
Ladies First

as Director of Photography

2004
Deadline

as Director of Photography

2004
The Venetian Dilemma

as Additional Photography

2004
Building to Extremes

as Camera Operator

2004
Innovation: Life, Inspired

as Camera Operator

2003
Boys Will Be Girls

as Director of Photography

2003
Asylum

as Director of Photography

2003
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation

as Director of Photography

2003
Risk/Reward

as Additional Photography

2003
A Decade Under the Influence

as Additional Camera

2003
Starring Osama Bin Laden

as Camera Operator

2003
India

as Camera Operator

2003
A Nation on Edge

as Camera Operator

2003
Chasing the Virus

as Camera Operator

2002
Two Towns of Jasper

as Additional Camera

2002
Derrida

as Director of Photography

2002
American Standoff

as Director of Photography

2002
Ancient Poison, Modern Cure

as Camera Operator

2002
Frontline/World

as Camera Operator

2002
The Hamptons

as Additional Camera

2002
Wide Angle

as Camera Operator

2001
Perpetua 664

as Director of Photography

2001
2001
Brother Born Again

as Director of Photography

2001
Trembling Before G-d

as Additional Camera

1997
Science Times

as Camera Operator

1994
Il faut que je l'aime

as Director of Photography

1988
POV

as Director of Photography

Producer

Helen and the Bear

as Executive Producer

2024
A Photographic Memory

as Executive Producer

2020
The Viewing Booth

as Executive Producer

2020
Mother

as Executive Producer

2020
2018
Brooklyn Inshallah

as Consulting Producer

2017
Risk

as Co-Producer

2016
Cameraperson

as Producer

2015
The Above

as Producer

2014
Citizenfour

as Co-Producer

2012
The Program

as Producer

2007
Election Day

as Producer

Actor

2023
Subject

as Self

2016
Cameraperson

as Self (archive footage)

2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated

as Self - Interviewer (voice)

Director

Sontag

as Director

2020
2016
Cameraperson

as Director

2015
The Above

as Director

2004
Deadline

as Director

1995
Bintou in Paris

as Director

Writer

Sontag

as Screenplay

2020
1995
Bintou in Paris

as Screenplay

Crew

2024
Sabbath Queen

as Cinematography

2021
Arctic Summer

as Thanks

Art

2003
Heart of America

as Art Direction