Kirsten Johnson
Known for: Directing
Born: October 12, 1965
Place of birth: Seattle, Washington, USA
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."
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Filmography
98 movies · 8 TV shows, newest first
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Sabbath Queen
2024
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Helen and the Bear
2024
10.0
A Photographic Memory
2024
2.0
The Arc of Oblivion
2023
6.7
Subject
2023
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Arctic Summer
2021
9.0
The Viewing Booth
2020
7.0
Mother
2020
6.4
On the Record
2020
7.1
Dick Johnson Is Dead
2020
7.0
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
2019
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Museum Town
2019
6.2
Cradle of Champions
2018
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A Thousand Thoughts
2018
7.2
Crime + Punishment
2018NR
ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
2018
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Brooklyn Inshallah
2018
8.7
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
2017
6.9
Atomic Homefront
2017
6.9
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
2017
6.6
Risk
2017
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In the Service of the Film
2017
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A Thousand Mothers
2016NR
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
2016
7.2
Audrie & Daisy
2016
6.7
Cameraperson
2016
7.1
Betting on Zero
2016
7.0
Trapped
2016
6.5
The Above
2015
6.2
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
6.5
Very Semi-Serious
2015
4.0
The Armor of Light
2015
6.4
A Woman Like Me
2015
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Buffalo Returns
2015NR
Once a Month on Sunday
2015
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That Film About Money
2014
7.7
Citizenfour
2014
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The Wound and the Gift
2014
6.7
1971
2014
5.2
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
2014
10.0
Seeds of Time
2013
6.0
Fatal Assistance
2013
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ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
2013
7.3
Here One Day
2012
9.0
The Program
2012
5.0
Virgin Tales
2012
6.6
A Place at the Table
2012
7.1
The Invisible War
2012
10.0
I Came to Testify
2011
5.5
Yelling To The Sky
2011NR
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
2011NR
This Very Life
2011
7.4
The Oath
2010
7.0
No Woman, No Cry
2010
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The Edge of Joy
2010
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Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
2009
6.1
Outrage
2009
5.3
Throw Down Your Heart
2008
7.1
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
2008NR
Oscar's Comeback
2008
5.8
Lioness
2008
6.1
Darfur Now
2007
5.3
Slacker Uprising
2007
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Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
2007
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How Much Is Your Life Worth?
2007
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Election Day
2007
4.8
Crime Fiction
2007
7.1
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
10.0
Welcome Back to the Barrio
2006NR
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
200510.0
Red Hook Justice
2005
8.8
Deadline
20049.0
The Venetian Dilemma
2004
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Ladies First
2004
7.1
Fahrenheit 9/11
2004NR
Building to Extremes
2004NR
Innovation: Life, Inspired
2004
9.0
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
2003NR
India
2003NR
A Nation on Edge
2003NR
Chasing the Virus
2003NR
Starring Osama Bin Laden
2003
7.9
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
8.0
Asylum
2003
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Boys Will Be Girls
2003
10.0
Risk/Reward
2003
5.0
Heart of America
2003
7.0
Wide Angle
2002NR
Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
2002
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The Hamptons
2002
6.0
The Hamptons
2002
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Frontline/World
2002
6.7
Derrida
2002
7.5
Two Towns of Jasper
200210.0
American Standoff
2002
5.4
Trembling Before G-d
20016.8
Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle
2001
8.0
Perpetua 664
2001
7.0
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
2001
3.8
Brother Born Again
2001
9.0
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
19999.0
Science Times
1997
9.0
Bintou in Paris
1995
7.5
Il faut que je l'aime
1994
6.9
Point of View
1988NR
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