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

Citizenfour
Co-Producer, Director of Photography

Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director of Photography

The Invisible War
Director of Photography

1971
Director of Photography

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
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

I Came to Testify
Director of Photography

Very Semi-Serious
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

Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera

The Oath
Director of Photography

Darfur Now
Director of Photography

Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera

Derrida
Director of Photography

Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography

Throw Down Your Heart
Director of Photography
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
Director of Photography

Here One Day
Director of Photography

Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography

Dick Johnson Is Dead
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Mother
Executive Producer

Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera

Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography

A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography

Perpetua 664
Director of Photography

Il faut que je l'aime
Director of Photography

The Edge of Joy
Additional Camera

Asylum
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
American Standoff
Director of Photography

Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography

Risk/Reward
Additional Photography

Trembling Before G-d
Additional Camera
Ancient Poison, Modern Cure
Camera Operator

A Decade Under the Influence
Additional Camera
Red Hook Justice
Director of Photography

How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Additional Camera
Starring Osama Bin Laden
Camera Operator
The Venetian Dilemma
Additional Photography
Building to Extremes
Camera Operator
India
Camera Operator
A Nation on Edge
Camera Operator
Chasing the Virus
Camera Operator

Welcome Back to the Barrio
Second Assistant Camera

No Woman, No Cry
Director of Photography

Crime + Punishment
Camera Operator

Lioness
Director of Photography

Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer

Outrage
Additional Camera
The Lady Is a Fighting Lion
Director of Photography, Assistant Editor

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Additional Photography

On the Record
Additional Camera

Election Day
Director of Photography, Producer

ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography

Seeds of Time
Camera Operator

A Place at the Table
Director of Photography

The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
Project Leap: Learning Out Loud
Director of Photography

Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Director of Photography

Atomic Homefront
Additional Camera

Crime Fiction
Director of Photography

Risk
Co-Producer, Director of Photography

Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Editor, Co-Producer

A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography

Bintou in Paris
Director, Screenplay
Once a Month on Sunday
Director of Photography

Trapped
Director of Photography

Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography

Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Director
Oscar's Comeback
Director of Photography

Brooklyn Inshallah
Consulting Producer

The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography

Arctic Summer
Thanks

Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography

Heart of America
Art Direction
This Very Life
Cinematography


