Known For
Directing
Known Credits
8
Gender
Female
Birthday
October 12, 1965 (60 years old)
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."
| 2024 | Sabbath Queen...Cinematography | |
| 2021 | Arctic Summer...Thanks | |
| 2011 | This Very Life...Cinematography |
| 2024 | Helen and the Bear...Executive Producer | |
| 2024 | A Photographic Memory...Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | The Viewing Booth...Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Mother...Executive Producer | |
| 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead...Producer | |
| 2018 | Brooklyn Inshallah...Consulting Producer | |
| 2017 | Risk...Co-Producer | |
| 2016 | Cameraperson...Producer | |
| 2015 | The Above...Producer | |
| 2014 | Citizenfour...Co-Producer | |
| 2012 | The Program...Producer | |
| 2009 | Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref...Co-Producer | |
| 2007 | Election Day...Producer |
| 2020 | On the Record...Additional Camera | |
| 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead...Director of Photography | |
| 2019 | Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good...Director of Photography | |
| 2019 | Museum Town...Director of Photography | |
| 2018 | Cradle of Champions...Additional Camera | |
| 2018 | A Thousand Thoughts...Director of Photography | |
| 2018 | Crime + Punishment...Camera Operator | |
| 2017 | 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide...Additional Photography | |
| 2017 | Atomic Homefront...Additional Camera | |
| 2017 | Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge...Director of Photography | |
| 2017 | Risk...Director of Photography | |
| 2016 | A Thousand Mothers...Director of Photography | |
| 2016 | The Joy of Extreme Possibility...Director of Photography | |
| 2016 | Audrie & Daisy...Additional Camera | |
| 2016 | Cameraperson...Director of Photography | |
| 2016 | Betting on Zero...Additional Director of Photography | |
| 2016 | Trapped...Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | The Above...Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Very Semi-Serious...Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | The Armor of Light...Additional Photography | |
| 2015 | A Woman Like Me...Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Buffalo Returns...Director of Photography | |
| 2015 | Once a Month on Sunday...Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | That Film About Money...Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | Citizenfour...Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | The Wound and the Gift...Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | 1971...Director of Photography | |
| 2014 | Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity...Director of Photography | |
| 2013 | Seeds of Time...Camera Operator | |
| 2013 | Fatal Assistance...Director of Photography | |
| 2013 | ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage...Additional Photography | |
| 2012 | Here One Day...Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | The Program...Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | Virgin Tales...Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | A Place at the Table...Director of Photography | |
| 2012 | The Invisible War...Director of Photography | |
| 2011 | I Came to Testify...Director of Photography | |
| 2011 | Yelling To The Sky...Still Photographer | |
| 2011 | The Lady Is a Fighting Lion...Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | The Oath...Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | No Woman, No Cry...Director of Photography | |
| 2010 | The Edge of Joy...Additional Camera | |
| 2009 | Outrage...Additional Camera | |
| 2008 | Throw Down Your Heart...Director of Photography | |
| 2008 | Pray the Devil Back to Hell...Director of Photography | |
| 2008 | Oscar's Comeback...Director of Photography | |
| 2008 | Lioness...Director of Photography | |
| 2007 | Darfur Now...Director of Photography | |
| 2007 | Slacker Uprising...Director of Photography | |
| 2007 | Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts...Director of Photography | |
| 2007 | How Much Is Your Life Worth?...Additional Camera | |
| 2007 | Election Day...Director of Photography | |
| 2007 | Crime Fiction...Director of Photography | |
| 2006 | This Film Is Not Yet Rated...Director of Photography | |
| 2006 | Welcome Back to the Barrio...Second Assistant Camera | |
| 2005 | Project Leap: Learning Out Loud...Director of Photography | |
| 2005 | Red Hook Justice...Director of Photography | |
| 2004 | Deadline...Director of Photography | |
| 2004 | The Venetian Dilemma...Additional Photography | |
| 2004 | Ladies First...Director of Photography | |
| 2004 | Fahrenheit 9/11...Additional Camera | |
| 2004 | Building to Extremes...Camera Operator | |
| 2004 | Innovation: Life, Inspired...Camera Operator | |
| 2003 | Rokia: Voice of a New Generation...Director of Photography | |
| 2003 | India...Camera Operator | |
| 2003 | A Nation on Edge...Camera Operator | |
| 2003 | Chasing the Virus...Camera Operator | |
| 2003 | Starring Osama Bin Laden...Camera Operator | |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence...Additional Camera | |
| 2003 | Asylum...Director of Photography | |
| 2003 | Boys Will Be Girls...Director of Photography | |
| 2003 | Risk/Reward...Additional Photography | |
| 2002 | Wide Angle...Camera Operator | |
| 2002 | Ancient Poison, Modern Cure...Camera Operator | |
| 2002 | The Hamptons...Additional Camera | |
| 2002 | Frontline/World...Camera Operator | |
| 2002 | Derrida...Director of Photography | |
| 2002 | Two Towns of Jasper...Additional Camera | |
| 2002 | American Standoff...Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Trembling Before G-d...Additional Camera | |
| 2001 | Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle...Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Perpetua 664...Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today...Director of Photography | |
| 2001 | Brother Born Again...Director of Photography | |
| 1997 | Science Times...Camera Operator | |
| 1994 | Il faut que je l'aime...Director of Photography | |
| 1988 | POV...Director of Photography |
| 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead...Director | |
| 2016 | Cameraperson...Director | |
| 2015 | The Above...Director | |
| 2004 | Deadline...Director | |
| 1999 | Innocent Until Proven Guilty...Director | |
| 1995 | Bintou in Paris...Director | |
| Sontag...Director |
| 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Dead...Writer | |
| 1995 | Bintou in Paris...Screenplay | |
| Sontag...Screenplay |
| 2011 | The Lady Is a Fighting Lion...Assistant Editor | |
| 2009 | Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref...Editor |
| 2003 | Heart of America...Art Direction |
| 2023 | The Arc of Oblivionas Self | |
| 2023 | Subjectas Self | |
| 2020 | Dick Johnson Is Deadas Self | |
| 2018 | ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016as self | |
| 2017 | In the Service of the Filmas self | |
| 2016 | Camerapersonas Self (archive footage) | |
| 2015 | Close Up with The Hollywood Reporteras Self | |
| 2006 | This Film Is Not Yet Ratedas Self - Interviewer (voice) |
