Biography
Kirsten Johnson is an American documentary filmmaker and cinematographer. She is mostly known for her camera work on several well-known feature-length documentaries such as Citizenfour and The Oath. In 2016, she released Cameraperson, a film which consists of various pieces of footage from her decades of work all over the world as a documentary cinematographer. Directed by Johnson herself, Cameraperson went on to be praised for its handling of themes about documentary ethics interwoven with Johnson's personal reflection on her experiences.
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Awards & recognition
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 2017
Filmography35 titles
A Photographic Memory
Seeds of Time
The Viewing Booth
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Citizenfour
Crime + Punishment
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Audrie & Daisy
Betting on Zero
The Invisible War
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Fahrenheit 9/11
Trapped
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
P.O.V.
A Place at the Table
Cameraperson
1971
Derrida
Risk
Subject
Very Semi-Serious
On the Record
The Above
Cradle of Champions
Outrage
Darfur Now
Lioness
Yelling To The Sky
Slacker Uprising
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Heart of America
The Arc of Oblivion
Museum Town
Election Day