Kirsten Johnson
Directing
Born October 12, 1965 · Seattle, Washington, USA
Also known as Керстен Джонсон
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."
Awards & recognition
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 2017
Filmography34 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
Fahrenheit 9/11
Trapped
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Derrida
P.O.V.
A Place at the Table
Cameraperson
1971
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