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."
Known For | Camera |
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Most Rating | 2.213 |
Birthday | 1965-10-12 |
Place of Birth | Seattle, Washington, USA |
Also Known As | Керстен Джонсон, |
2023
Subject
6.5/2
In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – good, bad, and complicated – of having your life share...
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Subject
2023
The Arc of Oblivion
2/1
"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we humans are hellbent on leaving a trace. Set against the...
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The Arc of Oblivion
2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
7.133/338
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates film...
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2016
Cameraperson
6.8/73
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illumi...
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Cameraperson
2018
ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
0/0
Made from footage captured at Brooklyn’s BAMcinemafest in June 2016 in which filmmakers were left alone in a hotel with a camera and a question: "Is c...
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ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead
7.147/126
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her f...
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Dick Johnson Is Dead
2017
In the Service of the Film
0/0
The following roundtable conversation features director Kirsten Johnson along with documentary filmmaker Gini Reticker and sound recordists Wellington...
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