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."
Directed 6
2020s
- 2020
2010s
- 2016
- 2015
The Above
Director
2000s
- 2004
Deadline
Director
1990s
- 1999
Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Director
- 1995
Bintou in Paris
Director
Camera 71
2010s
- 2019
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography
Museum Town
Director of Photography
- 2018
Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera
A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography
- 2017
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Additional Photography
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Director of Photography
Risk
Director of Photography
- 2016
A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography
Trapped
Director of Photography
- 2015
The Above
Director of Photography
Very Semi-Serious
Director of Photography
The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
A Woman Like Me
Director of Photography
Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography
- 2014
That Film About Money
Director of Photography
The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
1971
Director of Photography
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Director of Photography
- 2013
Seeds of Time
Camera Operator
Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography
ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography
- 2012
Here One Day
Director of Photography
The Program
Director of Photography
Virgin Tales
Director of Photography
A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
The Invisible War
Director of Photography
- 2011
I Came to Testify
Director of Photography
Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer
- 2010
The Oath
Director of Photography
No Woman, No Cry
Director of Photography
The Edge of Joy
Additional Camera
2000s
- 2009
- 2008
Throw Down Your Heart
Director of Photography
Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director of Photography
Lioness
Director of Photography
- 2007
Darfur Now
Director of Photography
Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography
Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Director of Photography
How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Additional Camera
Election Day
Director of Photography
Crime Fiction
Director of Photography
- 2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Director of Photography
Welcome Back to the Barrio
Second Assistant Camera
- 2004
Deadline
Director of Photography
Ladies First
Director of Photography
- 2003
Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography
A Decade Under the Influence
Additional Camera
Asylum
Director of Photography
Boys Will Be Girls
Director of Photography
Risk/Reward
Additional Photography
- 2002
Wide Angle
Camera Operator
The Hamptons
Director of Photography
The Hamptons
Additional Camera
Frontline/World
Camera Operator
Derrida
Director of Photography
Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera
- 2001
Trembling Before G-d
Additional Camera
Perpetua 664
Director of Photography
Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Director of Photography
Brother Born Again
Director of Photography
1990s
- 1994
Il faut que je l'aime
Director of Photography
1980s
- 1988
Produced 13
2020s
- 2024
Helen and the Bear
Executive Producer
A Photographic Memory
Executive Producer
- 2020
The Viewing Booth
Executive Producer
Mother
Executive Producer
2010s
- 2018
Brooklyn Inshallah
Consulting Producer
- 2017
Risk
Co-Producer
- 2016
- 2015
The Above
Producer
- 2014
- 2012
The Program
Producer
2000s
- 2009
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Co-Producer
- 2007
Election Day
Producer
Wrote 2
2020s
- 2020
1990s
- 1995
Bintou in Paris
Screenplay
Other crew 1
2020s
- 2024
Sabbath Queen
Cinematography
Edited 1
2000s
- 2009
Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Editor
Art department 1
2000s
- 2003
Heart of America
Art Direction
Appearances7
2020s
- 2023
The Arc of Oblivion
Self
Subject
Self
- 2020
2010s
- 2017
In the Service of the Film
self
- 2016
- 2015
2000s
- 2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Interviewer (voice)
Thanked in the credits1
2020s
- 2021
Arctic Summer
Thanks