Kirsten Johnson

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."

Known For

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Cameraperson

Dick Johnson Is Dead

The Arc of Oblivion

Subject

In the Service of the Film

All Movies (7)

• The Arc of Oblivion2023 · as Self
• Subject2023 · as Self
• Dick Johnson Is Dead2020 · as Self
• ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 20162018 · as self
• In the Service of the Film2017 · as self
• Cameraperson2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated2006 · as Self - Interviewer (voice)

All TV Shows (1)

• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self