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Kirsten Johnson
Seattle, Washington, USA
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.…
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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."
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2024
Sabbath Queen
Movie Cinematography
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2024
Helen and the Bear
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
A Photographic Memory
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
The Arc of Oblivion
Movie Self
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2023
Subject
Movie Self
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2021
Arctic Summer
Movie Thanks
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2020
The Viewing Booth
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
Mother
Movie Executive Producer
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2020
On the Record
Movie Additional Camera
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2020
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Movie Self
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2019
Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Movie Director of Photography
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2019
Museum Town
Movie Director of Photography
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2018
Cradle of Champions
Movie Additional Camera
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2018
A Thousand Thoughts
Movie Director of Photography
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2018
Crime + Punishment
Movie Camera Operator
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2018
ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016
Movie self
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2018
Brooklyn Inshallah
Movie Consulting Producer
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2017
32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Movie Additional Photography
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2017
Atomic Homefront
Movie Additional Camera
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2017
Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
TV show Director of Photography
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2017
Risk
Movie Director of Photography
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2017
In the Service of the Film
Movie self
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2016
A Thousand Mothers
Movie Director of Photography
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2016
The Joy of Extreme Possibility
Movie Director of Photography
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2016
Audrie & Daisy
Movie Additional Camera
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2016
Cameraperson
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
Betting on Zero
Movie Additional Director of Photography
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2016
Trapped
Movie Director of Photography
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2015
The Above
Movie Director
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2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV show Self
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2015
Very Semi-Serious
Movie Director of Photography
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2015
The Armor of Light
Movie Additional Photography
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2015
A Woman Like Me
Movie Director of Photography
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2015
Buffalo Returns
Movie Director of Photography
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2015
Once a Month on Sunday
Movie Director of Photography
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2014
That Film About Money
Movie Director of Photography
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2014
Citizenfour
Movie Director of Photography
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2014
The Wound and the Gift
Movie Director of Photography
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2014
1971
Movie Director of Photography
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2014
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Movie Director of Photography
