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Kirsten Johnson

Born
1965-10-12
Birthplace
Seattle,
Washington
USA
Born
1965-10-12
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington
USA
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 W......

Profile of Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

Born
1965-10-12
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington
USA
Born
1965-10-12
Birthplace
Seattle, Washington
USA
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."

105 titles with 124 credits

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Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

2015

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POV poster

1988

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Fahrenheit 9/11 poster

2004

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Citizenfour poster

2014

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This Film Is Not Yet Rated poster

2006

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Audrie & Daisy poster

2016

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Dick Johnson Is Dead poster

2020

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Betting on Zero poster

2016

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The Invisible War poster

2012

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Cameraperson poster

2016

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Risk poster

2017

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A Decade Under the Influence poster

2003

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Slacker Uprising poster

2007

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Heart of America poster

2003

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Outrage poster

2009

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The Oath poster

2010

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A Place at the Table poster

2012

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Yelling To The Sky poster

2011

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On the Record poster

2020

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Trembling Before G-d poster

2001

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The Armor of Light poster

2015

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Derrida poster

2002

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1971 poster

2014

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Pray the Devil Back to Hell poster

2008

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Crime + Punishment poster

2018

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Trapped poster

2016

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Very Semi-Serious poster

2015

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Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge poster

2017

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Darfur Now poster

2007

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32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide poster

2017

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Atomic Homefront poster

2017

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Cradle of Champions poster

2018

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Throw Down Your Heart poster

2008

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A Woman Like Me poster

2015

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Fatal Assistance poster

2013

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Crime Fiction poster

2007

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Deadline poster

2004

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Virgin Tales poster

2012

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Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity poster

2014

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Brother Born Again poster

2001

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Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle poster

2001

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Lioness poster

2008

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Here One Day poster

2012

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Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good poster

2019

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The Above poster

2015

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The Hamptons poster

2002

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Two Towns of Jasper poster

2002

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Mother poster

2020

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Subject poster

2023

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Wide Angle poster

2002

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Risk/Reward poster

2003

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Seeds of Time poster

2013

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Il faut que je l'aime poster

1994

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The Arc of Oblivion poster

2023

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A Photographic Memory poster

2024

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The Program poster

2012

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No Woman, No Cry poster

2010

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Rokia: Voice of a New Generation poster

2003

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Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today poster

2001

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The Viewing Booth poster

2020

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Bintou in Paris poster

1995

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American Standoff poster

2002

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The Venetian Dilemma poster

2004

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Innocent Until Proven Guilty poster

1999

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Science Times poster

1997

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I Came to Testify poster

2011

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Perpetua 664 poster

2001

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Red Hook Justice poster

2005

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Welcome Back to the Barrio poster

2006

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Museum Town poster

2019

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Sabbath Queen poster

2024

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Arctic Summer poster

2021

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Frontline/World poster

2002

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ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage poster

2013

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Brooklyn Inshallah poster

2018

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Boys Will Be Girls poster

2003

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That Film About Money poster

2014

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India poster

2003

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Sontag poster

TBD

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Innovation: Life, Inspired poster

2004

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The Wound and the Gift poster

2014

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Asylum poster

2003

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Election Day poster

2007

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ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016 poster

2018

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How Much Is Your Life Worth? poster

2007

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In the Service of the Film poster

2017

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Helen and the Bear poster

2024

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A Thousand Thoughts poster

2018

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Oscar's Comeback poster

2008

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Ladies First poster

2004

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This Very Life poster

2011

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The Edge of Joy poster

2010

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Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref poster

2009

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Starring Osama Bin Laden poster

2003

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A Thousand Mothers poster

2016

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A Nation on Edge poster

2003

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Ancient Poison, Modern Cure poster

2002

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Buffalo Returns poster

2015

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Project Leap: Learning Out Loud poster

2005

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Chasing the Virus poster

2003

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The Joy of Extreme Possibility poster

2016

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The Lady Is a Fighting Lion poster

2011

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Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts poster

2007

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Once a Month on Sunday poster

2015

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Building to Extremes poster

2004

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