Biography
Kirsten Johnson is a cinematographer and director. Her short film The Above premiered at 2015 New York Film Festival in the The Intercept's Field of Vision launch. Her most recent camerawork appears in Oscar-winning Citizenfour and Very Semi-Serious. Her credits include The Invisible War, Asylum and Fahrenheit 9/11. She and Laura Poitras shared the 2010 Sundance Cinematography Award for The Oath. She co-directed Deadline which premiered at Sundance.
Sundance Film Festival
Camerawoman
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2024 |
One Bullet |
| 2022 |
A Perfect Spy |
| 2019 |
Museum Town |
| 2018 |
A Thousand Thoughts |
| 2017 |
Atomic Homefront |
| 2016 |
Cameraperson |
Risk |
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| 2015 |
The Above |
| 2014 |
1971 |
Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity |
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Citizenfour |
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The Wound and the Gift |
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| 2012 |
A Place at the Table |
Here One Day |
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Invisible War, The |
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Virgin Tales |
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| 2010 |
No Woman, No Cry |
The Oath |
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| 2008 |
Pray the Devil Back to Hell |
Throw Down Your Heart |
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| 2007 |
Captain Mike Across America |
Darfur Now |
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| 2004 |
Deadline |
| 2002 |
Derrida |
| 2001 |
Perpetua 664 |
Director
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Dick Johnson Is Dead |
| 2016 |
Cameraperson |
| 2015 |
The Above |
| 2004 |
Deadline |
| 1999 |
Innocent Until Proven Guilty (TV movie) |
| 1995 |
Bintou in Paris |
Screenwriter
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2020 |
Dick Johnson Is Dead |
| 1995 |
Bintou in Paris |
Actress
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
Cameraperson |
| Short | |
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| 1997 |
Blind Spot |
Producer
| Documentaries | |
|---|---|
| 2016 |
Cameraperson |
| 2015 |
The Above |