Directing • AGE 60
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...


Sabbath Queen
Cinematography
2024

Helen and the Bear
Executive Producer
2024

A Photographic Memory
Executive Producer
2024

The Arc of Oblivion
Self
2023

Subject
Self
2023

Arctic Summer
Thanks
2021

The Viewing Booth
Executive Producer
2020

Mother
Executive Producer
2020

On the Record
Additional Camera
2020

Dick Johnson Is Dead
Self
2020

Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good
Director of Photography
2019

Museum Town
Director of Photography
2019

Cradle of Champions
Additional Camera
2018

A Thousand Thoughts
Director of Photography
2018

Crime + Punishment
Camera Operator
2018

Brooklyn Inshallah
Consulting Producer
2018

32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide
Additional Photography
2017

Atomic Homefront
Additional Camera
2017

Rolling Stone: Stories from the Edge
Director of Photography
2017

Risk
Co-Producer
2017

In the Service of the Film
self
2017

A Thousand Mothers
Director of Photography
2016

Audrie & Daisy
Additional Camera
2016

Cameraperson
Self (archive footage)
2016

Betting on Zero
Additional Director of Photography
2016

Trapped
Director of Photography
2016

The Above
Director
2015

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015

Very Semi-Serious
Director of Photography
2015

The Armor of Light
Additional Photography
2015

A Woman Like Me
Director of Photography
2015

Buffalo Returns
Director of Photography
2015

That Film About Money
Director of Photography
2014

Citizenfour
Director of Photography
2014

The Wound and the Gift
Director of Photography
2014

1971
Director of Photography
2014

Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity
Director of Photography
2014

Seeds of Time
Camera Operator
2013

Fatal Assistance
Director of Photography
2013

ANNIE: It's the Hard-Knock Life, from Script to Stage
Additional Photography
2013

Here One Day
Director of Photography
2012

The Program
Producer
2012

Virgin Tales
Director of Photography
2012

A Place at the Table
Director of Photography
2012

The Invisible War
Director of Photography
2012

I Came to Testify
Director of Photography
2011

Yelling To The Sky
Still Photographer
2011

The Oath
Director of Photography
2010

No Woman, No Cry
Director of Photography
2010

The Edge of Joy
Additional Camera
2010

Waiting for Mercy: The Case Against Mohammed Hossain and Yassin Aref
Co-Producer
2009

Outrage
Additional Camera
2009

Throw Down Your Heart
Director of Photography
2008

Pray the Devil Back to Hell
Director of Photography
2008

Lioness
Director of Photography
2008

Darfur Now
Director of Photography
2007

Slacker Uprising
Director of Photography
2007

Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts
Director of Photography
2007

How Much Is Your Life Worth?
Additional Camera
2007

Election Day
Director of Photography
2007

Crime Fiction
Director of Photography
2007

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - Interviewer (voice)
2006

Welcome Back to the Barrio
Second Assistant Camera
2006

Deadline
Director
2004

Ladies First
Director of Photography
2004

Fahrenheit 9/11
Additional Camera
2004

Rokia: Voice of a New Generation
Director of Photography
2003

A Decade Under the Influence
Additional Camera
2003

Asylum
Director of Photography
2003

Boys Will Be Girls
Director of Photography
2003

Risk/Reward
Additional Photography
2003

Heart of America
Art Direction
2003

Wide Angle
Camera Operator
2002

The Hamptons
Additional Camera
2002

Frontline/World
Camera Operator
2002

Derrida
Director of Photography
2002

Two Towns of Jasper
Additional Camera
2002

Trembling Before G-d
Additional Camera
2001

Perpetua 664
Director of Photography
2001

Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today
Director of Photography
2001

Brother Born Again
Director of Photography
2001

Innocent Until Proven Guilty
Director
1999

Bintou in Paris
Director
1995

Il faut que je l'aime
Director of Photography
1994

POV
Director of Photography
1988