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Kirsten Johnson

Born 1965-10-12 Seattle, Washington, USA 7 films

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 wor…

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Filmography

7 films

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"The Arc of Oblivion" explores a quirk of humankind: in a universe that erases its tracks, we human…

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The Arc of Oblivion

★ 2.0 2023

In the golden age of documentaries, who benefits? SUBJECT reveals the unintended consequences – goo…

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Subject

★ 6.7 2023

With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father a…

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Dick Johnson Is Dead

★ 7.1 2020

Made from footage captured at Brooklyn’s BAMcinemafest in June 2016 in which filmmakers were left a…

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ROOM H.264: Brooklyn, NY, June 2016

★ 0.0 2018

The following roundtable conversation features director Kirsten Johnson along with documentary film…

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In the Service of the Film

★ 0.0 2017

As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten J…

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Cameraperson

★ 6.7 2016

Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which t…

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This Film Is Not Yet Rated

★ 7.1 2006