Kirsten Johnson

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Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Boyd Johnson (born October 12, 1965 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American camerawoman and film producer who increasingly works as a film director and screenwriter for documentaries .

Life

Born in Seattle, Washington in 1965, Kirsten Johnson studied at Brown University and graduated in 1987 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. She later studied at La fémis in Paris.

The 2003 short documentary Asylum , starring Johnson behind the camera, was nominated for an Oscar. She acted as camerawoman for The Invisible War , which was also nominated for an Oscar, as well as for Citizenfour , which was awarded an Oscar. In January 2016, she presented her documentary Cameraperson at the Sundance Film Festival , which she also directed. She also directed the documentary Dick Johnson Is Dead , which she presented at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2020 .

In 2016, Johnson became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1999: Innocent Until Proven Guilty (TV documentary)
  • 2003: Asylum ( short documentary film)
  • 2004: Deadline (documentary, also director)
  • 2004: Wide Angle (documentary series, one episode)
  • 2007: Darfur Now (documentary)
  • 2010: The Oath (documentary)
  • 2012: The Invisible War (documentary)
  • 2014: Citizenfour (documentary, also production)
  • 2016: Cameraperson (documentary, also direction and production)
  • 2020: Dick Johnson Is Dead (documentary, director and script only)

Awards (selection)

Camerimage

  • 2010: Nomination for the Golden Frog in the documentary film competition (The Oath)
  • 2016: Nomination for the Golden Frog in the documentary film competition (Cameraperson)

Sundance Film Festival

  • 2004: Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize Documentary (Deadline)
  • 2010 : Received the Cinematography Award Documentary (The Oath)
  • 2020 : Received the US Documentary Special Jury Award for Innovation in Non-fiction Storytelling (Dick Johnson Is Dead)
  • 2020: Nomination for the Grand Jury Prize Documentary (Dick Johnson Is Dead)

Zurich Film Festival

  • 2016: Nomination for Best International Documentary for the Golden Eye (Cameraperson)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jordan Cronk: Cameraperson - first look. In: bfi.org.uk, December 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Cameraperson. In: bratislavaiff.sk. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Bong Joon Ho: Bong Joon Ho's 20 upcoming directors for the 2020s. In: bfi.org.uk, February 25, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Kirsten
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Johnson, Kirsten Boyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American camerawoman, film producer, film director, and documentary screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH October 12, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington, United States