
Kirsten Johnson
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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."
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Citizenfour (2014)
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
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Cameraperson (2016)
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Darfur Now (2007)
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Museum Town (2019)
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Risk (2017)
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Derrida (2002)
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Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
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Slacker Uprising (2007)
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The Invisible War (2012)
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A Place at the Table (2012)
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Fatal Assistance (2013)
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1971 (2014)
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The Oath (2010)
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Il faut que je l'aime (1994)
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Trapped (2016)
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Crime Fiction (2007)
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A Woman Like Me (2015)
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008)
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Elliott Erwitt - Silence Sounds Good (2019)
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Boys Will Be Girls (2003)
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Buffalo Returns (2015)
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No Woman, No Cry (2010)
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The Program (2012)
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Ladies First (2004)
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Perpetua 664 (2001)
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Election Day (2007)
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Deadline (2004)
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Asylum (2003)
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I Came to Testify (2011)
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That Film About Money (2014)
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Very Semi-Serious (2015)
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Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity (2014)
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Throw Down Your Heart (2008)
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Here One Day (2012)
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The Wound and the Gift (2014)
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Virgin Tales (2012)
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Lioness (2008)
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Brother Born Again (2001)
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Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today (2001)
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A Thousand Mothers (2016)
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Profit & Nothing But! Or Impolite Thoughts on the Class Struggle (2001)
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Oscar's Comeback (2008)
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Red Hook Justice (2005)
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The Joy of Extreme Possibility (2016)
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American Standoff (2002)
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Rokia: Voice of a New Generation (2003)
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The Above (2015)
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Project Leap: Learning Out Loud (2005)
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A Thousand Thoughts (2018)
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The Lady Is a Fighting Lion (2011)
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Small Steps: Creating the High School for Contemporary Arts (2007)
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Once a Month on Sunday (2015)
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