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 Oscarwinning Citizen Four Academy Awardnominated The Invisible War Tribeca winner Pray the Devil Back to Hell Fahrenheit 911 Academy Awardnominated Asylum This Film is Not Yet Rated and Derrida