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Kirsten Johnson Biography
Birth Name:Kirsten Johnson
Birth Place:United States
Profession Cinematographer, Camera department, Producer, Director, Writer, Production manager, Editorial department
Awards
- 1999Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
- 1999Honorable Mention-Best Documentary: winner
- 2004Audience Award-: winner
- 2004Pare Lorentz Award-: nominated
- 2004Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
- 2005Emmy-Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Cinematography: nominated
- 2010Golden Frog-Feature Documentary Films Competition: nominated
- 2010Cinematography Award-Documentary: winner
- 2015Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: nominated
- 2016ACCA-Best Documentary Feature Film: nominated
- 2016BSFC Award-Best New Filmmaker: nominated
- 2016Harrell Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
- 2016Golden Frog-Feature Documentary Films Competition: nominated
- 2016Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary: winner
- 2016Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director (Theatrical Feature): nominated
- 2016Feature Documentary Award-: winner
- 2016Audience Award-: nominated
- 2016Gotham Independent Film Award-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2016ICP Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
- 2016ICP Award-Best First Feature: nominated
- 2016IDA Award-Best Feature: nominated
- 2016Hertzfeld Competition Award-: nominated
- 2016Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature-: winner
- 2016Special Jury Prize-Documentary Feature: winner
- 2016SXSW Gamechanger Award-: nominated
- 2016Golden Gate Award-Best Documentary Feature: winner
- 2016Jury Prize-Best Documentary Feature: winner
- 2016Grand Jury Award-: winner
- 2016Founders Prize-Best US Documentary: winner
- 2016Golden Eye Award-Best International Documentary Film: nominated
- 2017Politiken's Audience Award-: nominated
- 2017Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: winner
- 2017Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: winner
- 2017Cinema Eye Honors Award-The Unforgettables: winner
- 2017Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: nominated
- 2017Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2017Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
- 2017INOCA-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2017ARRI AMIRA Award-: winner
- 2017Viktor Award-DOK.international: nominated
- 2017SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
- 2020CPH:DOX Award-DOX:AWARD: nominated
- 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Cinematography: nominated
- 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Narration: nominated
- 2020Critics' Choice Documentary Award-Best Director: winner
- 2020IFJA Award-Best Director: nominated
- 2020U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award-Innovation in Nonfiction Storytelling: winner
- 2020Grand Jury Prize-Documentary: nominated
- 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Direction: winner
- 2021Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize-: nominated
- 2021Cinema Eye Honors Award-Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking: nominated
- 2021Independent Spirit Award-Best Documentary: nominated
- 2021Gold Derby Film Award-Documentary Feature: nominated
- 2021IDA Award-Best Writing: winner
- 2021LEJA Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
- 2021MCFCA Award-Best Documentary Film: nominated
- 2021NDFS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated
- 2021PGA Award-Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion Pictures: nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Cinematography for a Nonfiction Program: nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy-Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking: nominated
- 2021Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Nonfiction Program: winner
- 2021SFCS Award-Best Documentary Feature: nominated