About this release
"Documentary cinematographer Kirsten Johnson (Fahrenheit 9/11, Citizenfour) weaves together candid, behind-the-scenes footage from the movies she's worked on, creating a collage that explores her career and her struggle to remain objective in challenging situations."
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Disc 1
BD
Cameraperson (2016)
102 min
Documentary
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
Credits
Director
Kirsten Johnson
Writer
Doris Baizley
Lisa Freedman
Cast
Kirsten Johnsonas Self (archive footage)
Jacques Derridaas Self (archive footage)
Michael Mooreas Self (archive footage)
Richard Johnsonas Self (archive footage)
Cinematographer
Kirsten Johnson
Editor
Nels Bangerter
Producer
Marilyn Ness
Kirsten Johnson
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- June 10, 2026