Kirsten Johnson is a filmmaker and cinematographer interested in addressing the changing dimensions and urgent ethical challenges of documentary camerawork. Her most recent film, Cameraperson, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2016, was short-listed for an Academy Award, won the National Board of Review Freedom of Expression prize and was awarded three 2017 Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature. Cameraperson was named one of the Top Ten Films of 2016 by The Washington Post and The New York Times and was the Grand Jury Prize Winner of nine international festivals. Her short film, The Above, which premiered at the 2015 New York Film Festival, was nominated for IDA Best Short of 2016. Johnson's camerawork appeared in the Cannes-premiering Risk, Academy Award-winning Citizenfour, Academy Award-nominated The Invisible War, Tribeca Documentary winner Pray The Devil Back To Hell, Cannes winner Fahrenheit 9/11, and Emmy Award-winning Ladies First. She shared the Sundance 2010 Cinematography Award with Laura Poitras for their work on The Oath. She and Katy Chevigny co-directed Deadline, which premiered at the Berlinale and won the Thurgood Marshall Award.