Cameraperson (2016)
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.
Director: Kirsten Johnson
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Kirsten Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
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Jacques Derrida as Self (archive footage) |
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Michael Moore as Self (archive footage) |
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Richard Johnson as Self (archive footage) |
| Directing | Kirsten Johnson | Director |
| Production | Danielle Varga | Co-Producer |
| Production | Joslyn Barnes | Consulting Producer |
| Production | Kirsten Johnson | Producer |
| Production | Gini Reticker | Executive Producer |
| Production | Marilyn Ness | Producer |
| Production | Abigail Disney | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Kirsten Johnson | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Nels Bangerter | Editor |
| Writing | Doris Baizley | Writer |
| Writing | Lisa Freedman | Writer |
| Production | Amy Ziering | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Pete Horner | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Editing | Amanda Laws | Co-Editor |
| Sound | Eric Milano | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |