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.
Editing
Johnson's invisible hand reshapes twenty-five years of footage.
Direction
Turns outtakes into autobiography without narcissism.
Director
Kirsten Johnson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Johnson shot footage for Fahrenheit 9/11, The Oath, and Citizenfour—this film collects the moments she couldn't use.
The 'Cameraperson' title deliberately erases her name while making the entire film about her gaze—an act of feminist refusal and claiming.
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