Cameraperson

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Cameraperson
Cameraperson poster.jpg
Directed by Kirsten Johnson
Written by Doris Baizley
Lisa Freedman
Produced byKirsten Johnson
Marilyn Ness
StarringKirsten Johnson
CinematographyKirsten Johnson
Edited by Nels Bangerter
David Teague (consulting editor)
Music byWellington Bowler
Carla Kihlstedt
Dino Rešidbegović
Production
companies
Distributed by Janus Films
Release dates
  • 26 January 2016 (2016-01-26)(Sundance)
  • 9 September 2016 (2016-09-09)(United States)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$102,033 [1]

Cameraperson is a 2016 autobiographical collage documentary film. The film is an account by director Kirsten Johnson about her life and career as a cinematographer. It relies on footage shot by Johnson across the years in numerous different countries.

Contents

Cameraperson premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and won the top prize at the Sheffield Doc/Fest. [2]

Reception

Cameraperson has a 99% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 109 reviews, with an average score of 8.5/10; the site's consensus reads: "Fresh and inventive yet immediately accessible, Cameraperson distills its subject's life and career into an experience that should prove immediately absorbing even for those unfamiliar with her work." [3] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [4]

Accolades

As of January 2017, Cameraperson has won 23 international awards, including the following:

AwardDate of CeremonyCategoryRecipientsResult
Boston Online Film Critics Association 10 December 2016 Best DocumentaryCamerapersonWon
Best Editing Nels Bangerter Won
Boston Society of Film Critics 11 December 2016 Best Editing Nels BangerterWon
Camden International Film Festival 10 September 2016 Best Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson Won
Camerimage 19 November 2016Best Feature Documentary FilmKirsten JohnsonNominated
Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best DocumentaryCamerapersonNominated
Chicago Film Critics Association 15 December 2016 Best Documentary CamerapersonNominated
Best Editing Nels BangerterNominated
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US 11 January 2017The UnforgettablesKirsten JohnsonWon
Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature FilmmakingKirsten JohnsonWon
Marilyn Ness Won
Outstanding Achievement in DirectionKirsten JohnsonNominated
Outstanding Achievement in EditingNels BangerterWon
Outstanding Achievement in CinematographyKirsten JohnsonWon
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 3 November 2016 Most Compelling Living Subject of a DocumentaryKirsten JohnsonWon
Best Documentary Feature CamerapersonNominated
Best Director (Theatrical Feature) Kirsten JohnsonNominated
Most Innovative DocumentaryCamerapersonNominated
DOXA Documentary Film Festival 15 May 2016Feature Documentary AwardKirsten JohnsonWon
Florida Film Critics Circle 23 December 2016 Best DocumentaryCamerapersonWon
Gotham Awards 28 November 2016 Best DocumentaryCamerapersonNominated
Independent Spirit Awards 25 February 2017 Best Documentary Feature CamerapersonNominated
IndieWire Critics Poll 19 December 2016Best DocumentaryCamerapersonRunner-up
Best EditingNels Bangerter4th Place
Best CinematographyKirsten Johnson9th Place
Best First FeatureKirsten Johnson10th Place
International Documentary Association 9 December 2016Best FeatureKirsten JohnsonNominated
Best EditingNels BangerterWon
Montclair Film Festival 8 May 2016Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary FeatureKirsten JohnsonWon
National Board of Review 29 November 2016 Freedom of Expression AwardCamerapersonWon
Online Film Critics Society 3 January 2017 Best Documentary Film CamerapersonNominated
RiverRun International Film Festival 17 April 2016Special Jury Prize - Documentary FeatureKirsten JohnsonWon
San Francisco Film Critics Circle 11 December 2016 Best Documentary Film Kirsten JohnsonNominated
San Francisco International Film Festival 5 May 2016Best Documentary FeatureKirsten JohnsonWon
Sarasota Film Festival 9 April 2016Jury Prize - Best Documentary FeatureKirsten JohnsonWon
Seattle Film Critics Association Best Documentary FeatureKirsten JohnsonNominated
Sheffield Doc/Fest 19 June 2016Grand Jury AwardKirsten JohnsonWon
Toronto Film Critics Association 11 December 2016 Best Documentary Film Kirsten JohnsonWon
Traverse City Film Festival 31 July 2016Founders Prize - Best US DocumentaryKirsten JohnsonWon
Utah Film Critics Association 18 December 2016Best Documentary FeatureCamerapersonWon
Vancouver Film Critics Circle 20 December 2016 Best DocumentaryCamerapersonWon
Zurich Film Festival 25 September 2016Best International Documentary FilmKirsten JohnsonNominated

Home media

As it was distributed by Janus Films, Cameraperson was released by Criterion on 7 February 2017 on Blu-ray and DVD. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "Box Office Mojo: Cameraperson (2016)". Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson wins Sheffield Doc/Fest grand prize". BBC. 15 June 2016. Archived from the original on 4 December 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cameraperson (2016)". Rotten Tomatoes . Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Cameraperson (2016)". Metacritic . Archived from the original on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Richard Linklater's 'Before' Trilogy Is Getting a Criterion Collection Box Set". 16 November 2016. Archived from the original on 15 December 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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