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.
Cameraperson premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim and won the top prize at the Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Reception Cameraperson has a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 105 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." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 89 out of 100, based on 21 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
Accolades As of January 2017, Cameraperson has won 23 international awards, including the following: Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result Boston Online Film Critics Association 10 December 2016 Best Documentary Cameraperson Best Editing Nels Bangerter Boston Society of Film Critics 11 December 2016 Best Editing Nels Bangerter Camden International Film Festival 10 September 2016 Best Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson Camerimage 19 November 2016 Best Feature Documentary Film Kirsten Johnson Central Ohio Film Critics Association Best Documentary Cameraperson Chicago Film Critics Association 15 December 2016 Best Documentary Cameraperson Best Editing Nels Bangerter Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US 11 January 2017 The Unforgettables Kirsten Johnson Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking Kirsten Johnson Marilyn Ness Outstanding Achievement in Direction Kirsten Johnson Outstanding Achievement in Editing Nels Bangerter Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Kirsten Johnson Critics' Choice Documentary Awards 3 November 2016 Most Compelling Living Subject of a Documentary Kirsten Johnson Best Documentary Feature Cameraperson Best Director (Theatrical Feature) Kirsten Johnson Most Innovative Documentary Cameraperson DOXA Documentary Film Festival 15 May 2016 Feature Documentary Award Kirsten Johnson Florida Film Critics Circle 23 December 2016 Best Documentary Cameraperson Gotham Awards 28 November 2016 Best Documentary Cameraperson Independent Spirit Awards 25 February 2017 Best Documentary Feature Cameraperson IndieWire Critics Poll 19 December 2016 Best Documentary Cameraperson Best Editing Nels Bangerter Best Cinematography Kirsten Johnson Best First Feature Kirsten Johnson International Documentary Association 9 December 2016 Best Feature Kirsten Johnson Best Editing Nels Bangerter Montclair Film Festival 8 May 2016 Bruce Sinofsky Prize for Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson National Board of Review 29 November 2016 Freedom of Expression Award Cameraperson Online Film Critics Society 3 January 2017 Best Documentary Film Cameraperson RiverRun International Film Festival 17 April 2016 Special Jury Prize - Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson San Francisco Film Critics Circle 11 December 2016 Best Documentary Film Kirsten Johnson San Francisco International Film Festival 5 May 2016 Best Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson Sarasota Film Festival 9 April 2016 Jury Prize - Best Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson Seattle Film Critics Association Best Documentary Feature Kirsten Johnson Sheffield Doc/Fest 19 June 2016 Grand Jury Award Kirsten Johnson Toronto Film Critics Association 11 December 2016 Best Documentary Film Kirsten Johnson Traverse City Film Festival 31 July 2016 Founders Prize - Best US Documentary Kirsten Johnson Utah Film Critics Association 18 December 2016 Best Documentary Feature Cameraperson Vancouver Film Critics Circle 20 December 2016 Best Documentary Cameraperson Zurich Film Festival 25 September 2016 Best International Documentary Film Kirsten Johnson
Home media As it was distributed by Janus Films, Cameraperson received a Blu-ray and DVD release on 7 February 2017 by The Criterion Collection, a sister company of Janus.
References
External links
Cameraperson: Getting Close an essay by Michael Almereyda at the Criterion Collection