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Released
2016 · FILM

Cameraperson

Directed by
Runtime
102 min
BiographyDocumentaryHistory
Streaming on
  • The Criterion Channel

Synopsis

CAMERAPERSON is a visually striking memoir that utilizes the distinctive footage shot by filmmaker Kirsten Johnson, recontextualizing it to highlight moments and situations that have had a personal impact on her. The film offers a thoughtful exploration of the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson reinterprets scenes previously presented at film festivals—each framed as a specific kind of truth—into a new narrative that reflects on personal experience, technical skill, and human connection.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 14

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Nels BangerterShot by Kirsten Johnson

Also known as

  • Camarógrafoes

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