Joe Bini
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A Man in a Room: Joe Bini’s Burden of Other People’s Dreams
When the premise or form of a documentary film is difficult to explain, one is often hit with phrases like “Trust me” or “You just have to see it.” This has been an eventful year for such works, from Julian Castronovo’s byzantine Debut to the final stretch of Caveh Zahedi’s long-running The Show About the Show. Often falling between the cracks of the documentary world, these are not simple projects to describe, but in London they have a welcoming home at the Creative Nonfiction Film Weekend. The festival describes itself as a home for unconventional nonfiction—everything that the genre can […]
by Rafael Fonseca on Sep 17, 2025 -
DP Kirsten Johnson on Filming the Kronos Quartet Documentary A Thousand Thoughts
Kirsten Johnson was among the most in-demand documentary DPs even before her much-celebrated 2016 film Cameraperson. Johnson has shot more than 50 films for such directors as Laura Poitras, Alex Gibney and Kirby Dick. Her latest film, A Thousand Thoughts, is a doc on the Kronos Quartet from directors Sam Green and Joe Bini. The film will be presented at Sundance as a “live documentary” with Green narrating live and the Quartet conducting the score in person. Before its premiere, Johnson spoke with Filmmaker about finding innovative ways to film a concert and how a shot from Cameraperson wound up in A […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 21, 2018
