Joan Churchill

Joan Churchill has a distinguished documentary career​. She began her career as a cameraperson on films such as Gimme Shelter; Hail, Hail Rock and Roll and Jimi Plays Berkeley. She is a long-time collaborator with Nick Broomfield with directing credits on Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer; Soldier Girls and Juvenile Liaison. Among her many credits as a cinematographer are the documentaries Last Days in Vietnam, Shut Up & Sing and Down from the Mountain. She is the first documentary-focused director of photography to be accepted into the American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.) and one of the few women.