Kier Atherton: Cinematographer | Director | Writer |

Working locally from Northwest Montana out of Whitefish | Eureka | Kalispell

Bringing cinematic experience to help tell your story.

Specializing in Cinematography for Feature Films | Documentary | Music Video | Live Music | Commercial

Cinematographer | Director of Photography for Feature Films including Encounters (2025) | Out to Pasture (2024) | Bring Them Home (2024) |  Bodyslammed: Folk Hero vs. Billionaire | Father’s Story | Love Like Gold

Multicam Directing and Editing for the Western Folklife Center | Elko National Cowboy Poetry Gathering | The Way Way West 

Cinematographer | Director of Photography for Short Films including The Farmer’s Daughter | Orange Candidate | Laura, Lost | Foghorn Trilogy | Lester Leaps In

Camera operator for TV including Television Shows 60 Minutes+ | HBO Real Sports | 20/20 | Discovery Daily Planet | Moveable Feast

Camera operator for Feature Films including Buster’s Mal Heart | Max Richter’s Sleep | Daughter of a Lost Bird | Sunday Best

Commercial Cinematography for Foodshed | Sun Mountain | Finn Scooters | Indian Springs Ranch | Blarney Ranch | Herb + Omni | Dallas Cowboys | Ballad of Lefty Brown

Non-profit Cinematography + Directing for American Whitewater | Montana Wildlife Federation } Western Folklife Center | Badger Two Medicine

Non-profit Cinematography for TED Talks | Whitefish Community Foundation | BNGA | Two Bear Air | Wild Montana | Thunderheart Films | Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes | DeliverFund | Yaak Valley Forest Council

Political Cinematography for Rob Quist for Congress | Wilmot Collins for Senate | Biden/Harris 2020

Music Cinematography for St. Paul & the Broken Bones | Black Pumas | Margo Cilker | Mynx | Michelle Rivers | Chance Cole | Denim Gold

Final Cut Pro X editing focused on Multicam live performance videos

Davinci Resolve editor + colorist

Licensed commercial drone pilot.

Full Frame Insurance Seal

Credits:

Max Richter’s Sleep: B Camera Operator

Buster’s Mal Hart: 2nd unit DP and 1st unit gimbal operator

Press:

Vision & Life interview

Life on Terra field notes