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.
Credits:
Max Richter’s Sleep: B Camera Operator
Buster’s Mal Hart: 2nd unit DP and 1st unit gimbal operator
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