Kier Atherton — Cinematographer · Director · Writer
Working from Northwest Montana — Whitefish, Eureka, and Kalispell — and bringing cinematic experience to help tell your story. Specializing in cinematography for feature films, documentary, music video, live music, and commercial work.
Feature films
Cinematographer / Director of Photography: Encounters (2025) · Out to Pasture (2024) · Bring Them Home (2024) · Bodyslammed: Folk Hero vs. Billionaire · Father’s Story · Love Like Gold
Camera operator: Buster’s Mal Heart (2nd unit DP and 1st unit gimbal operator) · Max Richter’s Sleep (B camera operator) · Daughter of a Lost Bird
Television
Camera operator: 60 Minutes+ · HBO Real Sports · 20/20 · Discovery Daily Planet · Moveable Feast
Short films & documentary
Short films: The Farmer’s Daughter · Laura, Lost · Foghorn Trilogy · Lester Leaps In
Short documentaries: The Water Keepers · Orange Candidate · Bleeding Into Eternity
Multicam directing and editing: Western Folklife Center · Elko National Cowboy Poetry Gathering · The Way Way West
Commercial
Foodshed · Sun Mountain · Finn Scooters · Indian Springs Ranch · Blarney Ranch · Herb + Omni · Dallas Cowboys · Ballad of Lefty Brown
Non-profit & political
Cinematography + directing: American Whitewater · Montana Wildlife Federation · Western Folklife Center · Badger Two Medicine
Cinematography: TED Talks · Whitefish Community Foundation · BNGA · Two Bear Air · Wild Montana · Thunderheart Films · Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes · DeliverFund · Yaak Valley Forest Council
Political: Rob Quist for Congress · Wilmot Collins for Senate · Biden/Harris 2020
Music
St. Paul & the Broken Bones · Black Pumas · Margo Cilker · Mynx · Michelle Rivers · Chance Cole · Denim Gold
Editing, color, and drone
- Final Cut Pro X editing focused on multicam live performance videos
- DaVinci Resolve editor + colorist
- Licensed commercial drone pilot
- Fully insured — Full Frame Insurance
Press
Have a story to tell?