About Keir

Image: Keir Johnson shooting for the Travel Channel in Washington DC

Shooting for Travel Channel in Washington DC

Shooting for Discovery/Max in Florida

Director of PhotographyProducer/ShooterFAA 107 Drone Pilot and Sony FX9 Owner/Operator.  Based in the Washington DC and Baltimore, Maryland area.

20 years experience working all over the country on documentary, broadcast television and streaming media in various roles with an emphasis on non-fiction, unscripted, reality and action sports style productions. Cinematography has been shown on series for Netflix, Max, Discovery, National Geographic Channel and many other outlets.

Recent projects include:

- Director of Photography and Drone Pilot for Netflix docuseries "Titletown High"

- Producer/Shooter, Director of Photography and Drone Pilot for Magnolia Network docuseries "Building Off The Grid"

- Producer/Shooter for Discovery+ docuseries "Carole Baskin's Cage Fight"

- Producer/Shooter, Director of Photography and Drone Pilot for Discovery/Max docuseries "Queen of Versailles Reigns Again" including shooting in Europe and Asia

- Producer/Shooter and Drone Pilot for MotorTrend series "Fastest Cars in the Dirty South" and "Junkyard Empire"

- Camera Operator for VICE TV documentary "Bernie Blackout"

- Producer/Shooter for A&E series "Live PD: Women On Patrol"

- Camera Operator for The National Geographic Channel series "Star Talk", "Chain of Command", "Continent 7" and "Explorer"

Spent a summer living in Turkey shooting documentary projects for a Turkish production company, also have shot overseas in Cyprus, France, Greece, Indonesia, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain and the UK.  Graduate of The University Of Maryland, College Park with a major in Cinema Studies.

Specialize in using digital cinematography equipment from Sony, CanonArri, BlackmagicGoPro, DJI and other leading brands.
 

Image: Camp Woodward Skateboarding