Kristin Bloom is a cinematographer based in Missoula, Montana. Raised in the American Southeast, Kristin began her artistic journey while drifting between film sets in Nashville and Atlanta, where she developed an early fascination with how light, composition, and camera movement shape perception. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Video and Film Production from Middle Tennessee State University and later completed her Master of Fine Arts in Media Arts at the University of Montana.
Since relocating west, Kristin's cinematography has evolved amid Montana's vast physical and psychological terrain, moving toward deeper examinations of perception, interiority, and the unstable space between outward image and inner life. Her visual language prioritizes sculpted light, intentional framing, and deliberate cinematic design that draws viewers into intimate proximity with character.
Her work spans narrative and documentary filmmaking, collaborating closely with directors to shape visual approaches in service of story and performance, in an effort to deepen character, heighten tension, and uncover the emotional truth beneath a scene.
Kristin is also the co-founder of The Nightmare Box LLC, an independent production company dedicated to dark, atmospheric filmmaking. Her work is marked by care, intention, and an enduring devotion to the art of cinema, often examining trauma, vulnerability, and the spaces where fear and empathy intersect. Rooted in collaboration, her films invite audiences to look more deeply at their own lives as well as the lives unfolding around them.