Justin Koehler

Justin Koehler lives and operates in South Dakota working with projects airing on PBS, History, Discovery, Weather Channel, DIY Network, HGTV, as well as historical and educational films for the United States Military, US Government, and National Park Service. When Koehler decided to share his own vision on screen, he was drawn to the rich history of his home state of South Dakota. Koehler’s documentary film, THE BUFFALO KING, reached over 7.3 million homes in 2 months on PBS, screened internationally, and garnered awards on the film festival circuit. Koehler's most recent documentary, FLOATING HORSES: THE LIFE OF CASEY TIBBS, won Best Documentary at “the Oscar’s of the Western Genre”- the 2018 Western Heritage Awards. FLOATING HORSES was selected in over 20 film festivals, winning an award in 8 of those festivals. Koehler works as an independent filmmaker, as well as a Segment Producer for South Dakota Public Broadcasting.