[7][8] During his studies at Georgia Southern University, he collaborated with another student to film a documentary about the Golden Age of Radio for the Broadcast Education Association.

[18] His first feature film was the international crossover Desires of the Heart, which was produced by Jitenda Mishra[19][20] and shot in Savannah, Georgia and Rajasthan, India in 2012.

[30] His music video "Branches" for solo artist Shel Bee won Best Music Video at the 2016 Garden State Film Festival[31] After the 2016 Garden State Film Festival, Kicklighter directed the documentary Digital Edition, a profile on the future of journalism framed through The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

[32][33][26][34] He was inspired to film the project after receiving an email from Bert Roughton, Jr., Senior Managing Editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Kicklighter directed the feature documentary The Sound of Identity, profiling Lucia Lucas's performance of Don Giovanni at the Tulsa Opera for 2021 release.

[47] Kicklighter is set to direct a biopic about athlete and coach Erk Russell,[48][49][50] who revived the football program at Georgia Southern University.