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Michael Kantor
Producer, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Michael Kantor is a writer, director, and producer whose work includes "Quincy Jones: In the Pocket" for American Masters, Cornerstone for HBO, and The West with Ken Burns. Prior to his work in television, Kantor was a freelance theater director and writer, published in Newsday, American Theater, and Interview. He is president of Ghost Light Films and Almo Inc., companies dedicated to bringing the arts to television.
Since 2001, Michael Kantor has produced 21 hours of television for national broadcast. In addition to winning the Peabody Award and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series, Mr. Kantor’s productions have been recognized with seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and one Writers Guild of America Award nomination.
Since 2001, Michael Kantor has produced 21 hours of television for national broadcast. In addition to winning the Peabody Award and the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Nonfiction Series, Mr. Kantor’s productions have been recognized with seven Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and one Writers Guild of America Award nomination.
Known For
Michael Kantor Filmography
| 2025 | Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore · as Executive Producer |
| 2025 | Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Marcella · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Janis Ian: Breaking Silence · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse · as Executive Producer |
| 2024 | Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | The Rooster · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Dr. Tony Fauci · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV · as Executive Producer |
| 2023 | Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Groucho & Cavett · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Roberta · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Jerry Brown: The Disrupter · as Executive Producer |
| 2022 | Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Becoming Helen Keller · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Song for Cesar · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Buddy Guy: The Blues Chase the Blues Away · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Renegades (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Ailey · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | Mae West: Die verruchte Blonde · as Executive Producer |
| 2021 | How It Feels to Be Free · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is · as Executive Producer |
| 2020 | In the Making (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Oliver Sacks: His Own Life · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am · as Executive Producer |
| 2019 | Words from a Bear · as Executive Producer |
| 2018 | Garry Winogrand: All Things are Photographable · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Itzhak · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story · as Executive Producer |
| 2017 | When Patsy Cline Was... Crazy · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | Maya Angelou and Still I Rise · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | Janis: Little Girl Blue · as Executive Producer |
| 2015 | By Sidney Lumet · as Executive Producer |
| 2013 | Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (TV Series) |
| 2013 | |
| 2011 | Give Me the Banjo · as Executive Producer |
| 2009 | Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America (TV Series) |
| 2004 | Broadway: The American Musical (TV Series) |
| 2001 | The Impressionists (TV Series) · as Consulting Producer |
| 1996 | The West (TV Series) |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Associate Producer |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Executive Producer |