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Michael Kantor

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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,…

Known for

Janis: Little Girl BlueExecutive Producer
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StoryExecutive Producer
Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolExecutive Producer
Bad GirlExecutive Producer
American MastersExecutive Producer

Filmography

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2026The Good LifeProducerMovie
2026WilderExecutive ProducerMovie
2026American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis ValdezExecutive ProducerMovie
2026Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the WorldExecutive ProducerMovie
2026W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a CauseExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Starring Dick Van DykeExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Lani B. Supreme: LegacyExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Cindy Tran: From Here to HereExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Hannah Arendt: Facing TyrannyExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Marlee Matlin: Not Alone AnymoreExecutive ProducerMovie
2025MarcellaExecutive ProducerMovie
2025Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My MuseExecutive ProducerMovie
2025The Disappearance of Miss ScottExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Elie Wiesel: Soul on FireExecutive ProducerMovie
2024Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 FramesExecutive ProducerMovie
2024The RoosterExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Floyd Abrams: Speaking FreelyExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Jonathan Thunder: Good MythologyExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Sydney G. James: How We See UsExecutive ProducerMovie
2023Max Roach: The Drum Also WaltzesExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Groucho & CavettExecutive ProducerMovie
2022RobertaExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Jerry Brown: The DisrupterExecutive ProducerMovie
2022Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her HandsExecutive ProducerMovie
2021Becoming Helen KellerExecutive ProducerMovie
2021A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That SingsExecutive ProducerMovie
2021AileyExecutive ProducerMovie
2021Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for ItExecutive ProducerMovie
2021Amy Tan: Unintended MemoirExecutive ProducerMovie
2021How It Feels to Be FreeExecutive ProducerMovie
2020Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now IsExecutive ProducerMovie
2020Mae West: Dirty BlondeExecutive ProducerMovie
2019Raúl Juliá: The World’s a StageExecutive ProducerMovie
2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolExecutive ProducerMovie
2019Toni Morrison: The Pieces I AmExecutive ProducerMovie
2019Words from a BearExecutive ProducerMovie
2018Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr StoryExecutive ProducerMovie
2017Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling HeartExecutive ProducerMovie
2017ItzhakExecutive ProducerMovie
2017When Patsy Cline Was... CrazyExecutive ProducerMovie
2016Mike Nichols: An American MasterExecutive ProducerMovie
2016Bad GirlExecutive ProducerMovie
2016Norman Lear: Just Another Version of YouExecutive ProducerMovie
2015Janis: Little Girl BlueExecutive ProducerMovie
2015By Sidney LumetExecutive ProducerMovie
2013Superheroes: A Never-Ending BattleDirector · 3 episodesShow
2013Broadway Musicals: A Jewish LegacyDirectorMovie
2011Give Me the BanjoExecutive ProducerMovie
2009Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of AmericaDirector · 6 episodes · Writer · 6 episodes · Producer · 6 episodesShow
2004Broadway: The American MusicalProducer · 6 episodes · Director · 6 episodesShow
2001Quincy Jones: In the PocketDirector · Writer · ProducerMovie
1986American MastersExecutive Producer · 315 episodesShow

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