Michael Kantor
Known For: Production
Biography
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.
Filmography
2026
- Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World ... (Executive Producer)
- W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause ... (Executive Producer)
- American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez ... (Executive Producer)
2025
- Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore ... (Executive Producer)
- Starring Dick Van Dyke ... (Executive Producer)
- The Disappearance of Miss Scott ... (Executive Producer)
- Marcella ... (Executive Producer)
- Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse ... (Executive Producer)
- Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny ... (Executive Producer)
- Lani B. Supreme: Legacy ... (Executive Producer)
2024
- The Rooster ... (Executive Producer)
- Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames ... (Executive Producer)
- Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes ... (Executive Producer)
- Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely ... (Executive Producer)
- Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology ... (Executive Producer)
- Sydney G. James: How We See Us ... (Executive Producer)
2022
- Groucho & Cavett ... (Executive Producer)
- Jerry Brown: The Disrupter ... (Executive Producer)
- Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands ... (Executive Producer)
- Roberta ... (Executive Producer)
2021
- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It ... (Executive Producer)
- Ailey ... (Executive Producer)
- A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings ... (Executive Producer)
- How It Feels to Be Free ... (Executive Producer)
- Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir ... (Executive Producer)
- Becoming Helen Keller ... (Executive Producer)
2020
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde ... (Executive Producer)
- Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is ... (Executive Producer)
2019
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool ... (Executive Producer)
- Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage ... (Executive Producer)
- Words from a Bear ... (Executive Producer)
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am ... (Executive Producer)
2018
- Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story ... (Executive Producer)
2017
- Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart ... (Executive Producer)
- Itzhak ... (Executive Producer)
- When Patsy Cline Was... Crazy ... (Executive Producer)
2016
- Bad Girl ... (Executive Producer)
- Mike Nichols: An American Master ... (Executive Producer)
- Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You ... (Executive Producer)
2015
- Janis: Little Girl Blue ... (Executive Producer)
- By Sidney Lumet ... (Executive Producer)
2013
- Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle ... (Director)
- Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy ... (Director)
2011
- Give Me the Banjo ... (Executive Producer)
2009
- Make 'Em Laugh: The Funny Business of America ... (Director)
2004
- Broadway: The American Musical ... (Producer)
2001
- Quincy Jones: In the Pocket ... (Producer)
1986
- American Masters ... (Executive Producer)