Person

Michael Kantor

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.

Known for

Filmography

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

Follow their work on Vescene

Rate films and shows on two axes — quality and fun — and share taste with friends.