
Person
Thomas Kail
Production · Born 1978-01-20 · Alexandria, Virginia
Biography
Thomas Kail (born January 20, 1977) is an American theatre and television director known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, garnering the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the latter. Kail was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018. He has also directed the television series Fosse/Verdon (2019), for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Kail, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for

Moana
Director

2 Broke Girls
Director

Tony Awards
Self - Nominee

We Were the Lucky Ones
Executive Producer

Charlie Rose
Self

Fosse/Verdon
Director

Hamilton
Director

Up Here
Executive Producer

In the Heights
Thanks

Grease Live
Co-Executive Producer
Filmography
- 2026MoanaDirector
- 2025Hamilton: Reuniting the RevolutionSelf
- 2025HamiltonDirector
- 2024We Were the Lucky OnesExecutive Producer
- 2023World's BestProducer
- 2023Up HereExecutive Producer
- 2021In the HeightsThanks
- 2020Hamilton: History Has Its Eyes On You
- 2020The Undefeated Presents: Hamilton In-DepthSelf
- 2020Tiny Beautiful ThingsDirector
- 2020We Are Freestyle Love SupremeSelf
- 2020Siempre, LuisSelf
- 2019Fosse/VerdonDirector
- 2018IN THE HEIGHTS - Ramon C. CortinesStage Director
- 2017Hamilton: One Shot to Broadway
- 2016Hamilton's AmericaSelf
- 2016Grease LiveCo-Executive Producer
- 20112 Broke GirlsDirector
- 2009In the Heights: Chasing Broadway DreamsSelf
- 1991Charlie RoseSelf
- 1956Tony AwardsSelf - Nominee
- —Fiddler on the RoofDirector
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