Michael Kantor
Production
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
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movieAmerican Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
2026
Executive Producer
movieMary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World
2026
Executive Producer
movieW.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause
2026
Executive Producer
movieStarring Dick Van Dyke
2025
Executive Producer
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy
2025
Executive Producer
movieHannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
2025
Executive Producer
movieMarlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
2025
Executive Producer
movieMarcella
2025
Executive Producer
movieArt Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
2025
Executive Producer
movieThe Disappearance of Miss Scott
2025
Executive Producer
movieElie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
2024
Executive Producer
movieBlake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
2024
Executive Producer
movieThe Rooster
2024
Executive Producer
movieFloyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
2023
Executive Producer
movieJonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
2023
Executive Producer
movieSydney G. James: How We See Us
2023
Executive Producer
movieMax Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
2023
Executive Producer
movieGroucho & Cavett
2022
Executive Producer
movieRoberta
2022
Executive Producer
movieJerry Brown: The Disrupter
2022
Executive Producer
movieMarian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
2022
Executive Producer
movieBecoming Helen Keller
2021
Executive Producer
movieA Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings
2021
Executive Producer
movieAiley
2021
Executive Producer
movieRita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
Executive Producer
movieAmy Tan: Unintended Memoir
2021
Executive Producer
movieHow It Feels to Be Free
2021
Executive Producer
movieMichael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is
2020
Executive Producer
movieMae West: Dirty Blonde
2020
Executive Producer
movieRaúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
2019
Executive Producer
movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
Executive Producer
movieToni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019
Executive Producer
movieWords from a Bear
2019
Executive Producer
movieBombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
2018
Executive Producer
movieLorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
Executive Producer
movieItzhak
2017
Executive Producer
movieWhen Patsy Cline Was... Crazy
2017
Executive Producer
movieMike Nichols: An American Master
2016
Executive Producer
movieBad Girl
2016
Executive Producer
movieNorman Lear: Just Another Version of You
2016
Executive Producer
movieJanis: Little Girl Blue
2015
Executive Producer
movieBy Sidney Lumet
2015
Executive Producer
movieGive Me the Banjo
2011
Executive Producer
tvAmerican Masters
1986
Executive Producer
