Michael Kantor
Producer
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 (17)
- Give Me the Banjo (2011, ★ 7.2)
- Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy (2013, ★ 7)
- By Sidney Lumet (2015, ★ 6.8)
- Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020, ★ 6.9)
- Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018, ★ 6.9)
- Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019, ★ 7.2)
- Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019, ★ 7.5)
- The Rooster (2024, ★ 5.6)
- Itzhak (2017, ★ 6.4)
- Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015, ★ 7.3)
- Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016, ★ 7.1)
- Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021, ★ 7.5)
- Broadway: The American Musical (2004, ★ 8)
- Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (2013, ★ 7.5)
- American Masters (1986, ★ 7.3)
- Bad Girl (2016, ★ 6)
- Ailey (2021, ★ 6)