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.
Crew
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
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Executive Producer
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
Executive Producer
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Executive Producer
Marcella
Executive Producer
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Executive Producer
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
Executive Producer
Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
Executive Producer
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Executive Producer
The Rooster
Executive Producer
Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
Executive Producer
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology
Executive Producer
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Executive Producer
Groucho & Cavett
Executive Producer
Roberta
Executive Producer
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Executive Producer
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands
Executive Producer