Directed credits
4
Emerging
Beginning to build directing work.
Director
Michael Kantor
Production
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Directed movies: 2Directed series: 2All crew credits: 44
TMDB ID: 1256151
IMDb ID: nm0437972
Known for: Production
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1986 - 2026
Years active: 41
Average TMDB rating: 6.96
Frequent jobs
Director (4)Executive Producer (39)Producer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Michael Kantor.
Series
Directed Series
Series directed by Michael Kantor.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Michael Kantor.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Michael Kantor.
5.9
Bad Girl
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
7.0
Groucho & Cavett
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
9.0
Roberta
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
7.2
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
6.9
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
6.3
Itzhak
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
7.3
Janis: Little Girl Blue
Executive Producer
2015 Movie
7.5
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
5.6
The Rooster
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
7.1
Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You
Executive Producer
2016 Movie
7.5
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Michael Kantor.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Michael Kantor.
American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez
Executive Producer
2026 Movie
10.0
Starring Dick Van Dyke
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
6.8
Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
7.5
Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Marcella
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
9.0
Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
The Disappearance of Miss Scott
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
8.0
Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
5.6
The Rooster
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
Sydney G. James: How We See Us
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
7.0
Groucho & Cavett
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
9.0
Roberta
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Jerry Brown: The Disrupter
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Michael Kantor.