Michael Kantor
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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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Bad Girl (2016)
Executive Producer

The Rooster (2024)
Executive Producer

Starring Dick Van Dyke (2025)
Executive Producer

Mike Nichols: An American Master (2016)
Executive Producer

Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016)
Executive Producer

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)
Executive Producer

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Executive Producer

Groucho & Cavett (2022)
Executive Producer

Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021)
Executive Producer

Mary Oliver: Saved by the Beauty of the World (2026)
Executive Producer

Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage (2019)
Executive Producer

Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore (2025)
Executive Producer

Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)
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Itzhak (2017)
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Blake Edwards: A Love Story in 24 Frames (2024)
Executive Producer

Mae West: Dirty Blonde (2020)
Executive Producer

Words from a Bear (2019)
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American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez (2026)
Executive Producer

A Song for Cesar: Beware a Movement That Sings (2021)
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am (2019)
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Ailey (2021)
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Give Me the Banjo (2011)
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Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse (2025)
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Jerry Brown: The Disrupter (2022)
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
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The Disappearance of Miss Scott (2025)
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Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir (2021)
Executive Producer

Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands (2022)
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W.E.B. Du Bois: Rebel With a Cause (2026)
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By Sidney Lumet (2015)
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Marcella (2025)
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When Patsy Cline Was... Crazy (2017)
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Becoming Helen Keller (2021)
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Floyd Abrams: Speaking Freely (2023)
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How It Feels to Be Free (2021)
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Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire (2024)
Executive Producer

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes (2023)
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Roberta (2022)
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Hannah Arendt: Facing Tyranny (2025)
Executive Producer

Michael Tilson Thomas: Where Now Is (2020)
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Sydney G. James: How We See Us (2023)
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Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology (2023)
Executive Producer
Lani B. Supreme: Legacy (2025)
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