Michael Kirk

Directing·Nov 6, 1947·Denver, Colorado, USA

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Michael Kirk is a documentary filmmaker and partial creator of the PBS show Frontline, where he worked as senior producer until 1987. Kirk owns a production company, the Kirk Documentary Group, in Brookline, Massachusetts. He is a former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University. He has produced such documentaries as "Inside the Meltdown," about the 2008 financial crisis, "Bush's War," about the Iraq War under George W. Bush, and "The Way the Music Died," about the dire straits of the record industry.

Film	Credit
The War Cabinet2026 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Rise of RFK Jr.2025 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Trump's Comeback2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump2024 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Biden's Decision2024 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Democracy on Trial2024 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court2023 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Putin and the Presidents2023 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Lies, Politics and Democracy2022 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Putin's Road to War2022 · Director	Director
Pelosi's Power2022 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Taliban Takeover2021 · Director	Director
America After 9/112021 · Producer, Director, Writer	Producer, Director, Writer
Trump's American Carnage2021 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
President Biden2021 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court2020 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden2020 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
United States of Conspiracy2020 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Zero Tolerance: How Trump Turned Immigration into a Political Weapon2019 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
McCain2018 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
Bannon's War2017 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
DDivided States of America2017 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
FFrontline: President Trump2017 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Choice 20162016 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
The Secret History of ISIS2016 · Director	Director
Netanyahu at War2016 · Director	Director
Secrets, Politics and Torture2015 · Producer, Writer, Director	Producer, Writer, Director
Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA2015 · Director	Director
Losing Iraq2014 · Writer, Director, Producer	Writer, Director, Producer
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis2013 · Writer, Director	Writer, Director
The Choice 20122012 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
TThe Anthrax Files2011 · Director	Director
Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings2011 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Choice 20082008 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Bush’s War Part II2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Bush’s War Part I2008 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Cheney's Law2007 · Director	Director
Endgame2007 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Dark Side2006 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
KKarl Rove: The Architect2005 · Director	Director
TThe War Behind Closed Doors2003 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
The Man Who Knew2002 · Director	Director
MMisunderstood Minds2002 · Director	Director
American Porn2002 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Clinton Years2001 · Producer, Director	Producer, Director
TThe Choice 20002000 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
The Killer at Thurston High2000 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director