Michael Kirk

Michael Kirk

Known for
Directing
Born
November 6, 1947 (age 79)
Birthplace
Denver, Colorado, USA

Biography

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
The War Cabinet poster

The War Cabinet

Movie · Director

2025
Trump's Comeback poster

Trump's Comeback

Movie · Director

2025
Trump's Power & the Rule of Law poster

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law

Movie · Director

2025
The Rise of RFK Jr. poster

The Rise of RFK Jr.

Movie · Director

2024
Democracy on Trial poster

Democracy on Trial

Movie · Director

2024
Biden's Decision poster

Biden's Decision

Movie · Director

2024
The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump poster

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump

Movie · Director

2023
Putin and the Presidents poster

Putin and the Presidents

Movie · Director

2023
Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court poster

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court

Movie · Director

2022
Putin's Road to War poster

Putin's Road to War

Movie · Director

2022
Pelosi's Power poster

Pelosi's Power

Movie · Director

2022
Lies, Politics and Democracy poster

Lies, Politics and Democracy

Movie · Director

2022
Amerika nach 9/11 - Trauma Krieg und Spaltung poster

Amerika nach 9/11 - Trauma Krieg und Spaltung

Movie · Director

2021
America After 9/11 poster

America After 9/11

Movie · Director

2021
Taliban Takeover poster

Taliban Takeover

Movie · Director

2021
Trump's American Carnage poster

Trump's American Carnage

Movie · Director

2021
President Biden poster

President Biden

Movie · Director

2020
United States of Conspiracy poster

United States of Conspiracy

Movie · Director

2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden poster

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

Movie · Director

2020
Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court poster

Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court

Movie · Director

2020
America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump poster

America's Great Divide: From Obama to Trump

TV · Director · 2 eps

2019
Zero Tolerance: How Trump Turned Immigration into a Political Weapon poster

Zero Tolerance: How Trump Turned Immigration into a Political Weapon

Movie · Director

2018
McCain poster

McCain

Movie · Director

2017
Divided States of America

Divided States of America

Movie · Director

2017
Frontline: President Trump

Frontline: President Trump

Movie · Director

2017
Bannon's War poster

Bannon's War

Movie · Director

2016
Netanyahu at War poster

Netanyahu at War

Movie · Director

2016
The Secret History of ISIS poster

The Secret History of ISIS

Movie · Director

2016
The Choice 2016 poster

The Choice 2016

Movie · Director

2015
Secrets, Politics and Torture poster

Secrets, Politics and Torture

Movie · Director

2015
Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA poster

Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA

Movie · Director

2014
Losing Iraq poster

Losing Iraq

Movie · Director

2014
United States of Secrets poster

United States of Secrets

TV · Director · 2 eps

2013
League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis poster

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis

Movie · Director

2012
The Choice 2012 poster

The Choice 2012

Movie · Director

2011
Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings poster

Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings

Movie · Director

2011
The Anthrax Files poster

The Anthrax Files

Movie · Director

2008
Bush’s War Part I poster

Bush’s War Part I

Movie · Director

2008
Bush’s War Part II poster

Bush’s War Part II

Movie · Director

2008
The Choice 2008 poster

The Choice 2008

Movie · Director

2007
Cheney's Law poster

Cheney's Law

Movie · Director

2007
Endgame poster

Endgame

Movie · Director

2006
The Dark Side poster

The Dark Side

Movie · Director

2005
Karl Rove: The Architect

Karl Rove: The Architect

Movie · Director

2005
The Torture Question

The Torture Question

Movie · Director

2003
The War Behind Closed Doors

The War Behind Closed Doors

Movie · Director

2002
Misunderstood Minds

Misunderstood Minds

Movie · Director

2002
The Man Who Knew poster

The Man Who Knew

Movie · Director

2002
American Porn poster

American Porn

Movie · Director

2001
The Clinton Years poster

The Clinton Years

Movie · Director

2000
The Killer at Thurston High poster

The Killer at Thurston High

Movie · Director

2000
The Choice 2000

The Choice 2000

Movie · Director

1983
Frontline poster

Frontline

TV · Director · 9 eps