Michael Kirk
Directing · Producer · Writer · Director
Born Nov 6, 1947 · Denver, Colorado, USA
Active 1983–present
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.
Filmography
The Grudge (2004) — Co-ProducerThe Grudge 2 (2006) — Co-ProducerFrontline (1983) — Director · Writer · Producer · ScreenplaySecrets, Politics and Torture (2015) — Producer · Writer · DirectorThe Dark Side (2006) — Director · Writer · ProducerGunned Down: The Power of the NRA (2015) — DirectorThe War Cabinet (2026) — Director · Producer · WriterThe Secret History of ISIS (2016) — DirectorTrump's Power & the Rule of Law (2025) — Director · Writer · ProducerDemocracy on Trial (2024) — Producer · Director · WriterLeague of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis (2013) — Director · WriterUnited States of Secrets (2014) — DirectorThe Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020) — Producer · Writer · DirectorThe Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump (2024) — Director · Writer · ProducerLosing Iraq (2014) — Writer · Director · ProducerPutin's Road to War (2022) — DirectorPresident Biden (2021) — Director · Producer · WriterNetanyahu at War (2016) — DirectorLies, Politics and Democracy (2022) — Director · Writer · ProducerFrontline: President Trump (2017) — Director · Writer · ProducerTrump's Comeback (2025) — Director · Writer · ProducerDivided States of America (2017) — Writer · Director · ProducerMisunderstood Minds (2002) — DirectorDanger! Women at Work (1943) — Tommy