
Michael Kirk
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Birthplace
- Denver, Colorado, USA
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.
Filmography

The War Cabinet 2026
Director, Producer, Writer

The Rise of RFK Jr. 2025
Writer, Producer, Director

Trump's Power & the Rule of Law 2025
Director, Writer, Producer

Trump's Comeback 2025
Director, Writer, Producer

The Choice 2024: Harris vs. Trump 2024
Director, Writer, Producer

Biden's Decision 2024
Director, Producer

Democracy on Trial 2024
Director, Producer, Writer

Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power, and the Supreme Court 2023
Director, Producer, Writer

Putin and the Presidents 2023
Director, Producer, Writer

Lies, Politics and Democracy 2022
Director, Writer, Producer

Pelosi's Power 2022
Director, Producer, Writer

Putin's Road to War 2022
Director

Amerika nach 9/11 - Trauma Krieg und Spaltung 2022
Writer, Director

Taliban Takeover 2021
Director

America After 9/11 2021
Director, Producer, Writer

Trump's American Carnage 2021
Director, Producer

President Biden 2021
Director, Producer, Writer

Supreme Revenge: Battle for the Court 2020
Director, Writer, Producer

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden 2020
Director, Producer, Writer

United States of Conspiracy 2020
Writer, Producer, Director

Zero Tolerance: How Trump Turned Immigration into a Political Weapon 2019
Director, Writer

McCain 2018
Director, Writer

Bannon's War 2017
Director, Writer
- Divided States of America
Divided States of America 2017
Director, Writer, Producer
- Frontline: President Trump
Frontline: President Trump 2017
Director, Writer, Producer

The Choice 2016 2016
Director, Writer, Producer

The Secret History of ISIS 2016
Director

Netanyahu at War 2016
Director

Secrets, Politics and Torture 2015
Director, Writer, Producer

Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA 2015
Director

Losing Iraq 2014
Director, Writer, Producer

League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis 2013
Director, Writer

The Choice 2012 2012
Director, Writer, Producer

The Anthrax Files 2011
Director

Top Secret America - 9/11 to the Boston Bombings 2011
Director, Writer

The Choice 2008 2008
Writer, Producer, Director

Bush’s War Part II 2008
Director, Writer

Bush’s War Part I 2008
Director, Writer

Cheney's Law 2007
Director

Endgame 2007
Director, Producer, Writer

The Grudge 2 2006
Co-Producer

The Dark Side 2006
Director, Writer, Producer
- The Torture Question
The Torture Question 2005
Director, Writer
- Karl Rove: The Architect
Karl Rove: The Architect 2005
Director

The Grudge 2004
Co-Producer
- The War Behind Closed Doors
The War Behind Closed Doors 2003
Writer, Producer, Director

The Man Who Knew 2002
Director
- Misunderstood Minds
Misunderstood Minds 2002
Director

American Porn 2002
Director, Writer

The Clinton Years 2001
Producer, Director
- The Choice 2000
The Choice 2000 2000
Director, Producer, Writer

The Killer at Thurston High 2000
Director, Writer, Producer

Danger! Women at Work 1943
as Tommy
Credits from TMDB.