14 Facts About Michael Kirk

Michael Kirk is a documentary filmmaker and the original senior producer of Frontline, PBS' flagship documentary series, from its inception in 1983 until the fall of 1987, when he created his own production company: the Kirk Documentary Group.

Michael Kirk is a former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University and has produced more than 200 national television programs covering salient stories in America's history for just over 4 decades.

Michael Kirk received a degree in journalism from the University of Idaho in 1971 and was a Harvard University Nieman Fellow in 1980.

Michael Kirk was born in Denver and later moved to Boise, Idaho, where he attended Bishop Kelly High School.

Michael Kirk received a degree in journalism from the University of Idaho in 1971 and was a Harvard University Nieman Fellow in 1980.

Michael Kirk has since continued to produce a series of films through his own production company, Kirk Documentary Group.

Michael Kirk has produced more than 200 national television programs, winning every major award in broadcast journalism, including six Peabody Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards, two George Polk awards, 17 Emmy Awards, 13 Writers Guild of America Awards, and a Cronkite Award.

Michael Kirk has directed and written more than 100 hours of FRONTLINE - including five installments of "The Choice," the acclaimed election-year series profiling the two major-party presidential candidates.

Michael Kirk produced films about the 2008 financial crisis, Inside the Meltdown; 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.

Michael Kirk has made upwards of 20 films on the Obama and Trump presidencies, including Trump's Comeback, The Choice 2024: Harris vs Trump, The Choice 2020: Trump vs Biden, Supreme Revenge, Zero Tolerance, Trump's Takeover, Divided States of America, The Choice 2016, United States of Secrets, Putin's Revenge, The Choice 2012, The Warning and many others.

Michael Kirk was inducted into the University of Idaho Alumni Hall of Fame in 2000 and given an honorary degree in 2013.

Michael Kirk is a former Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University.

Since 1984, Michael Kirk has notably received every major award in broadcast journalism: six Peabody Awards, four duPont-Columbia Awards, two George Polk awards, 17 Emmy Awards, 13 Writers Guild of America Awards.

In 2015,2016, and 2017, Michael Kirk had consecutive Emmy wins for United States of Secrets, Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA, and The Choice 2016.