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. He 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. Kirk was born in Denver, Colorado and later grew up in Boise, Idaho where he attended Bishop Kelly High School. He received a degree in journalism from the University of Idaho in 1971 and was a Harvard University Nieman Fellow in 1980.