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Michael Kantor joined American Masters as the PBS series’ executive producer in 2014. An Emmy and Peabody Award-winning filmmaker, Kantor's own films include American Masters Quincy Jones: In the Pocket; the six-part series Make ‘Em Laugh, hosted by Billy Crystal; and Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle hosted by Liev Schreiber. Kantor’s landmark series, Broadway: The American Musical, was hosted by Julie Andrews and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series in 2005. Over the past ten years, Kantor has premiered more than a dozen American Masters films at the Sundance Film Festival including American Pachuco: The Legend of Luis Valdez; Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore; Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am; Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir; Ailey; Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool and Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It, which he executive produced with Norman Lear and Lin-Manuel Miranda.