Producer

Thomas Kail

Born January 20, 1978 in Alexandria, Virginia6 films

Thomas Kail (born January 20, 1977) is an American theatre and television director known for directing the Off-Broadway and Broadway productions of Lin-Manuel Miranda's musicals In the Heights and Hamilton, garnering the 2016 Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical for the latter. Kail was awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 2018. He has also directed the television series Fosse/Verdon (2019), for which he was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

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First watchHamilton20257.9Presenting the tale of American founding father Alexander Hamilton, this filmed version of the original Broadway smash hit is the story of America then, told by America now.View film

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7.1Grease Live2016

Filmography

6 films

TBAFiddler on the RoofProducer
2026MoanaExecutive Producer
2025HamiltonProducer
2023World's BestProducer
2020We Are Freestyle Love SupremeProducer
2016Grease LiveCo-Executive Producer