Thomas Kail

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Thomas Kail

Production 48 January 20, 1978

Alexandria, Virginia

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 I…

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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thomas Kail, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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  1. 2026
    Moana

    Movie Director

  2. 2025
    Hamilton

    Movie Director

  3. 2025
  4. 2024
    We Were the Lucky Ones

    TV show Executive Producer

  5. 2023
    World's Best

    Movie Producer

  6. 2023
    Up Here

    TV show Executive Producer

  7. 2021
    In the Heights

    Movie Thanks

  8. 2020
  9. 2020
  10. 2020
    Tiny Beautiful Things

    Movie Director

  11. 2020
  12. 2020
    Siempre, Luis

    Movie Self

  13. 2019
    Fosse/Verdon

    TV show Director

  14. 2017
  15. 2016
    Hamilton's America

    Movie Self

  16. 2016
    Grease Live

    Movie Co-Executive Producer

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  1. 2011
    2 Broke Girls

    TV show Director

  2. 2009
  3. 1991
    Charlie Rose

    TV show Self

  4. 1956
    Tony Awards

    TV show Self - Nominee

  5. Fiddler on the Roof

    Movie Director