Michael Pack is an American documentary film producer, and media executive.[1] He is President of Manifold Productions, Inc., an independent film and television production company.
Michael Pack founded Manifold Productions, Inc., an independent film production company, in 1977. Through Manifold Productions, Pack has written, directed and produced over 15 documentary films on a wide range of topics.[2]
In 1993, Pack served as Co-Chair of the International TV Council at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. In 2002, President Bush nominated and the Senate confirmed Pack to serve on the National Council on the Humanities, which oversees the National Endowment for the Humanities.[3] He served from July 2002 to February 2005.
From 2003–2006, Pack served as Senior Vice President for Television Programming at the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.[4]
From 2015 to 2017, Pack served as President and CEO of the Claremont Institute in Upland, CA, and Publisher of its Claremont Review of Books.[5]
In June 2018, it was announced that President Donald Trump intended to nominate Pack as the chief executive officer of the Broadcasting Board of Governors.[6]
Pack has written, directed, and produced numerous documentaries, principally for PBS, as well as corporate and educational films. His major credits include[2]:
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