Kirk Wolfinger is a renowned filmmaker with a distinguished career spanning over three and a half decades, during which he has produced and directed numerous critically acclaimed, award-winning television specials and series broadcast nationally and internationally on most major networks and leading cable and streaming outlets.
His expertise lies in crafting engaging adventure, science, and historical programming, a genre he has been working in continuously since 1990, when he produced his first NOVA/WGBH special, "Submarine". Since then, he has produced over 30 NOVA specials on a wide range of topics, including biological weapons in the former Soviet Union, lost Nazi U-boats near New Jersey, and climate change in Antarctica.
Throughout his career, Kirk has had the privilege of collaborating with some of the most brilliant minds in science, including Svante Pabo, the leading geneticist at the Max Planck Institute, Nobel laureate physicist Saul Perlmutter of UC Berkeley, and Dr. Robert Ballard of the Nautilus Institute, among others. He has also had the opportunity to accompany world-renowned explorers, scientists, and astronauts on numerous adventures across the globe and deep beneath the sea.
Kirk's impressive body of work has earned him numerous accolades, including an Emmy Award for "Bioterror", a regional Emmy Award for "Coma: The Journey Back", and several National News and Documentary nominations. He has also received a George F. Peabody Award for "Moon Shot", the American Film Festival Blue Ribbon, and the Independent Documentary Association Award.
In 2010, his documentary film "The Rivals" won several film festival awards, including Best Picture at the Phoenix Film Festival, further solidifying his reputation as a masterful filmmaker.
