Mike Wiser has worked on more than 60 films for FRONTLINE since joining the Kirk Documentary Group in 2003. An award-winning writer and producer, he has reported on national security, foreign affairs, sports, criminal justice, and the global financial crisis.

Mike has worked on numerous films about American politics, including The Choice 2024: Harris v. Trump, Democracy on Trial, Pelosi’s Power, McConnell, The GOP, and The Court, Lies, Politics and Democracy. His 2023 film Clarence and Ginni Thomas: Politics, Power and the Supreme Court won a Peabody Award and an Emmy award for Outstanding Politics and Government Documentary

In the area of foreign affairs, Mike has covered the rise of Russian president Vladimir Putin and Russia’s war with Ukraine in films including Putin’s Revenge, Putin’s Road to War, and Putin and the Presidents. In the film Netanyahu at War, he documented life of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his political rise, and his conflict with American presidents.

Mike helped to produce and write numerous films documenting and investigating Donald Trump’s presidency, including: Trump’s American Carnage, Zero Tolerance, Trump’s Showdown, Trump’s Takeover, President Trump, Trump’s Road to the White House, Bannon’s War, and The Choice 2016.

His work telling the story of the National Security Agency spying in United States of Secrets earned a Peabody Award, a DuPont Columbia Award, a Writer’s Guild Award and two Emmys -- including Best Documentary. He also served as a producer and co-writer on League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis, a film that received a Peabody Award, a Writer’s Guild Award and a George Polk Award. Mike received an Emmy for FRONTLINE’s investigation Gunned Down: The Power of the NRA. He also worked on numerous films about Wall Street and financial regulation, including the Emmy Award winning film The Warning and the mini-series Money, Power and Wall Street, which earned an Emmy and a George Polk Award. In addition, Mike helped produce almost a dozen films about the government’s response to September 11^th and the American occupation of Iraq, including America after 9/11,  The Torture Question (Emmy Award), The Lost Year in Iraq (Emmy Award), The Dark Side, Cheney’s Law (Peabody Award), Bush’s War (Emmy Award) and Losing Iraq.

Mike graduated summa cum laude from Middlebury College, attended the London School of Economics as a General Course student and received a Juris Doctor degree cum laude from Harvard Law School.