Kirk Fraser

{{Short description|American film director}}

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| birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

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| occupation = Producer, director, screenwriter

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Kirk Fraser (born February 12, 1976) is a film director, screenwriter, and film producer.

Kirk Fraser's first documentary film, The Life of Rayful Edmond: The Rise and Fall, Vol. I was released on July 12, 2005.{{cite news|title=A Drug Kingpin's Hot-Selling Story: DVD on Rayful Edmond III Has Captivated Washington|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/21/AR2005072102517.html|first=Henri E.|last=Cauvin|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 22, 2005|accessdate=August 1, 2009}}

In 2006 Fraser teamed up with Lil' Kim and Tracey Edmonds to develop a reality series, Lil' Kim: Countdown to Lockdown on BET. It was the highest debuting series in BET history with 1.9 million viewers.{{cite web|url=http://www.targetmarketnews.com/storyid03230602.htm |title=BET's Lil' Kim reality series becomes channel's most-watched debut |publisher=Targetmarketnews.com |date=2006-03-22 |accessdate=2012-02-24}}

Fraser produced and directed Without Bias, a documentary film on Len Bias.{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/people/capitalcomment/6740.html|title=Len Bias Movie Promoted at Sundance: Guerilla marketing tactics pay off for a group of Washington filmmakers|first=Nancy Doyle|last=Palmer|date=February 26, 2008|work=Washingtonian.com|accessdate=August 1, 2009}}{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonian.com/articles/people/12477.html|title=Death of a Legend|first=Drew|last=Bratcher|date=June 1, 2009|work=Washingtonian.com|accessdate=August 1, 2009}} The film was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 13th Annual American Black Film Festival.{{cite news|url=http://newsroom.dc.gov/show.aspx/agency/film/section/2/release/17656/year/2009/month/7|title=From Awards to Opening Nights, District Stars in Film and TV|accessdate=August 1, 2009|date=July 20, 2009}}

In 2009 ESPN selected Fraser to join the list of the top 30 film directors to develop 30 for 30, a series of documentaries in celebration of ESPN's 30Th Anniversary.{{cite news|title=ESPN's '30 for 30' Lets Flmmakers Take the Real Big Picture Behind the Games|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/arts/television/04lidz.html|first=Franz|last=Lidz|work=New York Times|date=September 30, 2009|accessdate=October 24, 2009}}

In 2020 Fraser directed and executive produced the one-hour documentary Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage for History,{{Cite web|title=Tuskegee Airmen: Legacy of Courage|url=https://www.history.com/specials/tuskegee-airmen-legacy-of-courage|access-date=2021-02-05|website=HISTORY|language=en}} which will premiere on 10 February 2021.{{Cite web|title=HISTORY Channel Announces New 'Tuskegee Airmen' Documentary from Robin Roberts|last=Magee|first=Ny|date=2021-01-28|url=https://eurweb.com/2021/01/28/history-channel-announces-new-tuskegee-airmen-documentary-from-robin-roberts/|access-date=2021-02-05|website=EURweb}}