Michelle Kantor

Innovative, experienced museum educator, documentary producer and nonprofit manager with exceptional creativity and communication skills.

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DenverMember since July 21, 2026

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About

Expert museum guide, documentary filmmaker and dynamic storyteller with exceptional people skills and love of ghostly history

Experience

Education – Tour Guide Docent / Gallery Interpreter at Petersen Automotive Museum (2023-01 – Present)

Entertain thousands of guests with vehicle histories and rotating exhibits in museum galleries
Communicate to non-English speakers in French, Czech, Slovak and some Italian and Spanish
Fantastic character depictions, wide range of voices, hilarious sense of humor, great with guests
Provide entertaining presentation and content development for school, museum-hour private tours
Comfortable with kids, fantastic child-care and educational skills, years of experience as a nanny and after-school teacher
Excellent customer service, guest relations skills, graceful handling of high profile guests
Technical management and troubleshooting with video, electronic and AV responsibilities
Love of costumes, role playing and acting
Professional children's theater actor, lettered in Drama in high school, extensive experience in theater, portrayed Yente in Fiddler on the Roof and recurring roles at the Aurora Fox Arts Theater
Voice talent character work including hit podcast PREVAIL by Greg Olear

Escape Room Host at Petersen Automotive Museum

Public event requiring crowd entertainment, management and directing to appropriate tour lanes
Conducted private paranormal investigations of the haunted museum

Rotating Cast Member at Tiffany Plaza Haunted House

Frightened guests in roles such as Exorcist nun, Bram Stoker's vampire & medieval torture victim

Founder / Executive Director / Program Manager / Volunteer Coordinator at Cinefemme (2002-01 – Present)

Co-founded and operates successful 501-©(3) non-profit charitable organization for women filmmakers
Maintains all programs, volunteer outreach and coordination, membership Wrote and drafted dozens of grant applications, organizational overviews, board letters, donor deck and impact reports
Generates program summaries, expense reports, drafts and executes contracts, writes website copy
Produced over 70 features, shorts, festivals and other projects via fiscal sponsorship (15 new in 2025)
Communicates and coordinates with dozens of staff, members, clients, departments, board of directors Develop, establish, develop, administrate & staff diverse slate of programs including Membership, Fiscal Sponsorship, Cinefemme Director's Collective
Oversees workflow between staff and projects, coordinating media, assets, from concept to completion
Social Media Accounts: Management, branding strategies, digital asset creation, audience engagement
Growth of followers and engagement on vertical platforms, social media channels and via strategic marketing, communications, purchase, design, marketing materials, press releases, public outreach
Designed and maintain website; Co-created a user friendly platform/ improved backend for easy member and program management, fundraising portals and specific project elevation
Measures site engagement metrics re income/fundraising growth and goals
Performs outreach between organization and prospective program partners, vendors and employers
Right / Left brain ability; Tech experienced; Interfaces well between technical, creative, admin teams
Perform complex analysis and create business reports that surface key learnings for new initiatives
Developed membership launch, increasing revenue by 200% in 2 fiscal years via automated tech tools
Marketing for press releases, social media, graphic design, copywriting, crowdfunding campaigns
Excellent creative skills and calm demeanor; Exceptional ability to handle diverse personalities with ease

Grant Program Manager at Route 66 Road Ahead Partnership (2022-01 – 2023-12)

Set up and administered a national five year 250K grant program funded by American Express

Producer / Camera Operator / Editor / Public Speaker at Route 66 Women

Developed and released a lesson plans for a Girl Scout educational curriculum for the docuseries. It was beta-tested at Petersen Museum with a real 100 year-old Rosie the Riveter.
Produced, wrote, shot dozens of on-site interviews and B-roll around locations all over Route 66 for a three-part PBS television docuseries distributed by American Public Television nationally on PBS.

Producer – Writer at Assertion Films (2015-01 – Present)

Produced research, outreach, and client casting materials for fifteen unscripted "real people" national advertising campaigns (BBDO and other agencies) for major brands: American Family Insurance's "Dream Fearlessly" campaigns w/JJ Watt, Kevin Durant, Derek Jeter, Jennifer Hudson
Editorial work on pitch boards, casting reels, casting files, preinterviews, story development, messaging
Extensive research, preinterviews, live interviews, BTS and b-roll shooting of documentary subjects
Four state educational tour presenting docuseries materials and beta-testing Girl Scout educational curriculum developed with the Preserve 66 Grant Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Historic Route 66 Arizona, Route 66 Corridor Preservation Program and Road Ahead Partnership

Paralegal at Vasquez, Estrada & Conway LLC (2005-01 – 2017-12)

Support and assist busy attorneys in high-pressure, fast-paced law office
Diligent attention to detail, clerical accuracy, and efficiency with adherence to tight deadlines.
Draft legal documents, create and maintain large client database, historical research and analysis

Associate Producer at RuPaul's Drag Race (Season 10)

Including one live event, Emmy-winning show

Producer / Camera Operator at RuPaul's Drag Con