The Killer at Thurston High

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 56 min
  • Premiere: 2000. January 18.

In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”

Discover

Peter J. Boyer

Self - Correspondent

Crew

M.G. Rabinow

Post-Production Manager

Ben McCoy

Cinematography

Directing

Michael Kirk

Director

Editing

Production

Karen O'Connor

Producer

Michael Kirk

Producer

Miri Navasky

Producer

Robin Parmelee

Coordinating Producer

Sam Bailey

Producer

Jennifer Ault

Associate Producer

David Fanning

Executive Producer

Michael Sullivan

Executive Producer

Sharon Tiller

Producer

Sound

Writing

Crew

M.G. Rabinow

Post-Production Manager

Ben McCoy

Cinematography

Directing

Michael Kirk

Director

Editing

Production

Karen O'Connor

Producer

Michael Kirk

Producer

Miri Navasky

Producer

Robin Parmelee

Coordinating Producer

Sam Bailey

Producer

Jennifer Ault

Associate Producer

David Fanning

Executive Producer

Michael Sullivan

Executive Producer

Sharon Tiller

Producer

Sound

Writing