Kirk Fraser (born February 12, 1976) is a successful film director, film producer, and screenwriter. Kirk is President and CEO of May 3rd Films, Inc. Kirk was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Carlton Fraser, an industrial mechanical engineer, and Eulalee, a playwright. Kirk grew up in Lanham, Maryland, where he attended Parkdale High, and Laurel High School. After taking a television production class in his senior year, an interest in Filmmaking developed. He continued to advance his education in Filmmaking and attended Howard University in Washington, D.C. While attending Howard University, Kirk's first exposure into the film & music industry was an internship for Chucky Thompson in 1997. While interning at Chucklife (Life Print), Kirk was exposed to the development and creativeness steps of mainstream music videos and artist development. Kirk continued his internship in the music industry by relocating to New York in the summer of 1997. Returning to Howard University for the fall semester of 1997, Kirk landed a job with BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) as a College Marketing Rep. In 1999, Kirk dropped out of Howard University and resigned from BMG to create and develop the weekly television show "Local Beat", which was broadcast on WUSA TV.