Amy Schatz

Last updated

Amy Schatz
Sheila Nevins and Amy Schatz, The 59th Annual Peabody Awards The Waldorf=Astoria.png
Amy Schatz at the 59th Annual Peabody Awards
Education McGill University
Occupation(s)Director, producer
Notable workClassical Baby, The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm, "Song of Parkland"
Website http://www.amyschatzproductions.com

Amy Schatz is an American director and producer of documentaries and children's shows and series. [1] [2] Schatz's work has earned eight Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Directors Guild of America Awards, and three Peabody Awards, among other awards and nominations.

Contents

Early life and education

Schatz is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal.[ citation needed ]

Career

Schatz's work includes The Runaway Bunny , an animated musical based on the classic children's book, and We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest . [3] Schatz also created the Classical Baby series and Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales, Song of Parkland , an HBO Documentary featuring the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama students, In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuvyesant High on 9/11 [4] and the children’s documentary, What Happened on September 11 . [5]  

Additional HBO shows include The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm , a short film for young people on The Holocaust, Saving My Tomorrow , [6] [7] a 6-part series on the environment produced with the American Museum of Natural History, An Apology to Elephants , [8] a film with Lily Tomlin, A Child's Garden of Poetry [9] , A Family is a Family is a Family: a Rosie O’Donnell Celebration, [10] Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce, [2] 'Twas the Night, and others. For PBS, her credits include the Bill Moyers series, Moyers on Addiction, A World of Ideas and What Can We Do About Violence? Schatz also worked on the feature films George Balanchine's The Nutcracker [11] and Meredith Monk's Books of Days. [12]

Awards and honors

Schatz's work has earned eight Primetime Emmy Awards, eight Directors Guild of America Awards, three Peabody Awards, a Parents' Choice Award,[ citation needed ] a Gracie Award,[ citation needed ] and five Animation Emmy Awards,[ citation needed ] among others. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Women in Film, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.[ citation needed ]

Awards for Schatz's work
YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
1995 Emmy Awards Outstanding Children's Program The World Wildlife Fund Presents "Going, Going, Al"Winner [13]
1996 Peabody Awards How Do You Spell God?Winner [14]
1997Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramHow Do You Spell God?Winner [13]
1999 Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepy Time TalesWinner [15]
1999Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramRosie O'Donnell's Kids Are PunnyNominee [13]
1999 Peabody Awards Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime TalesWinner [16]
2000Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramGoodnight Moon And Other Sleepytime TalesWinner [13]
2001Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs'Twas the NightWinner [15]
2002Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsThrough a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001Nominee [15]
2003Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramThrough a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001Winner [13]
2005Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramClassical BabyWinner [13]
2006Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramClassical Baby 2Nominee [13]
2006Peabody AwardsThe Music in MeWinner [17]
2008Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsClassical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now), "The Poetry Show"Winner [15]
2008Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramClassical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry ShowWinner [13]
2009Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsHard Times for an An American Girl: The Great DepressionNominee [15]
2011Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsA Child's Garden of PoetryWinner [15]
2011Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramA Child's Garden of PoetryWinner [13]
2012Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsDon't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on DivorceNominee [15]
2013Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsAn Apology to ElephantsWinner [15]
2014Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsSaving My Tomorrow, "Part 1 and 2"Nominee [18]
2015Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsSaving My Tomorrow, "Part 3"Nominee [15]
2019Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsSong of ParklandWinner [15]
2019Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramSong of ParklandNomnee [13]
2020Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs We Are the Dream Winner [19]
2020Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's Program We Are the Dream Winner [13]
2023Directors Guild of America AwardsOutstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's ProgramsStand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High SchoolWinner [20]

Personal life

Schatz lives in New York City with her husband, Max Rudin, [21] and their two children.[ citation needed ]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stan Lathan</span> American film director (born 1945)

Stan Lathan is an American television and film director and television producer. He is executive producer and director of BET's Real Husbands of Hollywood. He has produced and directed numerous stand-up comedy specials starring comedian Dave Chappelle, including Killin' Them Softly, Equanimity, The Bird Revelation, Sticks & Stones, and The Closer.

<i>Classical Baby</i> 2005 HBO Family series

Classical Baby is an American animated television series for young children and families directed by Amy Schatz and produced by HBO. The animation was created and designed by Maciek Albrecht and MaGiK World Animation. Classical Baby is designed to introduce young children to masterpieces from the worlds of music, art, dance, and poetry. This series first aired on HBO Family on May 14, 2005.

Lisa Cholodenko is an American screenwriter and director. Cholodenko wrote and directed the films High Art (1998), Laurel Canyon (2002), and The Kids Are All Right (2010). She has also directed television, including the miniseries Olive Kitteridge (2014) and Unbelievable (2019). She has been nominated for an Academy Award and a Golden Globe and has won an Emmy and a DGA Award.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martyn Burke</span> Canadian writer and director

Martyn Burke is a Canadian director, novelist and screenwriter from Toronto, Ontario.

Mark Mylod is an English director and executive producer of film and television. He began his career directing comedy shows such as Shooting Stars, The Fast Show, and The Royle Family, for which he received two BAFTA TV Awards.

Donald Roy King is an American television director, producer, writer, and actor. He served as the director for Saturday Night Live from 2006 until 2021. He has "directed more hours of live network television than anyone else in the history of television," according to Michael Chein.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joe Pytka</span> American film director

Joe Pytka is an American film, television, commercial and music video director born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He holds the record for the most nominations for the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Commercials.

The Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs is one of the annual Directors Guild of America Awards given by the Directors Guild of America. It was first awarded at the 49th Directors Guild of America Awards in 1997. Before 1996, most children's programs competed in the Drama Show Day category before it retired in 1994.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheila Nevins</span> American television producer

Sheila Nevins is an American television producer and former head of MTV Documentary Films division of MTV Entertainment Studios. Previously, Nevins was the President of HBO Documentary Films. She has produced over 1,000 documentary films for HBO and is one of the most influential people in documentary filmmaking. She has worked on productions that have been recognized with 35 News and Documentary Emmy Awards, 42 Peabody Awards, and 26 Academy Awards. Nevins has won 31 individual Primetime Emmy Awards, more than any other person. She is also a member of the board of directors for the Peabody Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Brett Morgen</span> American filmmaker (born 1968)

Brett D. Morgen is an American documentary filmmaker. His directorial credits include The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002), Crossfire Hurricane (2012), Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck (2015), Jane (2017), and Moonage Daydream (2022).

The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm is a short 2018 HBO documentary about the Holocaust.

Song of Parkland is a short HBO Documentary film featuring the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drama students and their teacher, Melody Herzfeld. Filmed in the months following the shooting at their school, the half-hour documentary follows the students as they return to school and decide to continue with the musical they were working on at the time of the attack.

Scott Ferguson is an American television and film producer. He is currently an executive producer of the HBO series Succession.

References

  1. ↑ Hartshorn, Tori (January 11, 2018). "HBO Announces Documentary Lineup for First Half of 2018". Broadway World . Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Kids And Divorce: In HBO's 'Don't Divorce Me,' Kids Give Advice To Parents". Huffington Post . September 17, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ "We Are the Dream".
  4. ↑ "About | In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 | Documentaries". HBO. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  5. ↑ "What Happened on September 11". HBO. Retrieved September 26, 2019.
  6. ↑ Saving My Tomorrow, Willie Nelson, Ziggy Marley, Susan Sarandon, retrieved December 18, 2017{{citation}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  7. ↑ "'Saving My Tomorrow': Little Kids Grapple With Big Questions on Earth Day". Newsweek. April 22, 2015. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  8. ↑ "An Apology to Elephants: TV Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  9. ↑ "A Child's Garden of Poetry Receives Primetime Emmy® Nomination". Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation. January 12, 2018. Retrieved January 12, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  10. ↑ "HBO DOCUMENTARIES - A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILY: A ROSIE O'DONNELL CELEBRATION". International Documentary Association. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  11. ↑ McCarthy, Todd (November 22, 1993). "George Balanchine's The Nutcracker". Variety. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  12. ↑ "Book of Days". IMDb .
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Amy Schatz | Television Academy". Television Academy. Retrieved December 18, 2017.
  14. ↑ "How Do You Spell God?". Peabody Awards . Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Winner and Nominee Search". Directors Guild of America . Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  16. ↑ Peabody Awards (August 28, 2015). Amy Schatz - Goodnight Moon - 1999 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech . Retrieved November 27, 2024– via YouTube.
  17. ↑ "The Music in Me". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved November 27, 2024.
  18. ↑ "DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2015 -". www.dga.org. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  19. ↑ "74th Annual DGA Awards".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  20. ↑ Lewis, Hilary; Coates, Tyler; Chuba, Kirsten (February 11, 2024). "DGA Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved November 26, 2024.
  21. ↑ "Library of America announces new leadership in its thirty–fifth year".
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.