Biography
Amy Goodman Kass is an award-winning documentary director and showrunner. Her recent work includes directing and showrunning Peacock's RICHARD RAMIREZ: THE NIGHT STALKER TAPES and executive producing and showrunning MGM+'s HOLLYWOOD BLACK, about the history of Black cinema, directed by Justin Simien, which won the 2025 Independent Spirit Award for Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. The series was also nominated for two Emmy Awards (Best Documentary and Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary), and a Gotham TV Award for Breakthrough Nonfiction Series. She was executive producer and showrunner of LOVE FRAUD, which aired on Showtime after making history as the first series ever to premiere on opening night at the Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for a 2021 Independent Spirit Award, Critics Choice Award, and Cinema Eye Honor.
Previously, Amy was executive producer and showrunner of Peacock's I LOVE YOU, YOU HATE ME, about the surprising dramatic backstory of Barney the Dinosaur, as well as Turner Sports's TITLE IX: 37 WORDS THAT CHANGED AMERICA, featuring basketball legend Candace Parker. She was director and showrunner of Fox Nation's IN THE VALLEY OF SIN and she has overseen docuseries including A&E's UNDERCOVER HIGH (Banff and Realscreen Awards), National Geographic's I AM REBEL (executive produced by Doug Liman), and PBS's AMERICA REVEALED (James Beard Award). Amy's feature documentary work includes History Channel's REBUILDING THE WORLD TRADE CENTER (three Realscreen Awards, a BAFTA Award, and a Royal Television Society Award), HBO's ALIVE DAY MEMORIES with James Gandolfini (Emmy-nominated and recipient of the inaugural Television Academy Honor), and TLC and Wellspring's award-winning GIRLHOOD (Tribeca, Berlin, SXSW, and Nantucket Film Festivals).
In addition to directing, writing, and producing dozens of documentary hours, garnering multiple Emmy nominations, Amy has led or created content for FilmAid, Screenwriters Colony, Los Angeles International Film Festival, National Institute of Mental Health, and World Science Festival. At The New School, she has served as Assistant Professor of Culture and Media and Part-Time Faculty in the Media Studies graduate program. Amy graduated from Washington University of St. Louis and is a member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.
