Karen Goodman is an American film and television director and producer, best known for her work on various documentaries. She has been nominated for an
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...
in the
Best Documentary (Short Subject) category four times for ''
The Children's Storefront'' (1988), ''
Chimps: So Like Us'' (1990), ''
Rehearsing a Dream
''Rehearsing a Dream'' is a short documentary directed and produced by four time Oscar nominees Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon. Cinematography by Buddy Squires and Steve McCarthy, edited by Nancy Baker and a Production of Simon & Goodman Picture Comp ...
'' (2007), and ''
Strangers No More
''Strangers No More'' is a 2010 short documentary film about a school in Tel Aviv, Israel, where children from 48 countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. The parents of these children are among over 300,000 transnational migrant ...
'' (2010). Goodman won once for producing and directing ''Strangers No More'' at the
83rd Academy Awards
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. The win was shared with
Kirk Simon
Kirk Simon (July 25, 1954 – April 14, 2018) was an American filmmaker, best known for his work on various documentaries.
Career
Simon received a nomination for an Academy Award four times, winning once. Simon produced three films nominated ...
, with whom she worked on ''Chimps: So Like Us'' and ''Rehearsing a Dream'' as well.
She has further received four
Primetime Emmy
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nominations, winning once for ''
Masterclass
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'' in 2014.
Biography
Goodman was born to a
Jewish
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family
and began her film career at
Hampshire College
Hampshire College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Amherst, Massachusetts. It was opened in 1970 as an experiment in alternative education, in association with four other colleges ...
in
Amherst Amherst may refer to:
People
* Amherst (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Earl Amherst of Arracan in the East Indies, a title in the British Peerage; formerly ''Baron Amherst''
* Baron Amherst of Hackney of the City of London, ...
,
in 1978, where she shot a film about masked dancing in Indonesia. The film earned her a grant from the
Ford Foundation
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which ultimately paved the way for her career in filmmaking.
Goodman has her own film production company, the Simon & Goodman Picture Company, together with her husband, Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on most of her films.
References
External links
Simon & Goodman Picture Company*
American film directors
American film producers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American Jews
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