Kate Amend is an American

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editor whose career spans more than thirty years. She is known for being a dedicated editor who finds the emotional center of each scene she works with. A member of

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, Amend is the recipient of an

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for Into the Arms of Strangers: '' Stories of the Kindertransport'' (2001); she was nominated for a

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for ''

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'' (2014). She was the editor on two Academy Award-winning films:
Into the Arms of Strangers
(2014) and th
Long Way Home
(1997). She is the recipient of the

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’s inaugural award for Outstanding Achievement in Editing. Amend graduated from

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and

San Francisco State University San Francisco State University (commonly referred to as San Francisco State, SF State and SFSU) is a public research university in San Francisco. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers 118 different b ...

with a master's in humanities, later gaining an interest in film while teaching her discipline at the

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. She worked briefly at a production company of

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s before breaking into documentary work as an apprentice editor on Johanna Demetrakas's ''Right Out of History'' (1980). Amend is also noted for her work on '' Birth Story'' (2012) and '' The Long Way Home'' (1997).

Partial filmography

* '' The Long Way Home'' (1997) * '' Stories of the Kindertransport'' (2001) * '' Beah: A Black Woman Speaks'' (2003) * ''

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'' (2006) * ''

Man from Plains ''Man from Plains'' (originally titled ''He Comes in Peace'') is a 2007 American documentary film written and directed by Jonathan Demme, which chronicles former President of the United States Jimmy Carter's book tour across America to publicize hi ...

'' (2007) * ''

American Harmony ''American Harmony'' is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Aengus James, produced by Colin Miller, and edited by Kate Amend. ''American Harmony'', the documentary, was initially screened at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2008 ...

'' (2009) * '' Cowboy del Amor'' (2009) * ''

First Position ''First Position'' is a 2011 American documentary film. It follows six young dancers preparing for the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City, an annual competition for dancers ages 9–19 to earn a place at an elite ballet company or school. Di ...

'' (2011) * '' Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives'' (2012) * '' Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story'' (2014)

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* Living people American Cinema Editors American film editors American women film editors San Francisco State University alumni University of California, Berkeley alumni Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women {{Film-editor-stub