Amy Schatz Explained

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.

Early life and education

Schatz is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal.

Career

Schatz's work includes The Runaway Bunny, an animated musical based on the classic children's book, and .^[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] a 6-part series on the environment produced with the American Museum of Natural History, An Apology to Elephants,^[7] a film with Lily Tomlin, A Child's Garden of Poetry^[8] , A Family is a Family is a Family: a Rosie O’Donnell Celebration,^[9] Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce, 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^[10] and Meredith Monk's Books of Days.^[11]

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, a Gracie Award, and five Animation Emmy Awards, among others. She is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Women in Film, and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Awards for Schatz's work!Year!Award!Category!Work!Result!

1995	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	The World Wildlife Fund Presents "Going, Going, Al"	Winner	[12]
1996	Peabody Awards		How Do You Spell God?	Winner	[13]
1997	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	How Do You Spell God?	Winner
1999	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepy Time Tales	Winner	[14]
1999	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Rosie O'Donnell's Kids Are Punny	Nominee
1999	Peabody Awards		Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales	Winner	[15]
2000	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Goodnight Moon And Other Sleepytime Tales	Winner
2001	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	'Twas the Night	Winner
2002	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001	Nominee
2003	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001	Winner
2005	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Classical Baby	Winner
2006	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Classical Baby 2	Nominee
2006	Peabody Awards		The Music in Me	Winner	[16]
2008	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now), "The Poetry Show"	Winner
2008	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show	Winner
2009	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Hard Times for an An American Girl: The Great Depression	Nominee
2011	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	A Child's Garden of Poetry	Winner
2011	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	A Child's Garden of Poetry	Winner
2012	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce	Nominee
2013	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	An Apology to Elephants	Winner
2014	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Saving My Tomorrow, "Part 1 and 2"	Nominee	[17]
2015	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Saving My Tomorrow, "Part 3"	Nominee
2019	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Song of Parkland	Winner
2019	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	Song of Parkland	Nomnee
2020	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	We Are the Dream	Winner	[18]
2020	Emmy Awards	Outstanding Children's Program	We Are the Dream	Winner
2023	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs	Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School	Winner	[19]

Personal life

Schatz lives in New York City with her husband, Max Rudin,^[20] and their two children.

Notes and References

1. News: Hartshorn . Tori . 2018-01-11 . HBO Announces Documentary Lineup for First Half of 2018 . 2018-01-12 . . en.
2. News: 2012-09-17 . Kids And Divorce: In HBO's 'Don't Divorce Me,' Kids Give Advice To Parents . 2018-01-12 . . en-US.
3. Web site: We Are the Dream.
4. Web site: About In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 Documentaries. HBO. 2019-09-26.
5. Web site: What Happened on September 11. HBO. 2019-09-26.
6. News: 'Saving My Tomorrow': Little Kids Grapple With Big Questions on Earth Day. 2015-04-22. Newsweek. 2018-01-12. en.
7. News: An Apology to Elephants: TV Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 2018-01-12. en.
8. Web site: A Child's Garden of Poetry Receives Primetime Emmy® Nomination. 2018-01-12. Poetry Foundation. en-us. Poetry Foundation. 2018-01-12.
9. News: HBO DOCUMENTARIES - A FAMILY IS A FAMILY IS A FAMILY: A ROSIE O'DONNELL CELEBRATION. International Documentary Association. 2018-01-12. en.
10. News: George Balanchine's The Nutcracker. McCarthy. Todd. 1993-11-22. Variety. 2018-01-12. en-US.
11. Web site: Book of Days. IMDb.
12. News: Amy Schatz Television Academy . 2017-12-18 . Television Academy . en.
13. News: How Do You Spell God? . 2018-01-12 . . en.
14. Web site: Winner and Nominee Search . 2018-01-12 . . en.
15. Amy Schatz - Goodnight Moon - 1999 Peabody Award Acceptance Speech . 2015-08-28 . Peabody Awards . 2024-11-27 . YouTube.
16. Web site: The Music in Me . 2024-11-27 . The Peabody Awards . en-US.
17. Web site: DGA Announces Nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2015 - . 2018-01-12 . www.dga.org . en.
18. Web site: 74th Annual DGA Awards . deviated.
19. Web site: Lewis . Hilary . Coates . Tyler . Chuba . Kirsten . 2024-02-11 . DGA Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) . 2024-11-26 . The Hollywood Reporter.
20. Web site: Library of America announces new leadership in its thirty–fifth year.