Amy Goodman Kass is an award-winning documentary director and showrunner.

Her recent work includes Peacock’s I LOVE YOU, YOU HATE ME, about the surprising dramatic backstory of Barney the Dinosaur, and TITLE IX: 37 WORDS THAT CHANGED AMERICA, featuring basketball legend Candace Parker, for Turner Sports. Prior to that, 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. Nominated for a 2021 Emmy Award, Independent Spirit Award, Critics Choice Award, and Cinema Eye Honor, the series was hailed as “one of the wildest documentary rides of the year” (The Guardian), “explosive but never exploitive… with a welcome dose of empathy" (Rotten Tomatoes), and “as innovative in its style as it is iconoclastic in its themes” (Time).

Previously, Amy 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, producing, and writing dozens of documentary hours, garnering multiple Emmy nominations, Amy has led or created content for FilmAid, The Screenwriters Colony, National Institute of Mental Health, and the 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. She lives in New York with her family and dog, Cher.