Amy Schatz is an award-winning director and producer of children's shows and documentaries. Her work -- a mix of animation, documentary, performances, music videos, and heartfelt interviews with kids -- has earned 9 Emmy Awards, 8 Directors Guild of America Awards, 3 Peabody Awards, Parents' Choice Awards, and others. 

Schatz’s most recent film is Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School, a documentary about the power of music produced with HBO and Get Lifted Film Co. Her previous projects include We Are the Dream, featuring a kids’ public speaking competition honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, and The Runaway Bunny, a musical adaptation of the classic book. Other shows for little ones include the critically acclaimed Classical Baby series and Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales. In 2019, Schatz released Song of Parkland, a film with the Marjory Stoneman Douglas drama department, and two documentaries about September 11th — In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 and What Happened on September 11. Among her other HBO projects are: The Number on Great-Grandpa’s Arm, a Holocaust story, Saving My Tomorrow, a series on the environment produced with the American Museum of Natural History, and An Apology to Elephants, a film with Lily Tomlin. 

Additional HBO titles include:  A Child's Garden of Poetry, A Family is a Family is a Family, Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce, ’Twas the Night, Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression, and Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001.

Schatz was an executive producer on W. Kamau Bell’s 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed, director on The Music in Me, and producer of the 13-part Harold and the Purple Crayon and the specials, Going, Going, Almost Gone! Animals in Danger and How Do You Spell God?.

For PBS, Schatz’s credits include the Bill Moyers series, Moyers on Addiction, A World of Ideas and What Can We Do About Violence?  as well as Fred Friendly's Before I Die and Your Money & Your Life and stories for the arts series City Arts and EGG.  Her feature film credits include associate producer on George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and Meredith Monk's Book of Days.

Born and raised in Philadelphia, Schatz is a graduate of McGill University and lives in New York City with her husband, Max Rudin, and two teens.  She is a member of the Directors Guild of America, Women in Film, and the Academy of TV Arts & Sciences.