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Karen Goodman

American film director and film producer · United States · On the map · Directors

Karen Goodman is an American film and television director and producer, best known for her work on various documentaries.

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2011Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)Award2010MasterclassSeries, CreatorStrangers No MoreFilm, 2010Director, Producer2006Rehearsing a DreamFilm, Director1996Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out LoudFilm, Director1990Chimps: So Like UsFilm, Director1989No Applause, Just Throw MoneyFilm, Director1988POVSeries, DirectorThe Children's StorefrontFilm, 1988Director1950Born

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Awards

Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)2011

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She has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary category four times for The Children's Storefront (1988), Chimps: So Like Us (1990), Rehearsing a Dream (2007), and Strangers No More (2010). Goodman won once for producing and directing Strangers No More at the 83rd Academy Awards. The win was shared with Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on Chimps: So Like Us and Rehearsing a Dream as well. She has further received four Primetime Emmy nominations, winning once for Masterclass in 2014.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living