Emmy Award-winning producer, Amy Shatsky is the Series Producer of Independent Lens, PBS’s primetime documentary series. She joined ITVS in 2011 and supervises the editorial, contracting, packaging and delivery of films for broadcast. Independent Lens films have garnered numerous accolades including Emmy Awards, Academy Award Nominations, DuPont Awards and Peabody Awards. In addition, Amy manages a portfolio of ITVS-funded films, and provides content development feedback to filmmakers. Amy joined Independent Lens and ITVS after more than 15 years producing documentaries and narrative feature films in New York. Her credits include award-winning films and television programs for HBO, PBS, Warner Bros., Paramount, Disney Channel, Starz Encore, and Comedy Central, which have premiered at such venues as Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, Venice and the Toronto Film Festival.
Sessions in which Amy Shatsky participates
Jose Rodriguez, Tribeca Film Institute (Participant)
Amy Hobby, Tribeca Film Institute (Participant)
Caroline von Kuhn, Sundance Institute (Participant)
Lauren Kushner, Early Bird Films (Participant)
Lisa Chanoff, Catapult Film Fund (Participant)
Monika Navarro, Firelight Media (Participant)
Amy Shatsky, Independent Lens / ITVS (Participant)
callie barlow, National Geographic Documentary Films (Participant)
Sessions in which Amy Shatsky attends
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
Interactive Workshop
Keith Ochwat, Paradigm Consulting (Participant)
Peter Broderick, Paradigm Consulting (Participant)
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
Panel
FERAS FAYYAD, LAST MEN IN ALEPPO (Participant)
Kristi Jacobson, Catalyst Films (Participant)
Rebecca Day, Film In Mind (Moderator)
Heidi Reinberg, Heidi Reinberg Big Idea, LLC (Participant)
Marco Williams, Hiptruth Productions (Participant)
ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
Panel
Andrés Cediel, UC Berkeley (Participant)
Carrie Lozano, Sundance Institute (Moderator)
Dale Cohen, UCLA School of Law (Participant)
Marilyn Ness, Big Mouth Productions (Participant)
Katie Townsend, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Participant)
Cinerama Dome - Theater
Conversation
Morgan Neville, Tremolo (Participant)
Judd Apatow, Apatow Productions (Participant)
Cinerama Dome - Theater
Presentation
Caty Chattoo, Center for Media & Social Impact, American University School of Communication (Participant)
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
Panel
Robert Greene, 4th Row Films (Moderator)
Yance Ford, Filmmaker (Participant)
Kitty Green (Participant)
Sandi Tan, Shirkers LLC (Participant)
ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
Panel
Lisa Chanoff, Catapult Film Fund (Participant)
Monika Navarro, Firelight Media (Participant)
Bonni Cohen, Catapult Film Fund/ Actual Films (Moderator)
Molly Thompson, A+E Networks (Participant)
Caroline von Kuhn, Sundance Institute (Participant)
Hajnal Molnar-Szakacs, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (Participant)
Carrie Lozano, Sundance Institute (Participant)
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - 1st Floor Conference Room
Presentation
Lindsay Crouse, The New York Times (Participant)
Hilke Schellmann, New York University (Participant)
NeueHouse Hollywood - NeueHouse Hollywood
Pickford Center for Motion Picture Study - Linwood Dunn Theater
Performance
Dale Cohen, UCLA School of Law (Participant)
Dana Merwin, International Documentary Association (Moderator)
Simon Kilmurry, International Documentary Association (Participant)
Katie Townsend, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (Participant)
James Wheaton, first amendment project/uc berkeley/stanford (Participant)
Marco Williams, Hiptruth Productions (Participant)
ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 8
Presentation
Steven Beer, Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell & Vassallo, P.C. (Participant)
Steve Holmgren (Participant)
Fred Siegel, Fred Siegel CPA (Participant)
ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
Panel
Kevin Iwashina, International Documentary Association, Endeavor Content (Moderator)
Alan Eyres, National Geographic (Participant)
Jannat Gargi, VulcanProductions (Participant)
Julie Goldman, Motto Pictures (Participant)
Justine Nagan, American Documentary / POV & America ReFramed (Participant)
Poh Si Teng, AJE Witness (Participant)
ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
Panel
Alexandra Johnes, *Very Special Projects / Eaton Workshop (Moderator)
Justine Nagan, American Documentary / POV & America ReFramed (Participant)
Brenda Robinson, Gamechanger Films (Participant)
Josh Penn, The Department of Motion Pictures (Participant)
ArcLight Hollywood - Theater 10
Panel
Debra Zimmerman, Women Make Movies (Moderator)
David Eisenberg, ITVS (Participant)
Beth Levison, Doc Producers Alliance (Participant)
Tabitha Jackson, Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program (Participant)
Gordon Quinn, Kartemquin Films (Participant)