Karen Goodman is an American film and television director and
producer, best known for her work on various documentaries. She has
been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary (Short
Subject) 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.Goodman was born to a Jewish
family and began her film career at Hampshire College in Amherst,
Massachusetts in 1978, where she shot a film about masked dancing in
Indonesia. The film earned her a grant from the Ford Foundation which
ultimately paved the way for her career in filmmaking.Goodman has her
own film production company, the Simon & Goodman Picture Company,
together with her husband, Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on most of
her films.
producer, best known for her work on various documentaries. She has
been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary (Short
Subject) 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.Goodman was born to a Jewish
family and began her film career at Hampshire College in Amherst,
Massachusetts in 1978, where she shot a film about masked dancing in
Indonesia. The film earned her a grant from the Ford Foundation which
ultimately paved the way for her career in filmmaking.Goodman has her
own film production company, the Simon & Goodman Picture Company,
together with her husband, Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on most of
her films.
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