Amy Berg

Amy Berg is a critically acclaimed, Oscar and Emmy nominated documentary filmmaker. Her first film, Deliver Us From Evil, was nominated for an Academy Award and a DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary in 2007. She then went on to direct West of Memphis, in collaboration with producers Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. 

In 2013, Amy’s psychological thriller Every Secret Thing (starring Diane Lane, Dakota Fanning, Elizabeth Banks, Common, and Danielle MacDonald) was purchased by IFC. She then directed An Open Secret, a documentary about the exploitation and sexual abuse of young actors, followed by an introspective look at a religious cult, Prophet’s Prey, made in association with Showtime and Imagine Entertainment. Her project about music legend Janis Joplin, Janis: Little Girl Blue, premiered at the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals followed by a theatrical release in fall 2015.

With Amy at the helm, her company Disarming Films has been producing long form documentary features and docuseries for broadcast for over a decade. Projects include The Case Against Adnan Syed (HBO), We Are: The Brooklyn Saints (NETFLIX), the Emmy award winning series Dogs (NETFLIX) in which Amy directed the groundbreaking episode, “Bravo Zeus” and Phoenix Rising (HBO). Upcoming releases include dramatic independent feature The Wilderness and documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley which premiered at Sundance 2025 and is set to release later this year.