Kate Amend is an American

documentary film A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...

editor whose career spans more than thirty years. She is known for being a dedicated editor who finds the emotional center of each scene she works with. A member of

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, Amend is the recipient of an

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for Into the Arms of Strangers: '' Stories of the Kindertransport'' (2001); she was nominated for a

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for '' The Case Against 8'' (2014). She was the editor on two Academy Award-winning films:
Into the Arms of Strangers
(2014) and th
Long Way Home
(1997). She is the recipient of the

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’s inaugural award for Outstanding Achievement in Editing. Amend graduated from

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and

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with a master's in humanities, later gaining an interest in film while teaching her discipline at the

City College of San Francisco City College of San Francisco (CCSF or City College) is a public community college in San Francisco, California, United States. Founded as a junior college in 1935, the college plays an important local role, enrolling as many as 1 in 35 San Franc ...

. She worked briefly at a production company of

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s before breaking into documentary work as an apprentice editor on Johanna Demetrakas's ''Right Out of History'' (1980). Amend is also noted for her work on '' Birth Story'' (2012) and '' The Long Way Home'' (1997).

Partial filmography

* '' The Long Way Home'' (1997) * '' Stories of the Kindertransport'' (2001) * '' Beah: A Black Woman Speaks'' (2003) * '' Thin'' (2006) * '' Man from Plains'' (2007) * ''

American Harmony ''American Harmony'' is a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Aengus James, produced by Colin Miller, and edited by Kate Amend. ''American Harmony'', the documentary, was initially screened at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2008 ...

'' (2009) * '' Cowboy del Amor'' (2009) * ''

First Position ''First Position'' is a 2011 American documentary film. It follows six young dancers preparing for the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City, an annual competition for dancers ages 9–19 to earn a place at an elite ballet company or school. ...

'' (2011) * '' Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and the Farm Midwives'' (2012) * '' Sound of Redemption: The Frank Morgan Story'' (2014) * '' Sands of Silence: Waves of Courage'' (2016)

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"USC Cinematic Arts , School of Cinematic Arts Directory Profile"
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