Amy J. Berg

Amy J. Berg is an American filmmaker. Her 2006 documentary Deliver Us from Evil, about sex abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church, was nominated for an Academy Award and won Berg the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documentary Screenplay.

Every Secret Thing (2014)

One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Elizabeth Banks  •  Diane Lane  •  Danielle Macdonald

One clear summer day in a Baltimore suburb, a baby goes missing from her front porch. Two young girls serve seven years for the crime and are released into a town that hasn't fully forgiven or forgotten. Soon, another child is missing, and two detectives are called ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Dakota Fanning  •  Elizabeth Banks  •  Diane Lane  •  Danielle Macdonald

West of Memphis (2012)

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Jason Baldwin  •  Julie Ann Doan  •  Damien Echols  •  Pam Hobbs

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Jason Baldwin  •  Julie Ann Doan  •  Damien Echols  •  Pam Hobbs

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016)

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Suh
CAST:  Joey Soloway  •  Toni Collette  •  Catherine Hardwicke  •  Amy Heckerling

Explores the hot-button issues around the striking gender gap in Hollywood. Both women and men in the entertainment industry share first-person insights, questions, and anecdotes about the place of women in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Caroline Suh
CAST:  Joey Soloway  •  Toni Collette  •  Catherine Hardwicke  •  Amy Heckerling

Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Janis Joplin  •  Cat Power  •  D. A. Pennebaker  •  Dick Cavett

Janis Joplin's evolution into a star from letters that Joplin wrote over the years to her friends, family, and collaborators.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Janis Joplin  •  Cat Power  •  D. A. Pennebaker  •  Dick Cavett

Prophet's Prey (2015)

Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Sam Brower  •  Nick Cave  •  Andrew Chatwin  •  Lori Chatwin

Filmmaker Amy Berg sheds light on the sexual, financial and spiritual abuses heaped upon members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by their former leader, Warren Jeffs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Sam Brower  •  Nick Cave  •  Andrew Chatwin  •  Lori Chatwin

An Open Secret (2014)

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Evan Henzi  •  Michael Egan III  •  Mark Ryan  •  Joey Coleman

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Evan Henzi  •  Michael Egan III  •  Mark Ryan  •  Joey Coleman

This Is Personal (2019)

While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for their communities for decades. Their stories expose the fundamental connection between personal and political and raise ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Erika Andiola  •  Bob Bland  •  Angela Davis  •  Tamika Mallory

While the 2016 election catalyzed the Women’s March and a new era of feminist activism, Tamika Mallory and Erika Andiola have been fighting for their communities for decades. Their stories expose the fundamental connection between personal and political and raise ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Erika Andiola  •  Bob Bland  •  Angela Davis  •  Tamika Mallory

Deliver Us from Evil (2006)

Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Oliver O'Grady  •  Thomas P. Doyle  •  Pope Benedict XVI  •  Adam

Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Amy J. Berg
CAST:  Oliver O'Grady  •  Thomas P. Doyle  •  Pope Benedict XVI  •  Adam