Amy Schatz

What are Amy Schatz's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Ideas and Society.

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Amy Schatz's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 9 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on HBO Max (9).

• HBO Max9 titles, browse their movies on this service
  • Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999) · director, producer
  • We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020) · director
  • 1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed (2023) · producer
  • In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 (2019) · director, producer
  • Song of Parkland (2019) · director, producer
  • Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School (2023) · director, producer
  • What Happened on September 11 (2019) · director, producer
  • Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012) · director, producer
  • Saving My Tomorrow (2014) · director, producer

Subscription and free streaming for Amy Schatz's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

20 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page.

• 

  Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School(2023)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~43^rd
• 

  1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed(2023)

  Executive Producer

  Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films65^th
• 

  The Runaway Bunny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

  Director · Producer
• 

  We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest(2020)

  Director

  Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films68^th
• 

  In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11(2019)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films59^th
• 

  What Happened on September 11(2019)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films40^th
• 

  Song of Parkland(2019)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films58^th
• 

  The Number on Great-Grandpa's Arm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

  Director · Producer
• 

  Classical Baby: The Lullaby Show(2017)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~92^nd
• 

  Saving My Tomorrow(2014)

  Show Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)~12^th
• 

  An Apology to Elephants (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

  Director
• 

  Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce(2012)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~37^th
• 

  A Child's Garden of Poetry(2011)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films48^th
• 

  A Family Is a Family Is a Family: A Rosie O'Donnell Celebration (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

  Director
• 

  Hard Times for an American Girl: The Great Depression (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

  Director
• 

  Classical Baby (I'm Grown Up Now): The Poetry Show(2008)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)~72^nd
• 

  Through a Child's Eyes: September 11, 2001 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

  Director · Producer
• 

  Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales(1999)

  Director · Producer

  Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films76^th
• 

  Kids Are Punny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

  Director · Producer
• 

  Book of Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

  Associate Producer

Career shape

A full career of 17 titles from 1989 to 2023.

Highest rated

In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11 (2019)

Midcredits 59^th

Most popular right now

Don't Divorce Me! Kids' Rules for Parents on Divorce (2012)

Awards

8 Primetime Emmys and 8 other major awards from 24 major nominations, 1995–2024.

1. 2024
   • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
2. 2021
   • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
3. 2020
   • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Children's Program
   • +1 other major body · 1 win

     • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
4. 2019
   • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Children's Program
5. 2016
   • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
6. 2015
   • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
7. 2014
   • Directors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
8. 2013
   • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Amy Schatz's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59^th percentile, the median of all 11; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 66^th percentile for acclaim.

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 12 titles are Divisive.

622

• Loved with Detractors1
• Divisive6
• Cult Classic2
• Broadly Agreed1
• Mixed2

Most divisive · director, producer

Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School (2023)

98^th percentile spread · 44% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · director, producer

Goodnight Moon & Other Sleepytime Tales (1999)

Midcredits 76^th · 68% liked

Reviewers score the atmosphere 75/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Amy Schatz work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amy Schatz's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Alex Rappoport shares the most, 9.