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Amy Entelis

Amy Entelis

Producer, also director

9 Primetime Emmys

Amy Entelis serves as the executive vice president for talent and content development for CNN Worldwide. Entelis is responsible for the development, production, and acquisition of original, long-form premium content for CNN Worldwide. Since joining CNN in 2012, she has overseen and executive produced more than 45 multi-part documentary series and 60 feature-length documentary films, earning more than 110 awards and 445 nominations for the cable network, including CNN's first Academy Award® for Navalny. Entelis also is the senior talent executive at CNN Worldwide, responsible for the recruitment and development of all on-air talent for CNN programming and platforms. Under her leadership, CNN launched CNN Originals for the network's global platforms, which includes the following premium content brands: CNN Original Series, for which Entelis and her team develop nonfiction programming; CNN Films, for which Entelis produces and acquires documentary films for festival, theatrical, broadcast, and streaming distribution; and CNN Presents, for which Entelis acquires encore runs of notable unscripted series and films for broadcast on CNN. Entelis' film and series work can be seen on CNN and CNN apps and on the CNN Originals hub on discovery+ and Max. Over the last decade, Entelis and her team have built the CNN Original Series brand, bringing to audiences twelve seasons of the 13-time Primetime Emmy® Award-winning ANTHONY BOURDAIN PARTS UNKNOWN, produced by Zero Point Zero Production, which won Primetime Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Informational Series in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2018 as well as a Peabody Award for excellence and meritorious work. Entelis' series content team developed and executive produced the two-time Emmy® Award-winning STANLEY TUCCI: SEARCHING FOR ITALY, which received consecutive Primetime Emmy® Awards in 2021 and 2022 for Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Program, and the five-time Primetime Emmy® Award-winning UNITED SHADES OF AMERICA WITH W. KAMAU BELL, which received back-to-back Primetime Emmy® Awards in 2017, 2018 and 2019 for Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program. To date, CNN Original Series has earned a total of 21 Emmy® Awards. Developed under Entelis' leadership for CNN Original Series are: EVA LONGORIA: SEARCHING FOR MEXICO; THIS IS LIFE WITH LISA LING; the Primetime Emmy® Award-nominated "Decades Series": THE SIXTIES, THE SEVENTIES, THE EIGHTIES, THE NINETIES, THE 2000s, and the forthcoming THE 2010s, executive produced by Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman, and Mark Herzog; REFRAMED: MARILYN MONROE, narrated by Jessica Chastain; FIRST LADIES; THE HISTORY OF COMEDY, executive produced by Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Mark Herzog, and Christopher Cowen; LINCOLN: DIVIDED WE STAND, narrated by Sterling K Brown; DIANA; RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE, narrated by Mahershala Ali; SOUNDTRACKS: SONGS THAT MADE HISTORY, executive produced by Dwayne Johnson; AMERICAN DYNASTIES: THE KENNEDYS; THE WINDSORS: INSIDE THE ROYAL DYNASTY; JERUSALEM: CITY OF FAITH AND FURY, narrated by Ewan McGregor; THE RADICAL STORY OF PATTY HEARST; CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: SEX & LOVE AROUND THE WORLD; CHICAGOLAND and DEATH ROW STORIES, with executive producer Robert Redford's Sundance Productions; THE HUNT WITH JOHN WALSH; FINDING JESUS: FAITH. FACT. FORGERY; DECLASSIFIED: UNTOLD STORIES OF AMERICAN SPIES, hosted by former Congressman Mike Rogers; and THE WONDER LIST WITH BILL WEIR. During her tenure, Entelis extended the original series franchise to CNN sister network, HLN and launched scores of HLN Original Series dedicated to true crime, mysteries, and investigations. Select titles include FORENSIC FILES II, long considered the gold-standard of crime & justice non-fiction programming, VERY SCARY PEOPLE, and HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED. In 2023, Entelis developed and launched the Sunday primetime weekly series, THE WHOLE STORY WITH ANDERSON COOPER. Hosted by Cooper, The Whole Story showcases character-driven stories, special interviews, profiles, and investigative deep dives featuring reporting from CNN's anchors and correspondents. For CNN Films, Entelis has acquired, commissioned, or executive produced more than 60 feature and short films, 40% of which were directed by female filmmakers. Recent titles include the Oscar®, BAFTA, PGA, and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, NAVALNY, directed by Daniel Roher; LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING, directed by Lisa Cortés, which world premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival where it was acquired for theatrical distribution by Magnolia Pictures; THE LAST MOVIE STARS, directed by Ethan Hawke about the lives and careers of actors and humanitarians Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman; GABBY GIFFORDS WON'T BACK DOWN, directed by Emmy® Award winners Julie Cohen and Betsy West; ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN, directed by Academy Award® winner Morgan Neville; The Emmy® award-winning DREAMLAND: THE BURNING OF BLACK WALL STREET, directed by Salima Koroma; THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS, directed by Tim Wardle, nominated for an Emmy® Award and a BAFTA; JOHN LEWIS: GOOD TROUBLE, directed by Dawn Porter; LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE, which won Best Music Film at the 63rd Annual Grammy® Awards; the Emmy® and duPont-Columbia Award-winning, RBG, which was also nominated for an Academy Award® and a BAFTA; and APOLLO 11, directed by Todd Douglas Miller and nominated for fiveEmmy® Awards. As the head of talent development for CNN Worldwide, Entelis continues to shape a renaissance at CNN, overseeing the hiring of scores of television journalists, contributors, and commentators. Entelis began her career in television journalism at ABC News, initially as a producer on the weekly news magazine 20/20, and later a producer for World News Tonight with Peter Jennings. During her 30-year tenure, Entelis worked in various roles of increasing responsibility, ultimately serving as senior vice president for talent strategy, development, and research. ABC News President Roone Arledge recruited Entelis for her first management role with a mandate to diversify the network, bringing in many female reporters and journalists of color for on-air positions. Entelis then pioneered the first system in network news that coordinated the identification, recruitment, and development of all on-air talent. Over several decades, she recruited and managed talent for the network's most high-profile news programs including Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, and 20/20. While at ABC News, Entelis received several journalism honors, including a National News Emmy®, a duPont-Columbia Award, a Planned Parenthood Media Excellence Award, the Headliner Awards from the Association for Women in Communications, and a Front Page Award from the Newswomen's Club of New York for Distinguished Journalism. A graduate of Vassar College, Entelis received a Master of Science degree in journalism from Columbia University. She serves as member of the Board of Visitors for the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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Biography from IMDb.

Works as
Producer, also director
Titles
73 on MovieCove · 91 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 156 days to Oct 27Down 30% in 30 days

What are Amy Entelis' films like?

Across their 66 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 34 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

A split, not a type: Light 10 · Serious 10 · Dark 14

Grounded 30 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

A split, not a type: Gentle 9 · Charged 11 · Intense 13

Steady 24 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 30 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 0

Slow burn 20 · Even-paced 14 · Relentless 0

Casual 10 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 6

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 9 · Heavy 15

Resolved 25 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 7

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Contemplative
45
Tense
31
Hopeful
28
Warm
17
Melancholic
14
Other
39

How their films end

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet28
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous28
  • Cyclical2

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 Entelis' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 68 of their 73 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (46).

Subscription and free streaming for Amy Entelis' 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

91 credits, 73 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Detour with David Chang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Top of the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • This Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Craig Ferguson: American on Purpose(2026)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • The Last Laugh: Stephen Colbert(2026)

    Executive Producer

  • K-Everything(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Disaster: The Chernobyl Meltdown(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Standoff: The FBI, Power and Paranoia(2026)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Decades in Sports(2026)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Variety & CNN Actors on Actors (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 26 episodes · Executive Producer

  • I'm Chevy Chase and You're Not(2025)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Tony Shalhoub Breaking Bread(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all shows
  • New Orleans: Soul of a City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • American Prince: JFK Jr.(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows
  • Live Aid: When Rock 'n' Roll Took on the World(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • Eva Longoria: Searching for Spain(2025)

    Show 8 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all shows
  • Billionaire Boys Club(2025)

    Show Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Kobe: The Making of a Legend(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all shows
  • My Happy Place(2025)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all shows
  • Chowchilla(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
  • The 2010s(2023)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Little Richard: I Am Everything(2023)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
  • Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Executive Producer

  • Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • The Last Movie Stars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • American Pain(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
  • Watergate: Blueprint for a Scandal(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows
  • Nomad with Carlton McCoy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer

  • Navalny(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Land of the Giants: Titans of Tech (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 5 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Murdochs: Empire of Influence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Reframed: Marilyn Monroe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Executive Producer

  • Patagonia(2022)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows
  • Citizen Ashe(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Julia(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
  • 58 Hours: The Baby Jessica Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Executive Producer

  • Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
  • Murder Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

  • Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Generation Hustle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Show 10 episodes · Co-Executive Producer

  • The Lost Sons(2021)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films
  • Lincoln: Divided We Stand(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
  • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy(2021)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
  • LFG(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films
  • Race for the Vaccine(2021)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • The People vs the Klan(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
  • Heaven's Gate: The Cult of Cults(2020)

    Show 4 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all shows
  • First Ladies(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • John Lewis: Good Trouble(2020)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • The Bush Years: Family, Duty, Power(2019)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows
  • Apollo 11(2019)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films
  • Halston(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
  • Tricky Dick(2019)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows
  • Love, Gilda(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Three Identical Strangers(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • The Radical Story of Patty Hearst(2018)

    Show 6 episodes · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all shows
  • RBG(2018)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Unmasking a Killer(2018)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
  • Unseen Enemy(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Legion of Brothers(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • The Reagan Show(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Elián(2017)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • The Acquired Savant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • The Last Steps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    Executive Producer

  • Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Enlighten Us(2016)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • United Shades of America(2016)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
  • Raising Ryland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Executive Producer

  • The Hunting Ground(2015)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Life Itself(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Ivory Tower(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
  • Lady Valor: The Kristin Beck Story(2014)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • This Is Life with Lisa Ling(2014)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

Career shape

A full career of 65 titles from 2014 to 2026.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Producing65 of 65: 65 only producing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score77th

By decade

2010s19 · crew2020s46 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

9 Primetime Emmys from 12 major nominations, 2016–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
  2. 2022
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
  3. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Hosted Nonfiction Series or Special
  4. 2019
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special
  5. 2018
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Informational Series or Special
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Short Form Nonfiction or Reality Series
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  6. 2017
    • Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Unstructured Reality Program
  7. 2016
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking

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 Entelis' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 78th percentile, the median of the 37 of 38 with a score; across their 34 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 76th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Approval · how many liked their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 34

Midcredits score across 72 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up30
  • 50th to 74th26
  • 25th to 49th12
  • Below 25th4

Shape of the crowd

30 of their 72 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved8
  • Divisive8
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser20
  • Broadly Agreed2
  • Mixed30

Reviewers score the atmosphere 70/100 and the pacing 54/100 in their films, across 26 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.

Is Amy Entelis' work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 10 · minimalMedian of all films: 32
Profanity3 titlesmedian 32 · mildMedian of all films: 36

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Amy Entelis work with?

People who share at least 2 of Amy Entelis' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Courtney Sexton shares the most, 29.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

  • Courtney Sexton29 titles
    See newest 12 of 29 shared titles with Courtney Sexton
  • Lyle Gamm23 titles
    See newest 12 of 23 shared titles with Lyle Gamm
  • Katie Hinman16 titles
    See newest 12 of 16 shared titles with Katie Hinman
  • Alexandra Hannibal14 titles
    See newest 12 of 14 shared titles with Alexandra Hannibal

Mixed roles