Amy J. Berg

Biography

Amy J. Berg is an American filmmaker. Her 2006 documentary, Deliver Us from Evil (2006), 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. Born to a Jewish family, Berg grew up in the San Fernando Valley and lives in the Venice Beach neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Prior to Deliver Us from Evil, Berg produced documentary segments for CNN Investigations and the KCBS news program "30 Minutes of Special Assignment." Her work at KCBS earned her Emmy Awards in 2003 and 2004. Before that, Berg researched and developed stories for Silver Creek Entertainment. Many aired on Good Morning America, 20/20, and Extra. In addition, she has written numerous articles for the National Organisation for Women, The Jewish Journal, and a number of monthly and weekly periodicals in the United States and France. Berg has directed the 10-minute documentary film Polarised (2007) for Al Gore's Live Earth Pledge. She also produced Bhutto, a documentary feature about assassinated Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto that played at Sundance 2010. West of Memphis (2012), produced b…

Directed

1. Every Secret Thing (2014) — Director
2. Deliver Us from Evil (2006) — Director
3. Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015) — Director
4. West of Memphis (2012) — Director
5. An Open Secret (2014) — Director
6. Prophet's Prey (2015) — Director
7. It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley (2025) — Director
8. Phoenix Rising (2022) — Director
9. The Case Against Adnan Syed (2019) — Director
10. This Is Personal (2019) — Director
11. Jeff Buckley: Live at The Middle East (2025) — Director
12. The Case Against Adnan Syed (Special Episode) (2025) — Director
13. American Race — Director

Also appeared in

1. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
2. The 4%: Film's Gender Problem (2016) — Self