Amy Ziering

Documentary and Outstanding Investigative Journalism. The film helped influence Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to announce significant policy changes and catalyzed the penning and passing of 35 pieces of legislation in its wake. Her previous film, Outrage, for which she received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Investigative Journalism, is an indictment of the hypocrisy of powerful, closeted politicians and the institutions that protect them. Ziering also co-directed and produced Derrida, a documentary about the world-renowned French philosopher. She is the 2012 recipient of the Nestor Almendros Prize for Courage and Filmmaking, the 2013 Ridenhour Documentary Film Prize, the 2013 Gracie Award for Outstanding Producer - News/Non-Fiction and the 2013 Peabody Award. Ziering is currently in production on a new project for HBO.