Karen Goodman

{{short description|American film director}}

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| occupation = Film producer and director

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| spouse = Kirk Simon (1987-2011)

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Karen Goodman is an American film and television director and producer, best known for her work on various documentaries. She has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Documentary (Short Subject) category four times for The Children's Storefront (1988), Chimps: So Like Us (1990), Rehearsing a Dream (2007), and Strangers No More (2010). Goodman won once for producing and directing Strangers No More at the 83rd Academy Awards. The win was shared with Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on Chimps: So Like Us and Rehearsing a Dream as well.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2011/film/reviews/the-oscar-nominated-short-films-2011-documentary-1117944558/|title=Review: 'The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Documentary'|work=Variety|access-date=February 12, 2016|date=February 10, 2011|first=Peter|last=Debruge}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/27681/Karen-Goodman/filmography|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217061200/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/27681/Karen-Goodman/filmography|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 17, 2016|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2016|title=Karen Goodman {{ndash}} Filmography {{ndash}} Movies & TV|access-date=February 12, 2016}} She has further received four Primetime Emmy nominations, winning once for Masterclass in 2014.{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/11/28/oscar-winning-documentary-strangers-no-more-the-story-of-an-extraordinary-tel-aviv-school-where-children-from-48-countries-come-together-debuts-dec-5-on-hbo-736410/20111128hbo01/|title=Oscar(R)-Winning Documentary "Strangers No More," The Story of an Extraordinary Tel Aviv School Where Children from 48 Countries Come Together, Debuts Dec. 5 on HBO|work=The Futon Critic|accessdate=February 11, 2016|date=November 28, 2011}}