Amanda Pisetzner is an Emmy-award winning Producer, Emmy-nominated writer, and documentary storyteller. She has worked on series and specials for Showtime, HBO, Tubi, NBC, The Discovery Channel, and others, both domestically and abroad. Amanda has developed, researched, field-produced, directed, story produced, and/or written both hosted and unhosted documentary projects with a focus on character-driven storytelling. Her professional awards include 10 Emmy nominations, 2 Emmy wins, an Alfred duPont Columbia Award, a Front-Page award, and others.

Amanda’s work is motivated by her desire to bridge communities and cultivate empathy in an increasingly divided world. Her training and work as an end-of-life doula has given her a grounded perspective on the universal themes that connect us all—and she brings this awareness into her documentary practice. She loves finding the weird, the wacky, and the most unique parts of people, believing that when we’re seen in our differences, we paradoxically recognize our common humanity.

Amanda approaches storytelling from the belief that all people are natural storytellers, and that both the sharing and receiving of stories is what makes us fundamentally human. By centering characters’ authentic experiences and creating space for honest interviews, she values documentary work for its capacity to foster deeper understanding and inspire meaningful connection.

Amanda runs her own storytelling consultancy and documentary production practice, Essential Storytelling, based in Brooklyn, New York.