Kate Amend is an American documentary film editor whose career spans more than thirty years.
She is known for being a dedicated editor who finds the emotional center of each scene she works with.
[3] She was the editor on two Academy Award-winning films: Into the Arms of Strangers (2014) and the Long Way Home (1997).
[4] She is the recipient of the International Documentary Association’s inaugural award for Outstanding Achievement in Editing.
Amend graduated from UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University with a master's in humanities, later gaining an interest in film while teaching her discipline at the City College of San Francisco.