About Karen Goodman
Born 1950. Karen Goodman is an American film director and film producer.
Biography Goodman was born to a Jewish family and began her film career at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1978, where she shot a film about masked dancing in Indonesia. The film earned her a grant from the Ford Foundation which ultimately paved the way for her career in filmmaking.
Goodman has her own film production company, the Simon & Goodman Picture Company, together with her husband, Kirk Simon, with whom she worked on most of her films.
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American film director and film producer
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Karen Goodman was born in 1950.
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Karen Goodman is a film director and film producer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Karen Goodman. https://biography.guide/karen-goodman/
MLA: "Karen Goodman." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/karen-goodman/.
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