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Episode 119 - Amy Berg

Episode 119 of the Love Is The Author podcast, hosted by Jaymee Carpenter, titled "Episode 119 - Amy Berg" was published on September 23, 2025 and runs 82 minutes.

September 23, 2025 ·82m · Love Is The Author

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Summary

Amy Berg is an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker known for her groundbreaking storytelling in films like 'Deliver Us From Evil', 'West Of Memphis', and the new Jeff Buckley documentary 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley'. In her most revealing interview to date, Amy and Jaymee discuss loss and forgiveness, limitless empathy for the underdogs, what it was like being a rising star and a single mother in the golden age of documentary filmmaking, her unknown LA punk rock roots, the sainthood of Jeff Buckley, and the making of her next documentary on the life of Chris Cornell. Recorded in the ballroom of The El Roblar Hotel in Ojai, CA. Special thanks to Jeremy and Eric, and David Berger at the Ojai Playhouse.LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced and edited by Jaymee Carpenter. MUSIC BY: J. Carpenter 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley':  ⁠⁠www.magpictures.com/jeffbuckley⁠⁠Ojai Playhouse: ⁠⁠www.ojaiplayhouse.com⁠⁠Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation,or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship SPONSORS: TOTALLY BLOWN (⁠⁠⁠www.totallyblown.us⁠⁠⁠)RAUM GOODS (www.raumgoods.com)INDIAN LODGE ROAD (www.indianlodgeroad.com) YERBA MADRE (www.guayaki.com)VALLEY OF THE MOON (www.shorturl.at/dCVh2)THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcastFAN CONTACT: [email protected] INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor / @amy_berg / @unconventionalgardener

Episode Description

Amy Berg is an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker known for her groundbreaking storytelling in films like 'Deliver Us From Evil', 'West Of Memphis', and the new Jeff Buckley documentary 'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley'. In her most revealing interview to date, Amy and Jaymee discuss loss and forgiveness, limitless empathy for the underdogs, what it was like being a rising star and a single mother in the golden age of documentary filmmaking, her unknown LA punk rock roots, the sainthood of Jeff Buckley, and the making of her next documentary on the life of Chris Cornell. 


Recorded in the ballroom of The El Roblar Hotel in Ojai, CA. Special thanks to Jeremy and Eric, and David Berger at the Ojai Playhouse.


LITA PODCAST: hosted, produced and edited by Jaymee Carpenter. 


MUSIC BY: J. Carpenter


'It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley':  ⁠⁠www.magpictures.com/jeffbuckley⁠⁠


Ojai Playhouse: ⁠⁠www.ojaiplayhouse.com⁠⁠


Interested in Trauma Counseling/Mentorship with Jaymee?

email: [email protected] to set up a free consultation,

or visit: www.loveistheauthor.com/mentorship 


SPONSORS: 

TOTALLY BLOWN (⁠⁠⁠www.totallyblown.us⁠⁠⁠)

RAUM GOODS (www.raumgoods.com)

INDIAN LODGE ROAD (www.indianlodgeroad.com) 

YERBA MADRE (www.guayaki.com)

VALLEY OF THE MOON (www.shorturl.at/dCVh2)


THiS SHOW is a LABOR of LOVE. PLEASE SUPPORT IT: 

www.patreon.com/loveistheauthorpodcast


FAN CONTACT: [email protected]


ON INSTAGRAM:  @loveistheauthor / @amy_berg / @unconventionalgardener


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