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Sep 28, 2022 · Sarah and Lilly Burns. Amy Stechler was known for her work with Ken Burns and her Emmy-nominated film "The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo." Acclaimed documentarian and longtime New...
Sep 1, 2022 · Amy Stechler editing the documentary “Brooklyn Bridge” in the home studio in New Hampshire that she shared with Ken Burns.
Sep 2, 2022 · Amy Stechler, the Emmy-nominated filmmaker of PBS's The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo (2005) and the ex-wife and early collaborator of documentarian Ken Burns, died Friday, Aug. 26, at her...
Sep 28, 2022 · Acclaimed documentarian and longtime New Hampshire resident Amy Stechler died earlier this month. She was well known for her Emmy nominated film "The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo," as well as her work alongside filmmaker Ken Burns, to whom she was married for over a decade.
Sep 2, 2022 · Photo courtesy of The New York Times via Ken Burns. Amy Stechler 73F joined Ken Burns 71F, Buddy Squires 74S, and Roger Sherman 73S in their post-Hampshire plunge into independent documentary filmmaking, and together, in Hampshire fashion, they built on their education through doing.
In 1982, Burns married Amy Stechler. The couple had two daughters, Sarah and Lilly. Their marriage ended in divorce in 1993. As of 2017, Burns was residing in Walpole, New Hampshire.
Upon graduation she worked at Florentine Films alongside Ken Burns on their early documentaries Brooklyn Bridge (1981), The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God (1984), and The Statue of Liberty (1985). Her 2005 film The Life and Times of Frida Kahlo was nominated for an Emmy.
