Television Series — Executive Producer & Director

Law & Order: Organized Crime (NBC/Universal, 2021–2022), Executive Producer for 20 episodes, directed pilot plus 5 episodes, starring Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt, and Ainsley Seiger

FBI: Most Wanted (CBS/Universal, 2020), Executive Producer for 14 episodes, directed pilot plus 3 episodes, starring Julian McMahon, Kellan Lutz, Keisha Castle-Hughes, and Roxy Sternberg

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC/Universal, 2011–2019), directed 7 episodes, starring Mariska Hargitay, Ice-T, Kelli Giddish, Peter Scanavino, and Raúl Esparza

FBI (CBS/Universal, 2018–2019), directed 2 episodes, starring Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto, and Alana De La Garza

Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (NBC/Universal mini-series, 2017), directed 2 episodes, starring Edie Falco, Julianne Nicholson, Anthony Edwards, and Heather Graham
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie (Edie Falco)

Chicago Med (NBC/Universal, 2015–2018), directed 7 episodes, starring Marlyne Barrett, Yaya DaCosta, Torrey DeVitto, Colin Donnell, Nick Gehlfuss, S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt, and Brian Tee

Chicago P.D. (NBC/Universal, 2014–2017), directed 7 episodes, starring Jason Beghe, Jon Seda, Sophia Bush, Jesse Lee Soffer, Patrick John Flueger, Marina Squerciati, LaRoyce Hawkins, Amy Morton, Elias Koteas, and Brian Geraghty 

Chicago Justice (NBC/Universal, 2017), directed 2 episodes (including series premiere), starring Philip Winchester, Jon Seda, Joelle Carter, Monica Barbaro, and Carl Weathers

Chicago Fire (NBC/Universal, 2016), directed 1 episode, starring Jesse Spencer, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, Kara Killmer, David Eigenberg, Yuriy Sardarov, Joe Minoso, Christian Stolte, and Eamonn Walker

Magic City (Starz, 2013), Executive Producer for 8 episodes, starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Olga Kurylenko, Christian Cooke, Danny Huston, Yul Vazquez, James Caan, Michael Rispoli, Matt Ross, and Esai Morales 

Law & Order (NBC/Universal, 2008–2010), Executive Producer for 62 episodes, directed 6 episodes, starring Sam Waterston, S. Epatha Merkerson, Anthony Anderson, Jeremy Sisto, Jesse L. Martin, Linus Roache, and Alana De La Garza

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (NBC/Universal, 2001–2006), Executive Producer or Co-Executive Producer for 111 episodes, starring Vincent D’Onofrio, Katherine Erbe, Courtney B. Vance, and Jamey Sheridan

The Gift of Amazing Grace (ABC After School Special, 1986), directed by Thomas Schlamme, starring Della Reese and Tempestt Bledsoe

Television Movies — Producer

Murder in a Small Town (A&E/Granada, 1999), directed by Joyce Chopra, starring Gene Wilder and Cherry Jones

The Farmhouse (SundanceTV, 1998), directed by Marcus Spiegel, starring Blythe Danner

About Us: The Dignity of Children (ABC, 1997), directed by Merle Worth, hosted by Oprah Winfrey
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

Hidden in America (Showtime, 1996), directed by Martin Bell, starring Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Frances McDormand, and Jena Malone
Golden Globes: Nominated, Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Lead Actor (Beau Bridges)
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Supporting Actress (Frances McDormand)
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Cinematography (James R. Bagdonas)
Screen Actors Guild Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries (Beau Bridges)

Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (Fonda Films/TNT, 1994), directed by Frank Pierson, starring Irene Bedard
Golden Globes: Nominated, Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Irene Bedard) 
Humanitas Prize: Nominated
American Indian Film Festival: Winner, Best Film

Without Warning: The James Brady Story (HBO, 1991), directed by Michael Uno, executive producer David Puttnam, starring Beau Bridges, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, and David Strathairn
Golden Globes: Winner, Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television (Beau Bridges)
Emmy Awards: Winner, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special (Beau Bridges)
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Made for Television Movie
Emmy Awards: Nominated, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing in a Miniseries or a Special (Robert Bolt)

Rising Son (TNT, 1990), directed by John David Coles, starring Brian Dennehy, Matt Damon, and Piper Laurie
Deauville Film Festival: Nominated, Critics Award

The Mondo Beyondo Show (HBO, 1988), directed by Thomas Schlamme, starring Bette Midler

Theater, Shorts, Radio — Director

Sec. 310, Row D, Seats 5 and 6 (Summer Shorts, 59E59, 2014, Playing on Air/Public Radio, 2020), written by Warren Leight, starring Geoffrey Cantor, Peter Jacobson, and Cezar Williams

Pine Cone Moment (Summer Shorts, 59E59, 2013), written by Alan Zweibel, starring Caroline Lagerfelt, Jim Murtaugh, Brian Reddy, and Camille Saviola

Happy (Summer Shorts, 59E59, 2010, Playing on Air/Public Radio, 2017), written by Alan Zweibel, starring Scott Adsit and Arthur French

Still Happy (Independent, 2019), written by Alan Zweibel, starring Scott Adsit and Tom Wright
Winner, Jury Prize, Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival

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Photo Credit: Cortney Van Jahnke

Both independently and as a creative executive for Fred Berner Films, Amy Durning has produced and developed feature films, television, and nonfiction projects. Her producing credits include Bradley Cooper’s Maestro for Netflix, starring Cooper and Carey Mulligan and written by Cooper and Josh Singer; Eric Mendelsohn’s 3 Backyards, for which Mendelsohn won the Best Director Award at the Sundance Film Festival; Matthew Ya-Hsiung Balzer’s The Catch; and Hossein Keshavarz’s Eugenia and John. For television, most recently Durning was a producer on NBC/Universal’s Law & Order: Organized Crime, Christopher Meloni's celebrated return to network primetime. 

Durning’s favorite place to be is in deep collaboration with creators. At Fred Berner Films, she has partnered on film and television projects with screenwriters, novelists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights including René Balcer (Law & Order), Annie Frisbie Young (Speak), Olaf Olafsson (Walking into the Night), Paul Beatty (The Sellout, Slumberland), Brett C. Leonard (The Long Red Road), and Eric Daniel Metzgar (Reporter), among many others. Durning is particularly dedicated to shepherding emerging writers and directors with distinct and diverse voices onto the big and small screens, from the most preliminary creative stages, through financing and production, and finally to the festival, sales, and distribution processes.