Amber Edwards
Senior Producer

Amber Edwards has been with State of the Arts since 1987, and in those years has become a familiar and respected presence in New Jersey's arts community and beyond.

In addition to the hundreds of interviews and stories she has done for the State of the Arts television series, she is an award-winning filmmaker of nationally broadcast PBS documentaries.

Most recently, she produced and directed the acclaimed 90 minute documentary Words and Music by Jerry Herman about the Broadway composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, which airs nationally on PBS on January 1, 2008, at 9:30 PM.

Previous PBS documentaries include The Dancing Man--Peg Leg Bates (1992); Vladimir Feltsman in Moscow (1993); Against the Odds: The Artists of the Harlem Renaissance (1994); Quicksand & Banana Peels: A Year in the Life of Two Principals (1999), and George Segal: American Still Life (2001).

Ms. Edwards also produces, writes, and narrates the Jersey Arts on the Radio series, heard on NJN Public Radio, WWFM, and WBJB public radio, and has been a regular contributor to WBGO-FM's weekly Journal.

Her numerous awards include twelve regional Emmy Awards, including a 2007 New York Emmy for Magazine Program, six CINE Golden Eagles, two "Chris" statuettes from the Columbus International Film Festival, two CEN Programming awards, a Gold Plaque from WorldFest Houston, a NETA award, a Silver Plaque from the Chicago International Film Festival, the Silver Screen Award from the U.S. International Film & Video Festival, and two Silver Apples from the National Educational Media Network.

Ms. Edwards' documentaries have been screened at festivals in New York, Paris, Dublin, Montreal, Amsterdam, St. Petersburg, Sydney, Naples (Italy), Upsala (Sweden), Durham, NC, New Haven, CT, Taos, CA, and have been broadcast in the UK, Norway, Italy, Israel, and Japan.

In addition to her film and broadcasting work, Ms. Edwards sings professionally. She has performed in the 92nd Street Y’s famous “Lyrics and Lyricists” series, and appears regularly in public and private cabaret venues in New York City and the region.

Ms. Edwards grew up in Kansas City and graduated from Yale University, where she is a Fellow at Branford College.