Amy Halpern

Amy Halpern

  • Deathday: 2022-08-17
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
  • Also know as: Amy C. Halpern

Biography

Amy Halpern was the maker of nearly forty short films, almost all in 16mm, and of the feature film FALLING LESSONS (1991).  Halpern was born and raised in New York City and lived and worked in Los Angeles for more than 40 years. After completing a suite of 12 new films in June 2022 and premiering them at a festival in Spain, Halpern suddenly contracted severe leukaemia (AML) and died 6 weeks later.

Filmography

Shooting Women

2008

As Self

Kristallnacht

1979

As Herself

Soft Fiction

1979

As

Production

Invocation

1982

As Director

Falling Lessons

1995

As Director

African Woman – USA

1980

As Lighting Artist

Elixir

2013

As Director

By Halves

2012

As Director

Filament (The Hands)

1975

As Director

The Decay of Fiction

2002

As Gaffer

Three Preparations

1972

As Director

Pouring Grain

2000

As Director

Access to the View

2000

As Director

Peach Landscape

1973

As Director

Injury On A Theme

2012

As Director

Palm Down

2012

As Director

Cheshire Smile

2012

As Director

Three Minute Hells

2012

As Director

#27

2020

As Director

Roll #1 For Nancy

1972

As Director

A Glance

1972

As Director

Self-Portrait As A City

1977

As Director

Cigarette Burn

1978

As Director

Pythoness

1979

As Director

Ready-Made

1985

As Director

Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl

2014

As Director

My Diamond

2015

As Director

Newt Pauses

2016

As Director

The Deer's Blessing

2017

As Director

Vezelay Curtain

2018

As Director

Grey Area

1982

As Director of Photography

Ginko Yellow

2022

As Director

Chabrot

2022

As Director

4 Fingers, 5 Toes

2022

As Director

Hula

2022

As Director

Emit a Beam, See a Light

2022

As Director

VERGE for my sisters

2022

As Director

I Tremble / 8:46

2022

As Director

My Dear Evaporant,

2023

As Director

Plausible Light Source

1976

As Director

Slow Fireworks

2023

As Director

Jane, Looking

2020

As Director

Newt Leaders

2020

As Director

Unowned Luxuries #3

2020

As Director

Ma Sewing

2023

As Director

Fire Belly

2021

As Director

Birds in the Window

2020

As Director

Cuticle Torture

1981

As Director

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