Amy Halpern

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Amy Halpern

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New York City, New York, USA

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…

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Soft Fiction

Soft Fiction

8.0 1979 Movie
Slow Fireworks

Slow Fireworks

2023 Movie
Vezelay Curtain

Vezelay Curtain

6.0 2018 Movie
Falling Lessons

Falling Lessons

7.5 1992 Movie
Three Preparations

Three Preparations

1972 Movie
Grey Area

Grey Area

7.0 1982 Movie
Fire Belly

Fire Belly

2021 Movie
Jane, Looking

Jane, Looking

6.0 2020 Movie
Elixir

Elixir

6.5 2013 Movie
Pouring Grain

Pouring Grain

2000 Movie
Newt Leaders

Newt Leaders

2020 Movie
Chabrot

Chabrot

7.0 2022 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2023
    Slow Fireworks

    Movie Director

  2. 2022
    My Dear Evaporant,

    Movie Director

  3. 2022
    Chabrot

    Movie Director

  4. 2022
    Hula

    Movie Director

  5. 2022
    Emit a Beam, See a Light

    Movie Director

  6. 2022
    VERGE for my sisters

    Movie Director

  7. 2022
    4 Fingers, 5 Toes

    Movie Director

  8. 2022
    I Tremble / 8:46

    Movie Director

  9. 2022
    Ginko Yellow

    Movie Director

  10. 2021
    Fire Belly

    Movie Director

  11. 2020
    Birds in the Window

    Movie Director

  12. 2020
    Unowned Luxuries #3

    Movie Director

  13. 2020
    My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)

    Movie Director

  14. 2020
    #27

    Movie Director

  15. 2020
    Jane, Looking

    Movie Director

  16. 2020
    Newt Leaders

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2018
    Vezelay Curtain

    Movie Director

  2. 2017
    The Deer's Blessing

    Movie Director

  3. 2016
    Newt Pauses

    Movie Director

  4. 2015
    My Diamond

    Movie Director

  5. 2014
    Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl

    Movie Director

  6. 2013
    Elixir

    Movie Director

  7. 2012
    Cheshire Smile

    Movie Director

  8. 2012
    By Halves

    Movie Director

  9. 2012
    Palm Down

    Movie Director

  10. 2012
    Three Minute Hells

    Movie Director

  11. 2012
    Injury On A Theme

    Movie Director

  12. 2008
    Shooting Women

    Movie Self

  13. 2007
    Women Behind the Camera

    Movie Self

  14. 2002
    The Decay of Fiction

    Movie Gaffer

  15. 2000
    Pouring Grain

    Movie Director

  16. 2000
    Access to the View

    Movie Director

  17. 1992
    Falling Lessons

    Movie Director

  18. 1991
    Ma Sewing

    Movie Director

  19. 1985
    Ready-Made

    Movie Director

  20. 1982
    Grey Area

    Movie Director of Photography

  21. 1982
    Invocation

    Movie Director

  22. 1981
    Cuticle Torture

    Movie Director

  23. 1980
    African Woman – USA

    Movie Lighting Artist

  24. 1979
    Soft Fiction

    Movie