Amy Halpern
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.
Invocation
(Director)
Emit a Beam, See a Light
(Director)
4 Fingers, 5 Toes
(Director)
Chabrot
(Director)
Hula
(Director)
VERGE for my sisters
(Director)
Ginko Yellow
(Director)
My Dear Evaporant,
(Director)
Slow Fireworks
(Director)
Plausible Light Source
(Director)
Jane, Looking
(Director)
I Tremble / 8:46
(Director)
Fire Belly
(Director)
Newt Leaders
(Director)
Unowned Luxuries #3
(Director)
Ma Sewing
(Director)
Falling Lessons
(Director)
Cuticle Torture
(Director)
African Woman – USA
(Lighting Artist)
Birds in the Window
(Director)
Elixir
(Director)
By Halves
(Director)
Filament (The Hands)
(Director)
The Decay of Fiction
(Gaffer)
#27
(Director)
Access to the View
(Director)
Palm Down
(Director)
Cheshire Smile
(Director)
Injury On A Theme
(Director)
Three Preparations
(Director)
Peach Landscape
(Director)
Pouring Grain
(Director)
My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)
(Director)
Three Minute Hells
(Director)
Self-Portrait As A City
(Director)
Cigarette Burn
(Director)
Ready-Made
(Director)
Roll #1 For Nancy
(Director)
Newt Pauses
(Director)
My Diamond
(Director)
A Glance
(Director)
Vezelay Curtain
(Director)
Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl
(Director)
Pythoness
(Director)
The Deer's Blessing
(Director)
Grey Area
(Director of Photography)