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