About
Amy Halpern
Overview
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.
Known for
Acting |
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2008 | Shooting Women | Actor | Self | N/A N/A |
2007 | Women Behind the Camera | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
1979 | Soft Fiction | Actor | 59 Average |
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1979 | Kristallnacht | Actor | Herself | 59 Average |
Directing |
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2023 | Jane, Looking | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Ma Sewing | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Birds in the Window | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Newt Leaders | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | My Dear Evaporant, | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2022 | Emit a Beam, See a Light | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | 4 Fingers, 5 Toes | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Chabrot | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Fire Belly | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | VERGE for my sisters | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Hula | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | I Tremble / 8:46 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Ginko Yellow | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Unowned Luxuries #3 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2) | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2020 | #27 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2019 | Slow Fireworks | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2018 | Vezelay Curtain | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2017 | The Deer's Blessing | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2016 | Newt Pauses | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2015 | My Diamond | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2014 | Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2013 | Elixir | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | Injury On A Theme | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | Three Minute Hells | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Palm Down | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | Cheshire Smile | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2012 | By Halves | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2000 | Access to the View | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2000 | Pouring Grain | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1992 | Falling Lessons | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1985 | Ready-Made | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1982 | Invocation | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1981 | Cuticle Torture | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1979 | Pythoness | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1978 | Cigarette Burn | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1977 | Self-Portrait As A City | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1976 | Plausible Light Source | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1975 | Filament (The Hands) | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1973 | Peach Landscape | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | Roll #1 For Nancy | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | A Glance | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | Three Preparations | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
Camera |
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1982 | Grey Area | Camera | Director of Photography | 59 Average |
Lighting |
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2002 | The Decay of Fiction | Lighting | Gaffer | 59 Average |
1980 | African Woman – USA | Lighting | Lighting Artist | N/A N/A |