
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 | Kristallnacht | Actor | Herself | 58 Average |
1979 | Soft Fiction | Actor | 59 Average |
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Directing |
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2023 | Slow Fireworks | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2023 | Birds in the Window | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | My Dear Evaporant, | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2022 | Emit a Beam, See a Light | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2022 | 4 Fingers, 5 Toes | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Hula | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | VERGE for my sisters | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2022 | Chabrot | 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 |
2021 | Fire Belly | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2021 | Ma Sewing | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Unowned Luxuries #3 | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2) | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
2020 | #27 | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2020 | Newt Leaders | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2020 | Jane, Looking | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
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 | 58 Average |
2012 | By Halves | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Palm Down | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | Three Minute Hells | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
2012 | Injury On A Theme | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
2012 | Cheshire Smile | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
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 | 58 Average |
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 | 58 Average |
1977 | Self-Portrait As A City | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1976 | Study for Cigarette Burn | 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 | A Glance | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1972 | Roll #1 For Nancy | 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 | 58 Average |
Lighting |
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2002 | The Decay of Fiction | Lighting | Gaffer | 58 Average |
1980 | African Woman – USA | Lighting | Lighting Artist | N/A N/A |