
Amy Halpern
- Known for
- Directing
- Died
- August 17, 2022
- Birthplace
- 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 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

Slow Fireworks 2023
Director

My Dear Evaporant, 2022
Director

Hula 2022
Director

Emit a Beam, See a Light 2022
Director

VERGE for my sisters 2022
Director

4 Fingers, 5 Toes 2022
Director

Chabrot 2022
Director

I Tremble / 8:46 2022
Director

Ginko Yellow 2022
Director

Fire Belly 2021
Director

Birds in the Window 2020
Director

Unowned Luxuries #3 2020
Director

#27 2020
Director

My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2) 2020
Director

Jane, Looking 2020
Director

Newt Leaders 2020
Director

Vezelay Curtain 2018
Director

The Deer's Blessing 2017
Director

Newt Pauses 2016
Director

My Diamond 2015
Director

Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl 2014
Director

Elixir 2013
Director

Injury On A Theme 2012
Director

Cheshire Smile 2012
Director

Palm Down 2012
Director

Three Minute Hells 2012
Director

By Halves 2012
Director
- Shooting Women
Shooting Women 2008
as Self
- Women Behind the Camera
Women Behind the Camera 2007
as Self

The Decay of Fiction 2002
Gaffer

Access to the View 2000
Director

Pouring Grain 2000
Director

Falling Lessons 1992
Director

Ma Sewing 1991
Director

Ready-Made 1985
Director

Grey Area 1982
Director of Photography

Invocation 1982
Director

Cuticle Torture 1981
Director

African Woman – USA 1980
Lighting Artist

Kristallnacht 1979
as Herself

Soft Fiction 1979
Actor

Pythoness 1979
Director

Cigarette Burn 1978
Director

Self-Portrait As A City 1977
Director
- Study for Cigarette Burn
Study for Cigarette Burn 1976
Director

Plausible Light Source 1976
Director

Filament (The Hands) 1975
Director

Peach Landscape 1973
Director

A Glance 1972
Director

Roll #1 For Nancy 1972
Director

Three Preparations 1972
Director
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