Amy Halpern
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
Amy C. Halpern
Biography
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 (40)
Slow Fireworks
2023
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My Dear Evaporant,
2022
Emit a Beam, See a Light
2022
4 Fingers, 5 Toes
2022
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Chabrot
2022
Hula
2022
VERGE for my sisters
2022
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I Tremble / 8:46
2022
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Ginko Yellow
2022
Fire Belly
2021
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Unowned Luxuries #3
2020
#27
2020
My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)
2020
Jane, Looking
2020
Newt Leaders
2020
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Birds in the Window
2020
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Vezelay Curtain
2018
The Deer's Blessing
2017
Newt Pauses
2016
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My Diamond
2015
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Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl
2014
Elixir
2013
By Halves
2012
Palm Down
2012
Cheshire Smile
2012
Injury On A Theme
2012
Three Minute Hells
2012
Shooting Women
2008
Women Behind the Camera
2007
Access to the View
2000
Pouring Grain
2000
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Falling Lessons
1992
Ma Sewing
1991
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Ready-Made
1985
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Invocation
1982
Cuticle Torture
1981
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Kristallnacht
1979
Soft Fiction
1979
Pythoness
1979
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Cigarette Burn
1978