Amy Halpern
Directing
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
48
Slow Fireworks
2023
My Dear Evaporant,
2022
Chabrot
2022
4 Fingers, 5 Toes
2022
VERGE for my sisters
2022
Emit a Beam, See a Light
2022
Hula
2022
I Tremble / 8:46
2022
Ginko Yellow
2022
Fire Belly
2021
Birds in the Window
2020
Unowned Luxuries #3
2020
My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)
2020
#27
2020
Newt Leaders
2020
Jane, Looking
2020
Vezelay Curtain
2018
The Deer's Blessing
2017
Newt Pauses
2016
My Diamond
2015
Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl
2014
Elixir
2013
By Halves
2012
Three Minute Hells
2012
Palm Down
2012
Cheshire Smile
2012
Injury On A Theme
2012
The Decay of Fiction
2002
Pouring Grain
2000
Access to the View
2000
Falling Lessons
1992
Ma Sewing
1991
Ready-Made
1985
Grey Area
1982
Invocation
1982
Cuticle Torture
1981
African Woman – USA
1980
Soft Fiction
1979
Pythoness
1979
Cigarette Burn
1978
Self-Portrait As A City
1977
Plausible Light Source
1976
Study for Cigarette Burn
Study for Cigarette Burn
1976
Filament (The Hands)
1975
Peach Landscape
1973
Three Preparations
1972
Roll #1 For Nancy
1972
A Glance
1972