Amy Halpern
Directing · 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.
Titles
Soft Fiction
The Decay of Fiction
Falling Lessons
Elixir
Three Minute Hells
#27
Vezelay Curtain
Invocation
Chabrot
Ginko Yellow
Emit a Beam, See a Light
Hula
My Dear Evaporant,
Jane, Looking
Unowned Luxuries #3
By Halves
Filament (The Hands)
Access to the View
Palm Down
My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2)
Cheshire Smile
Injury On A Theme
Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl
The Deer's Blessing
Cigarette Burn
Grey Area
4 Fingers, 5 Toes
VERGE for my sisters
I Tremble / 8:46
Newt Leaders
Plausible Light Source
Slow Fireworks
Ma Sewing
Fire Belly
Cuticle Torture
African Woman – USA
Birds in the Window
Peach Landscape
Three Preparations
Pouring Grain
Roll #1 For Nancy
Ready-Made
Pythoness
Newt Pauses
A Glance
Self-Portrait As A City
My Diamond