Amy 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.

Directed

1. Falling Lessons (1992) — Director
2. Elixir (2013) — Director
3. Three Minute Hells (2012) — Director
4. #27 (2020) — Director
5. Vezelay Curtain (2018) — Director
6. Invocation (1982) — Director
7. Chabrot (2022) — Director
8. Ginko Yellow (2022) — Director
9. Emit a Beam, See a Light (2022) — Director
10. Hula (2022) — Director
11. My Dear Evaporant, (2022) — Director
12. Jane, Looking (2020) — Director
13. Unowned Luxuries #3 (2020) — Director
14. By Halves (2012) — Director
15. Filament (The Hands) (1975) — Director
16. Access to the View (2000) — Director
17. Palm Down (2012) — Director
18. My Mink (Unowned Luxuries #2) (2020) — Director
19. Cheshire Smile (2012) — Director
20. Injury On A Theme (2012) — Director
21. Maya Double-Bottomed Bowl (2014) — Director
22. The Deer's Blessing (2017) — Director
23. Cigarette Burn (1978) — Director
24. 4 Fingers, 5 Toes (2022) — Director
25. VERGE for my sisters (2022) — Director
26. I Tremble / 8:46 (2022) — Director
27. Newt Leaders (2020) — Director
28. Plausible Light Source (1976) — Director
29. Slow Fireworks (2023) — Director
30. Ma Sewing (1991) — Director
31. Fire Belly (2021) — Director
32. Cuticle Torture (1981) — Director
33. Birds in the Window (2020) — Director
34. Peach Landscape (1973) — Director
35. Three Preparations (1972) — Director
36. Pouring Grain (2000) — Director
37. Roll #1 For Nancy (1972) — Director
38. Ready-Made (1985) — Director
39. Pythoness (1979) — Director
40. Newt Pauses (2016) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Soft Fiction (1979)
2. Women Behind the Camera (2007) — Self
3. Kristallnacht (1979) — Herself
4. Shooting Women (2008) — Self