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Amy Halpern

Amy Halpern

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.

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Known For

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