Amy Halpern

Amy Halpern

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Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

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.

Movies

Women Behind the Camera
Women Behind the Camera

Reveals the courageous lives of pioneer camerawomen from Hollywood to Bollywood, from war zones to c...

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Shooting Women
Shooting Women

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer wo...

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Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht

A bewitching, mysterious work of enveloping beauty, the film’s ominous title and a dedication to Ann...

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Soft Fiction
Soft Fiction

Chick Strand's SOFT FICTION is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power o...

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