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Samara Halperin

Samara Halperin is a video and film artist living in the San Francisco Bay Area whose works deal with themes of the queer community, often through stop-motion animation. They use video to combat the lack of queer representation in the media. They have taught video classes at Mills College since 2002. They received a BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Fine arts from California College of the Arts.

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Samara Halperin is a video and film artist living in the San Francisco Bay Area whose works deal with themes of the queer community, often through stop-motion animation. They use video to combat the lack of queer representation in the media.1 They have taught video classes at Mills College since 2002.2 They received a BFA from The Rhode Island School of Design and a Master of Fine arts from California College of the Arts.3

Filmography

  • 2001: Tumbleweed Town 4
  • 2002: Sorry Brenda 5
  • 2004: Arcade Trade 6
  • 2006: Hard Hat Required 7
  • 2008: The Leather Daddy and the Unicorn 8

Awards

Goldie Award for outstanding achievements in the arts from The San Francisco Bay Guardian Newspaper 20079

References

References

  1. "RDS Notice". CWI. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  2. "Samara Halperin". Mills College Academics. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  3. "Alumni Notes". CCA. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  4. "Tumbleweed Town". IMDB. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  5. "Sorry Brenda". IMDB. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  6. "Arcade Trade". IMDB. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  7. "Hard Hat Required". Frameline. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
  8. "The Leather Daddy and the Unicorn". Frameline.
  9. "Goldie winner - Film: Samara Halperin". 48hills. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 3 March 2017.