Sam Feder
Sam Feder is an American filmmaker.
Early life and education
Feder was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2] In 2004, he received an MA degree in media studies from the New School, New York.[3] In 2013, he received an MFA degree from the Integrated Media Arts graduate program at Hunter College, New York.[4]
Films
Feder's films include the 2006 feature Boy I Am,[5] and the 2013 film Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger.[6][7][8]
Feder was given a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2015 for the film Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger.[9]
Feder's film Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen premiered at the 2020 Sundance film festival[10] and was released on Netflix the same year.[11][12] The film explores the representation of trans people in contemporary film.[13][14] The New York Times reviewed the film positively,[15] calling it "a sweeping examination of how transgender people have been depicted in film and TV, from the silent era to The Arsenio Hall Show to Pose.[16]
See also
References
- ^ "9 Moments That Show the Pain and Progress of Transgender Representation Onscreen". Time.
- ^ "Sam Feder | DCTV". www.dctvny.org.
- ^ "Sam Feder". School of Media Studies.
- ^ "Sam Feder". Department of Film & Media Studies, Hunter College. September 11, 2013.
- ^ "Boy I Am: Gloriously Messy Look at FTM Experience Now on DVD | Lavender Magazine". lavendermagazine.com. September 11, 2008.
- ^ Farley, Rebecca. "Filmmaker Sam Feder On Why Representation Of Transgender Lives In Film Matters". www.refinery29.com.
- ^ "Sam Feder". BFI. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020.
- ^ "Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger". 2014.
- ^ "Winners of the James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism – Integrated Media Arts – MFA". ima-mfa.hunter.cuny.edu/.
- ^ Friday, Moi Santos. "The Future Is Ours: Filmmakers Sam Feder and Yance Ford on Bringing Visibility to the Multitude of Trans Experiences". www.sundance.org.
- ^ "How 'Disclosure' Director Sam Feder Brought His Trans Visibility Documentary to Life". Decider. June 18, 2020.
- ^ ""Disclosure" director Sam Feder on the trans TV experience: "People don't know what they don't know"". Salon. December 30, 2020.
- ^ Milovina, Tal (July 7, 2020). "The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It".
- ^ Wissot, Lauren (June 19, 2020). ""We Prioritized Hiring Trans Crew, and When We Couldn't do That We Mentored Trans People on Set": Sam Feder on Disclosure | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources.
- ^ Bugbee, Teo (June 19, 2020). "'Disclosure' Review: A Transgender Lens on Film and TV History". The New York Times.
- ^ Piepenburg, Erik (June 19, 2020). "Transgender Lives Onscreen: Seen, but Not Always Believable". The New York Times.