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Sam Feder is an American filmmaker.

Early life and education

Feder was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York.[1][2] In 2004, Feder received an MA degree in media studies from the New School, New York.[3] In 2013, Feder 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]

Feder was given a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2015 for the film Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger.[8]

Feder's film Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen premiered at the 2020 Sundance film festival[9] and was released on Netflix the same year.[10][11] The film explores the representation of trans people in contemporary film.[12][13] The New York Times reviewed the film positively,[14] 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.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ "9 Moments That Show the Pain and Progress of Transgender Representation Onscreen". Time.
  2. ^ "Sam Feder | DCTV". www.dctvny.org.
  3. ^ "Sam Feder". School of Media Studies.
  4. ^ "Sam Feder". Department of Film & Media Studies, Hunter College.
  5. ^ "Boy I Am: Gloriously Messy Look at FTM Experience Now on DVD | Lavender Magazine". lavendermagazine.com. 11 September 2008.
  6. ^ Farley, Rebecca. "Filmmaker Sam Feder On Why Representation Of Transgender Lives In Film Matters". www.refinery29.com.
  7. ^ "Sam Feder". BFI.
  8. ^ "Winners of the James Aronson Awards for Social Justice Journalism – Integrated Media Arts – MFA". ima-mfa.hunter.cuny.edu/.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "How 'Disclosure' Director Sam Feder Brought His Trans Visibility Documentary to Life". Decider. 18 June 2020.
  11. ^ ""Disclosure" director Sam Feder on the trans TV experience: "People don't know what they don't know"". Salon. 30 December 2020.
  12. ^ Milovina, Tal (7 July 2020). "The Limits of Trans Representation as We Know It".
  13. ^ Wissot, Lauren (19 June 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.
  14. ^ Bugbee, Teo (19 June 2020). "'Disclosure' Review: A Transgender Lens on Film and TV History". The New York Times.
  15. ^ Piepenburg, Erik (19 June 2020). "Transgender Lives Onscreen: Seen, but Not Always Believable". The New York Times.
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