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]

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". {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  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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