Sam Feder is a transgender American filmmaker whose work is focused on the exploration of visibility regarding race, class, and gender.
[3][4] At fifteen years old, Feder bought a Pentax K1000 camera, and used it to make photo essays on neglected children and racism in Brooklyn.
[6] In 2013, they received an MFA degree from the Integrated Media Arts graduate program at Hunter College, New York.
[8] Feder stated in an interview with Megan McFarland of Salon, "I think I began to make films in my early twenties because I felt so alienated,".
[2][12][13] Feder was given a James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism in 2015 for the film Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger.