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] Goldie Award for outstanding achievements in the arts from The San Francisco Bay Guardian Newspaper 2007[9]