artist, activist, educator

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY, Sam Feder is a multidisciplinary artist currently working in film and video exploring interpersonal power dynamics and the politics of media-driven identity.

Sam’s first award-winning feature film Boy I Am  is in distribution with Women Make Movies and continues to screen worldwide.

With a prestigious fellowship from the Ellen Stone Belic Institute for the Study of Women & Gender in the Arts & Media, Sam began working on the film, When the Dust Settles — portraits of four Transwomen changing the world. The film is now in post-production.

Sam is also in production on a new portrait film, Kate Bornstein is a Queer & Pleasant Danger.

Sam is a professor at Hunter College in the Film and Media Department and at the New School in Media Studies. If you would like Sam to visit your school, organization, or community center, requests can be made on the contact page.