Sam Feder’s films explore the intersection of media and politics along the lines of race, class, and gender. Feder created and directed Heightened Scrutiny (Sundance 2025), DISCLOSURE (Sundance 2020, Netflix 2020), the widely acclaimed Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger (2014), and Boy I Am (2006).
Their films have been programmed by Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, CPH:DOX, MOMA PS-1, The British Film Institute, The Hammer Museum, and in hundreds of film festivals around the world. Their work has been supported by Ford/JustFilms, Fork Films, California Humanities, The Jerome Foundation, Perspective Fund, Threshold, IFP Film Week, Good Pitch USA/Doc Society, MacDowell, and Yaddo.
At MacDowell in 2013, Feder NY, finished Kate Bornstein is a Queer and Pleasant Danger.
