Barbara Hammer
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1939-05-15
Day of Death
2019-03-16 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Hollywood, California, USA
Barbara Hammer
Biography
Barbara Hammer was born on May 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California. She was a visual artist working primarily in film and video. She made over 80 moving image works in a career that spanned 40 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema.
Known For
Acting
(2023)
Vever (For Barbara)
as (voice)
(2019)
A Month of Single Frames
as Self
(2019)
(2018)
(2018)
(2018)
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
(2018)
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
(2016)
Film Hawk
as Self
(2015)
Masculinity/Femininity
as Self
(2012)
(2010)
(2010)
(2009)
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
as Self
(2007)
Diving Women of Jeju-do
as Self
(2003)
Resisting Paradise
as Director
(2001)
(1998)
Women of Vision
as Self
(1995)
(1992)
Nitrate Kisses
as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
(1982)
Audience
as Self
(1981)
Pictures 4 Barbara
as Self
(1978)
(1976)
(1976)
(1974)
Dyketactics
as Woman Making Love
(1973)
Crew
(2023)
Vever (For Barbara)
Director of Photography
(2019)
A Month of Single Frames
Director of Photography
(2018)
Evidentiary Bodies
Director
(2015)
Welcome to This House
Director
(2015)
Lesbian Whale
Director
(2011)
Maya Deren's Sink
Director, Writer, Editor, Director of Photography
(2010)
Generations
Director
(2009)
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Director, Writer
(2007)
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
(2007)
Fucking Different New York
Director
(2006)
Lover Other
Writer, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator, Director
(2003)
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
Director
(2003)
Resisting Paradise
Director
(2002)
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Producer, Editor, Director
(2001)
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Director, Producer, Editor, Camera Operator
(2000)
History Lessons
Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
(1998)
The Female Closet
Producer, Director of Photography, Sound, Director, Editor
(1998)
(1995)
Tender Fictions
Director
(1995)
Out in South Africa
Director
(1993)
Save Sex
Director
(1992)
Nitrate Kisses
Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer, Writer
(1991)
Vital Signs
Director
(1990)
Sanctus
Director
(1990)
Dr. Watson's X-Rays
Director
(1989)
Still Point
Director
(1988)
Endangered
Director
(1988)
Bedtime Stories
Director
(1988)
Two Bad Daughters
Director
(1988)
(1988)
T.V. Tart
Director
(1987)
No No Nooky T.V.
Director, Director of Photography, Editor
(1987)
Place Mattes
Director
(1986)
(1985)
Hot Flash
Director
(1985)
Optic Nerve
Director
(1985)
Tourist
Director
(1985)
(1984)
Parisian Blinds
Director
(1984)
Doll House
Director
(1983)
See What You Hear What You See
Director
(1983)
Stone Circles
Director
(1983)
Bent Time
Director
(1983)
Bamboo Xerox
Director
(1982)
Pond and Waterfall
Director
(1982)
Audience
Director
(1981)
New York Loft
Director
(1981)
Pools
Director
(1981)
Arequipa
Director
(1981)
Sync Touch
Director
(1981)
Our Trip
Director
(1981)
Pictures 4 Barbara
Director
(1981)
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Camera Operator
(1979)
Dream Age
Director
(1979)
Sappho
Director
(1979)
Available Space
Director
(1978)
Double Strength
Director
(1978)
Haircut
Director
(1977)
The Great Goddess
Director
(1976)
Superdyke Meets Madame X
Director
(1976)
Women I Love
Director
(1976)
Multiple Orgasm
Director, Writer
(1976)
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
Director
(1976)
Moon Goddess
Director
(1975)
Superdyke
Director
(1975)
Jane Brakhage
Director
(1975)
Psychosynthesis
Director
(1974)
Dyketactics
Director, Writer
(1974)
Sisters!
Director
(1974)
(1973)
Menses
Director
(1973)
Sisters!
Director
(1973)
I Was/I Am
Director
(1973)
A Gay Day
Director
(1973)
Yellow Hammer
Director
(1973)
“X”
Director
(1970)
Elegy
Director
(1970)
Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’
Director
(1970)
Marie and Me
Director
(1970)
Traveling
Director
(1969)
Aldebaran Sees
Director
(1969)
Death of a Marriage
Director
(1969)
Cleansed II
Director
(1968)
Barbara Ward Will Never Die
Director
(1968)
Schizy
Director
(1968)
Contribution to Light
Director
(1968)
White Cassandra
Director
(1968)
Clay I Love You II
Director
(1968)
The Baptism
Director
(1955)
Spare the Child
Writer