Person
Barbara Hammer
Directing · 1939–2019 · Hollywood, California, USA
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
Barbara Forever
Self (archive footage)
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
Self
Nitrate Kisses
Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
Available Space
Director
Film Hawk
Self
Spare the Child
Writer
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Self
Pearl Diver
Director
Maya Deren's Sink
Director
Filmography
- 2026Barbara ForeverSelf (archive footage)
- 2023Vever (For Barbara)(voice)
- 2019A Month of Single FramesSelf
- 2019Queer Genius
- 2018Beyond the BolexSelf
- 2018Dykes, Camera, Action!Self
- 2018Evidentiary Bodies
- 2018Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
- 2016Film HawkSelf
- 2015Lesbian WhaleDirector
- 2015Welcome to This HouseDirector
- 2015Masculinity/FemininitySelf
- 2012Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
- 2011Maya Deren's SinkDirector
- 2010!W.A.R.: !Women Art RevolutionSelf
- 2010Generations
- 2009A Horse Is Not a MetaphorSelf
- 2007Fucking Different New YorkDirector
- 2007Diving Women of Jeju-doSelf
- 2006Lover OtherWriter
- 2003Our Grief Is Not a Cry for WarDirector
- 2003Resisting ParadiseDirector
- 2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa ProductionsProducer
- 2001My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian IdentitiesSelf
- 2000History LessonsDirector
- 1998Women of VisionSelf
- 1998The Female ClosetSelf
- 1998Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find ItDirector
- 1995Tender Fictions
- 1995Out in South AfricaDirector
- 1993Save SexDirector
- 1992Nitrate KissesInterviewer / Narrator (voice)
- 1991Vital SignsDirector
- 1990SanctusDirector
- 1990Dr. Watson's X-RaysDirector
- 1989Still PointDirector
- 1988History of the World According to a LesbianDirector
- 1988EndangeredDirector
- 1988Bedtime StoriesDirector
- 1988Two Bad DaughtersDirector
- 1988T.V. TartDirector
- 1987No No Nooky T.V.Director
- 1987Place MattesDirector
- 1986Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDSDirector
- 1985TouristDirector
- 1985Hot FlashDirector
- 1985Optic NerveDirector
- 1985Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway TapeDirector
- 1984Parisian BlindsDirector
- 1984Doll HouseDirector
- 1984Pearl DiverDirector
- 1983AudienceSelf
- 1983Bent TimeDirector
- 1983Stone CirclesDirector
- 1983See What You Hear What You SeeDirector
- 1983Bamboo XeroxDirector
- 1982Pond and WaterfallDirector
- 1981Sync TouchDirector
- 1981Greetings from Washington, D.C.Camera Operator
- 1981PoolsDirector
- 1981New York LoftDirector
- 1981Our TripDirector
- 1981Pictures 4 BarbaraSelf
- 1981ArequipaDirector
- 1979Dream AgeDirector
- 1979SapphoDirector
- 1979Available SpaceDirector
- 1978Double Strength
- 1978HaircutDirector
- 1977The Great GoddessDirector
- 1976Multiple OrgasmDirector
- 1976Superdyke Meets Madame X
- 1976Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
- 1976Moon GoddessDirector
- 1976Women I LoveDirector
- 1975SuperdykeDirector
- 1975Jane BrakhageDirector
- 1975PsychosynthesisDirector
- 1974Sisters!Director
- 1974Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of TimeDirector
- 1974DyketacticsWoman Making Love
- 1973“X”
- 1973A Gay DayDirector
- 1973MensesDirector
- 1973I Was/I AmDirector
- 1973Yellow HammerDirector
- 1970Marie and MeDirector
- 1970TravelingDirector
- 1970ElegyDirector
- 1970Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’Director
- 1969Death of a MarriageDirector
- 1969Aldebaran SeesDirector
- 1969Cleansed IIDirector
- 1968Barbara Ward Will Never DieDirector
- 1968SchizyDirector
- 1968White CassandraDirector
- 1968Clay I Love You IIDirector
- 1968Contribution to LightDirector
- 1968The BaptismDirector
- 1955Spare the ChildWriter
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