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)
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
Self
Maya Deren's Sink
Director
Spare the Child
Writer
Pearl Diver
Director
Double Strength
1978
Sanctus
Director
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018
Vever (For Barbara)
(voice)
Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976
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
- 1968Contribution to LightDirector
- 1968White CassandraDirector
- 1968Clay I Love You IIDirector
- 1968The BaptismDirector
- 1955Spare the ChildWriter
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