BARBARA HAMMER

Barbara Hammer
Barbara Hammer
Gender: Female
Known for: Directing
Birthday: May 15, 1939
Deathday: March 16, 2019
Place of Birth: 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.

Filmography

Starring

2026·
Barbara Forever
Self (Archive Footage)
2023·
Vever (For Barbara)
(voice)
2019·
Queer Genius
2019·
A Month of Single Frames
Self
2018·
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self
2018·
Beyond the Bolex
Self
2018·
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018·
Evidentiary Bodies
2016·
Film Hawk
Self
2015·
Masculinity/Femininity
Self
2012·
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2010·
Generations
2010·
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
Self
2009·
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Self
2007·
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Self
2003·
Resisting Paradise
Director
2001·
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Self
1998·
The Female Closet
Self
1998·
Women of Vision
Self
1995·
Tender Fictions
1992·
Nitrate Kisses
Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
1983·
Audience
Self
1981·
Pictures 4 Barbara
Self
1978·
Double Strength
1976·
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1976·
Superdyke Meets Madame X
1974·
Dyketactics
Woman Making Love
1973·
“X”

Production

2023·
Vever (For Barbara)
Director of Photography
2019·
A Month of Single Frames
Director of Photography
2018·
Evidentiary Bodies
Director
2015·
Lesbian Whale
Director
2015·
Welcome to This House
Director
2011·
Maya Deren's Sink
Director of Photography, Editor, Director, Writer
2010·
Generations
Director
2009·
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Writer, Director
2007·
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Director of Photography, Director, Producer
2007·
Fucking Different New York
Director
2006·
Lover Other
Director, Writer, Editor, Camera Operator, Producer
2003·
Resisting Paradise
Director
2003·
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
Director
2002·
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Director, Editor, Producer
2001·
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Camera Operator, Director, Producer, Editor
2000·
History Lessons
Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director
1998·
The Female Closet
Editor, Director, Director of Photography, Sound, Producer
1998·
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It
Director
1995·
Out in South Africa
Director
1995·
Tender Fictions
Director
1993·
Save Sex
Director
1992·
Nitrate Kisses
Writer, Producer, Director, Director of Photography, Editor
1991·
Vital Signs
Director
1990·
Dr. Watson's X-Rays
Director
1990·
Sanctus
Director
1989·
Still Point
Director
1988·
T.V. Tart
Director
1988·
History of the World According to a Lesbian
Director
1988·
Two Bad Daughters
Director
1988·
Bedtime Stories
Director
1988·
Endangered
Director
1987·
Place Mattes
Director
1987·
No No Nooky T.V.
Director, Editor, Director of Photography
1986·
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
Director
1985·
Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape
Director
1985·
Tourist
Director
1985·
Optic Nerve
Director
1985·
Hot Flash
Director
1984·
Pearl Diver
Director
1984·
Doll House
Director
1984·
Parisian Blinds
Director
1983·
Audience
Camera Operator, Director
1983·
Bamboo Xerox
Director
1983·
Bent Time
Director
1983·
Stone Circles
Director
1983·
See What You Hear What You See
Director
1982·
Pond and Waterfall
Director
1981·
Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Camera Operator
1981·
Pictures 4 Barbara
Director
1981·
Our Trip
Director
1981·
Sync Touch
Director
1981·
Arequipa
Director
1981·
Pools
Director
1981·
New York Loft
Director
1979·
Available Space
Director
1979·
Sappho
Director
1979·
Dream Age
Director
1978·
Haircut
Director
1978·
Double Strength
Director
1977·
The Great Goddess
Director
1976·
Multiple Orgasm
Writer, Director
1976·
Moon Goddess
Director
1976·
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
Director
1976·
Women I Love
Director
1976·
Superdyke Meets Madame X
Director
1975·
Psychosynthesis
Director
1975·
Jane Brakhage
Director
1975·
Superdyke
Director
1974·
Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
Director
1974·
Sisters!
Director
1974·
Dyketactics
Writer, Director
1973·
“X”
Director
1973·
Yellow Hammer
Director
1973·
A Gay Day
Director
1973·
I Was/I Am
Director
1973·
Menses
Director
1970·
Traveling
Director
1970·
Marie and Me
Director
1970·
Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’
Director
1970·
Elegy
Director
1969·
Cleansed II
Director
1969·
Death of a Marriage
Director
1969·
Aldebaran Sees
Director
1968·
The Baptism
Director
1968·
White Cassandra
Director
1968·
Contribution to Light
Director
1968·
Clay I Love You II
Director
1968·
Schizy
Director
1968·
Barbara Ward Will Never Die
Director
1955·
Spare the Child
Writer