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
all 100
Movies 100
Director 71
self 20
Writer 1
Cinematographer
Vever (For Barbara) (2023)
Movie
Cinematographer
A Month of Single Frames (2019)
Movie
Self
Queer Genius (2019)
Movie
Self
Beyond the Bolex (2018)
Movie
Director
Evidentiary Bodies (2018)
Movie
Self
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor (2018)
Movie
Self
Evidentiary Bodies (2016)
Movie
Self
Film Hawk (2016)
Movie
Director
Lesbian Whale (2015)
Movie
Older Elizabeth Bishop
Welcome to This House (2015)
Movie
Actress
Masculinity/Femininity (2015)
Movie
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand (2012)
Movie
Director
Maya Deren's Sink (2011)
Movie
Self
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution (2010)
Movie
Director
Generations (2010)
Movie
Self
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009)
Movie
Director
Fucking Different New York (2007)
Movie
Director
Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007)
Movie
Director
Lover Other (2006)
Movie
Self
American Stag (2006)
Movie
Director
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War (2003)
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Director
Resisting Paradise (2003)
Movie
Director
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)
Movie
Director
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)
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Director
History Lessons (2000)
Movie
Self
Women of Vision (1998)
Movie
Director
The Female Closet (1998)
Movie
Director
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It (1998)
Movie
Self / Bob Hammer
Tender Fictions (1995)
Movie
Self
Out in South Africa (1995)
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Director
Save Sex (1993)
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Director
Nitrate Kisses (1992)
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Director
Vital Signs (1991)
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Director
Sanctus (1990)
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Director
Dr. Watson's X-Rays (1990)
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Director
Still Point (1989)
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Director
History of the World According to a Lesbian (1988)
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Director
Endangered (1988)
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Director
Two Bad Daughters (1988)
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Director
T.V. Tart (1988)
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Director
Bedtime Stories (1988)
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Director
No No Nooky T.V. (1987)
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Director
Place Mattes (1987)
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Director
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS (1986)
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Director
Tourist (1985)
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Director
Hot Flash (1985)
Movie
Self
Optic Nerve (1985)
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Director
Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape (1985)
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Director
Parisian Blinds (1984)
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Director
Doll House (1984)
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Director
Bent Time (1983)
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Director
Stone Circles (1983)
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Director
Bamboo Xerox (1983)
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Director
See What You Hear What You See (1983)
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Director
Pond and Waterfall (1982)
Movie
Self
Audience (1982)
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Director
Sync Touch (1981)
Movie
Cinematography
Greetings from Washington, D.C. (1981)
Movie
Self
Pools (1981)
Movie
Director
New York Loft (1981)
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Director
Our Trip (1981)
Movie
Director
Arequipa (1981)
Movie
Self / Director
Pictures 4 Barbara (1981)
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Director
Sappho (1979)
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Director
Dream Age (1979)
Movie
Self
Available Space (1979)
Movie
Self / Interviewer
Double Strength (1978)
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Director
Haircut (1978)
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Director
The Great Goddess (1977)
Movie
Shadow of Camera Operator on Ground
Multiple Orgasm (1976)
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Director
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles (1976)
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Director
Moon Goddess (1976)
Movie
Self
Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976)
Movie
Self
Women I Love (1976)
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Director
Jane Brakhage (1975)
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Director
Psychosynthesis (1975)
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Director
Superdyke (1975)
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Director
Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time (1974)
Movie
Woman Making Love
Dyketactics (1974)
Movie
Self
Sisters! (1974)
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Director
“X” (1973)
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Director
A Gay Day (1973)
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Director
Menses (1973)
Movie
Director
Sisters! (1973)
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Director
I Was/I Am (1973)
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Director
Yellow Hammer (1973)
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Director
Marie and Me (1970)
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Director
Traveling (1970)
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Director
Elegy (1970)
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Director
Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’ (1970)
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Director
Death of a Marriage (1969)
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Director
Aldebaran Sees (1969)
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Director
Cleansed II (1969)
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Director
Barbara Ward Will Never Die (1968)
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Director
White Cassandra (1968)
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Director
Contribution to Light (1968)
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Director
Clay I Love You II (1968)
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Director
The Baptism (1968)
Movie
Director
Schizy (1968)
Movie
Writer
Spare the Child (1955)
Movie
Ratings
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1977
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1939-05-15
Deathday2019-03-16 (79 years old)
Birth NameBarbara Jean Hammer
Birth PlaceHollywood, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsJudy Grahn Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Lambda Literary Award
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