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Barbara Hammer

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1939-05-15

Deathday: 2019-03-16 (79 years old)

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.

Barbara Hammer

Biography

Filmography

all 100

Movies 100

Director 71

self 20

Writer 1

Vever (For Barbara) (2023)

A Month of Single Frames (2019)

Queer Genius (2019)

Beyond the Bolex (2018)

Evidentiary Bodies (2018)

Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor (2018)

Evidentiary Bodies (2016)

Film Hawk (2016)

Lesbian Whale (2015)

Welcome to This House (2015)

Masculinity/Femininity (2015)

Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand (2012)

Maya Deren's Sink (2011)

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution (2010)

Generations (2010)

A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009)

Fucking Different New York (2007)

Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007)

Lover Other (2006)

American Stag (2006)

Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War (2003)

Resisting Paradise (2003)

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)

History Lessons (2000)

Women of Vision (1998)

The Female Closet (1998)

Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It (1998)

Tender Fictions (1995)

Out in South Africa (1995)

Save Sex (1993)

Nitrate Kisses (1992)

Vital Signs (1991)

Sanctus (1990)

Dr. Watson's X-Rays (1990)

Still Point (1989)

History of the World According to a Lesbian (1988)

Endangered (1988)

Two Bad Daughters (1988)

T.V. Tart (1988)

Bedtime Stories (1988)

No No Nooky T.V. (1987)

Place Mattes (1987)

Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS (1986)

Tourist (1985)

Hot Flash (1985)

Optic Nerve (1985)

Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape (1985)

Parisian Blinds (1984)

Doll House (1984)

Bent Time (1983)

Stone Circles (1983)

Bamboo Xerox (1983)

See What You Hear What You See (1983)

Pond and Waterfall (1982)

Audience (1982)

Sync Touch (1981)

Greetings from Washington, D.C. (1981)

Pools (1981)

New York Loft (1981)

Our Trip (1981)

Arequipa (1981)

Pictures 4 Barbara (1981)

Sappho (1979)

Dream Age (1979)

Available Space (1979)

Double Strength (1978)

Haircut (1978)

The Great Goddess (1977)

Multiple Orgasm (1976)

Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles (1976)

Moon Goddess (1976)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Female

Birthday
1939-05-15

Deathday
2019-03-16 (79 years old)

Birth Name
Barbara Jean Hammer

Birth Place
Hollywood, United States of America

Citizenships
United States of America

Awards
Judy Grahn Award, Guggenheim Fellowship, Lambda Literary Award