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Barbara Hammer

Known For
Directing

Known Credits
28

Gender
Female

Birthday
May 15, 1939 (87 years old)

Place of Birth
Hollywood, California, USA

Barbara Hammer

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

Camera

2023Vever (For Barbara)...Director of Photography
2019A Month of Single Frames...Director of Photography
2011Maya Deren's Sink...Director of Photography
2007Diving Women of Jeju-do...Director of Photography
2006Lover Other...Camera Operator
2001My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities...Camera Operator
2000History Lessons...Director of Photography
1998The Female Closet...Director of Photography
1992Nitrate Kisses...Director of Photography
1987No No Nooky T.V....Director of Photography
1983Audience...Camera Operator
1981Greetings from Washington, D.C....Camera Operator

Directing

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

Writing

2011Maya Deren's Sink...Writer
2009A Horse Is Not a Metaphor...Writer
2006Lover Other...Writer
1992Nitrate Kisses...Writer
1976Multiple Orgasm...Writer
1974Dyketactics...Writer
1955Spare the Child...Writer

Editing

2011Maya Deren's Sink...Editor
2006Lover Other...Editor
2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions...Editor
2001My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities...Editor
2000History Lessons...Editor
1998The Female Closet...Editor
1992Nitrate Kisses...Editor
1987No No Nooky T.V....Editor

Production

2007Diving Women of Jeju-do...Producer
2006Lover Other...Producer
2002Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions...Producer
2001My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities...Producer
2000History Lessons...Producer
1998The Female Closet...Producer
1992Nitrate Kisses...Producer

Sound

1998The Female Closet...Sound

Acting

2026Barbara Foreveras Self (archive footage)
2023Vever (For Barbara)as (voice)
2019A Month of Single Framesas Self
2019Queer Geniusas
2018Beyond the Bolexas Self
2018Dykes, Camera, Action!as Self
2018Evidentiary Bodiesas
2018Carolee, Barbara and Gunvoras
2016Film Hawkas Self
2015Masculinity/Femininityas Self
2012Barbara Hammer Lends a Handas
2010!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolutionas Self
2010Generationsas
2009A Horse Is Not a Metaphoras Self
2007Diving Women of Jeju-doas Self
2003Resisting Paradiseas Director
2001My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identitiesas Self
1998Women of Visionas Self
1998The Female Closetas Self
1995Tender Fictionsas
1992Nitrate Kissesas Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
1983Audienceas Self
1981Pictures 4 Barbaraas Self
1978Double Strengthas
1976Superdyke Meets Madame Xas
1976Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinklesas
1974Dyketacticsas Woman Making Love
1973“X”as