Barbara Hammer
Known For
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
May 15, 1939 (87 years old)
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.
Known For
| 2026 | Barbara ForeverSelf (Archive Footage) | |
| 2023 | Vever (For Barbara)(voice) | |
| 2019 | A Month of Single FramesSelf | |
| 2019 | Queer Genius | |
| 2018 | Evidentiary Bodies | |
| 2018 | Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor | |
| 2018 | Beyond the BolexSelf | |
| 2018 | Dykes, Camera, Action!Self | |
| 2016 | Film HawkSelf | |
| 2015 | Masculinity/FemininitySelf | |
| 2012 | Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand | |
| 2010 | !W.A.R.: !Women Art RevolutionSelf | |
| 2010 | Generations | |
| 2009 | A Horse Is Not a MetaphorSelf | |
| 2007 | Diving Women of Jeju-doSelf | |
| 2003 | Resisting ParadiseDirector | |
| 2001 | My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian IdentitiesSelf | |
| 1998 | Women of VisionSelf | |
| 1998 | The Female ClosetSelf | |
| 1995 | Tender Fictions | |
| 1992 | Nitrate KissesInterviewer / Narrator (voice) | |
| 1983 | AudienceSelf | |
| 1981 | Pictures 4 BarbaraSelf | |
| 1978 | Double Strength | |
| 1976 | Superdyke Meets Madame X | |
| 1976 | Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles | |
| 1974 | DyketacticsWoman Making Love | |
| 1973 | “X” |
| 2007 | Diving Women of Jeju-doProducer | |
| 2006 | Lover OtherProducer | |
| 2002 | Devotion: A Film About Ogawa ProductionsProducer | |
| 2001 | My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian IdentitiesProducer | |
| 2000 | History LessonsProducer | |
| 1998 | The Female ClosetProducer | |
| 1992 | Nitrate KissesProducer |
| 2018 | Evidentiary BodiesDirector | |
| 2015 | Welcome to This HouseDirector | |
| 2015 | Lesbian WhaleDirector | |
| 2011 | Maya Deren's SinkDirector | |
| 2010 | GenerationsDirector | |
| 2009 | A Horse Is Not a MetaphorDirector | |
| 2007 | Diving Women of Jeju-doDirector | |
| 2007 | Fucking Different New YorkDirector | |
| 2006 | Lover OtherDirector | |
| 2003 | Our Grief Is Not a Cry for WarDirector | |
| 2003 | Resisting ParadiseDirector | |
| 2002 | Devotion: A Film About Ogawa ProductionsDirector | |
| 2001 | My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian IdentitiesDirector | |
| 2000 | History LessonsDirector | |
| 1998 | The Female ClosetDirector | |
| 1998 | Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find ItDirector | |
| 1995 | Tender FictionsDirector | |
| 1995 | Out in South AfricaDirector | |
| 1993 | Save SexDirector | |
| 1992 | Nitrate KissesDirector | |
| 1991 | Vital SignsDirector | |
| 1990 | SanctusDirector | |
| 1990 | Dr. Watson's X-RaysDirector | |
| 1989 | Still PointDirector | |
| 1988 | EndangeredDirector | |
| 1988 | Bedtime StoriesDirector | |
| 1988 | Two Bad DaughtersDirector | |
| 1988 | History of the World According to a LesbianDirector | |
| 1988 | T.V. TartDirector | |
| 1987 | No No Nooky T.V.Director | |
| 1987 | Place MattesDirector | |
| 1986 | Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDSDirector | |
| 1985 | Hot FlashDirector | |
| 1985 | Optic NerveDirector | |
| 1985 | TouristDirector | |
| 1985 | Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway TapeDirector | |
| 1984 | Parisian BlindsDirector | |
| 1984 | Doll HouseDirector | |
| 1984 | Pearl DiverDirector | |
| 1983 | See What You Hear What You SeeDirector | |
| 1983 | Stone CirclesDirector | |
| 1983 | Bent TimeDirector | |
| 1983 | Bamboo XeroxDirector | |
| 1983 | AudienceDirector | |
| 1982 | Pond and WaterfallDirector | |
| 1981 | New York LoftDirector | |
| 1981 | PoolsDirector | |
| 1981 | ArequipaDirector | |
| 1981 | Sync TouchDirector | |
| 1981 | Our TripDirector | |
| 1981 | Pictures 4 BarbaraDirector | |
| 1979 | Dream AgeDirector | |
| 1979 | SapphoDirector | |
| 1979 | Available SpaceDirector | |
| 1978 | Double StrengthDirector | |
| 1978 | HaircutDirector | |
| 1977 | The Great GoddessDirector | |
| 1976 | Superdyke Meets Madame XDirector | |
| 1976 | Women I LoveDirector | |
| 1976 | Multiple OrgasmDirector | |
| 1976 | Stress Scars & Pleasure WrinklesDirector | |
| 1976 | Moon GoddessDirector | |
| 1975 | SuperdykeDirector | |
| 1975 | Jane BrakhageDirector | |
| 1975 | PsychosynthesisDirector | |
| 1974 | DyketacticsDirector | |
| 1974 | Sisters!Director | |
| 1974 | Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of TimeDirector | |
| 1973 | MensesDirector | |
| 1973 | I Was/I AmDirector | |
| 1973 | A Gay DayDirector | |
| 1973 | Yellow HammerDirector | |
| 1973 | “X”Director | |
| 1970 | ElegyDirector | |
| 1970 | Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’Director | |
| 1970 | Marie and MeDirector | |
| 1970 | TravelingDirector | |
| 1969 | Aldebaran SeesDirector | |
| 1969 | Death of a MarriageDirector | |
| 1969 | Cleansed IIDirector | |
| 1968 | Barbara Ward Will Never DieDirector | |
| 1968 | SchizyDirector | |
| 1968 | White CassandraDirector | |
| 1968 | Clay I Love You IIDirector | |
| 1968 | Contribution to LightDirector | |
| 1968 | The BaptismDirector |
| 2011 | Maya Deren's SinkWriter | |
| 2009 | A Horse Is Not a MetaphorWriter | |
| 2006 | Lover OtherWriter | |
| 1992 | Nitrate KissesWriter | |
| 1976 | Multiple OrgasmWriter | |
| 1974 | DyketacticsWriter | |
| 1955 | Spare the ChildWriter |