- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1939
- Place of Birth
- Hollywood, California, USA
- Died
- March 16, 2019
Barbara Hammer
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
movieBarbara Forever
2026 · Self (archive footage)
movieVever (For Barbara)
2023 · (voice), Director of Photography
movieA Month of Single Frames
2019 · Self, Director of Photography
movieQueer Genius
2019
movieBeyond the Bolex
2018 · Self
movieDykes, Camera, Action!
2018 · Self
movieEvidentiary Bodies
2018 · , Director
movieCarolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018
Film Hawk
movieFilm Hawk
2016 · Self
movieLesbian Whale
2015 · Director
movieWelcome to This House
2015 · Director
movieMasculinity/Femininity
2015 · Self
movieBarbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2012
movieMaya Deren's Sink
2011 · Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
movie!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
2010 · Self
movieGenerations
2010 · , Director
movieA Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009 · Self, Director, Writer
movieFucking Different New York
2007 · Director
movieDiving Women of Jeju-do
2007 · Self, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
movieLover Other
2006 · Producer, Camera Operator, Editor, Writer, Director
movieOur Grief Is Not a Cry for War
2003 · Director
movieResisting Paradise
2003 · Director
movieDevotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2002 · Producer, Editor, Director
movieMy Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
2001 · Self, Editor, Producer, Director, Camera Operator
movieHistory Lessons
2000 · Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
Women of Vision
movieWomen of Vision
1998 · Self
movieThe Female Closet
1998 · Self, Producer, Sound, Director of Photography, Editor
movieBlue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It
1998 · Director
movieTender Fictions
1995 · , Director
movieOut in South Africa
1995 · Director
movieSave Sex
1993 · Director
movieNitrate Kisses
1992 · Interviewer / Narrator (voice), Editor, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer
movieVital Signs
1991 · Director
movieSanctus
1990 · Director
movieDr. Watson's X-Rays
1990 · Director
Still Point
movieStill Point
1989 · Director
movieHistory of the World According to a Lesbian
1988 · Director
movieEndangered
1988 · Director
movieBedtime Stories
1988 · Director
movieTwo Bad Daughters
1988 · Director
movieT.V. Tart
1988 · Director
movieNo No Nooky T.V.
1987 · Director of Photography, Editor
moviePlace Mattes
1987 · Director
movieSnow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
1986 · Director
movieTourist
1985 · Director
Hot Flash
movieHot Flash
1985 · Director
movieOptic Nerve
1985 · Director
movieWould You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape
1985 · Director
movieParisian Blinds
1984 · Director
movieDoll House
1984 · Director
moviePearl Diver
1984 · Director
movieAudience
1983 · Self, Director, Camera Operator
Bent Time
movieBent Time
1983 · Director
Stone Circles
movieStone Circles
1983 · Director
movieSee What You Hear What You See
1983 · Director
movieBamboo Xerox
1983 · Director
moviePond and Waterfall
1982 · Director
movieSync Touch
1981 · Director
movieGreetings from Washington, D.C.
1981 · Camera Operator
moviePools
1981 · Director
New York Loft
movieNew York Loft
1981 · Director
movieOur Trip
1981 · Director
moviePictures 4 Barbara
1981 · Self, Director
movieArequipa
1981 · Director
movieDream Age
1979 · Director
movieSappho
1979 · Director
movieAvailable Space
1979 · Director
movieDouble Strength
1978 · , Director
movieHaircut
1978 · Director
movieThe Great Goddess
1977 · Director
movieMultiple Orgasm
1976 · Director, Writer
movieSuperdyke Meets Madame X
1976 · , Director
movieStress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1976 · , Director
movieMoon Goddess
1976 · Director
movieWomen I Love
1976 · Director
movieSuperdyke
1975 · Director
movieJane Brakhage
1975 · Director
moviePsychosynthesis
1975 · Director
movieSisters!
1974 · Director
Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
movieWomen’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
1974 · Director
Dyketactics
movieDyketactics
1974 · Woman Making Love, Director, Writer
movie“X”
1973 · , Director
movieA Gay Day
1973 · Director
movieMenses
1973 · Director
movieI Was/I Am
1973 · Director
movieYellow Hammer
1973 · Director
movieMarie and Me
1970 · Director
movieTraveling
1970 · Director
movieElegy
1970 · Director
moviePlay or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’
1970 · Director
movieDeath of a Marriage
1969 · Director
movieAldebaran Sees
1969 · Director
movieCleansed II
1969 · Director
movieBarbara Ward Will Never Die
1968 · Director
movieSchizy
1968 · Director
movieClay I Love You II
1968 · Director
movieContribution to Light
1968 · Director
movieWhite Cassandra
1968 · Director
movieThe Baptism
1968 · Director
movieSpare the Child
1955 · Writer