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Barbara Hammer

May 15, 1939 - Hollywood, California, USA

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 Credits

Credits

Cast

Media
Movie	2009	A Horse Is Not a Metaphor	Self
Movie	2010	!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution	Self
Movie	1974	Dyketactics	Woman Making Love
Movie	1978	Double Strength
Movie	2016	Film Hawk	Self
Movie	2001	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities	Self
Movie	2007	Diving Women of Jeju-do	Self
Movie	1998	Women of Vision	Self
Movie	2010	Generations
Movie	2003	Resisting Paradise	Director
Movie	2012	Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
Movie	1976	Superdyke Meets Madame X
Movie	2018	Evidentiary Bodies
Movie	2018	Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
Movie	1976	Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
Movie	1973	“X”
Movie	1995	Tender Fictions
Movie	2019	A Month of Single Frames	Self
Movie	1992	Nitrate Kisses	Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
Movie	2019	Queer Genius
Movie	2018	Beyond the Bolex	Self
Movie	1981	Pictures 4 Barbara	Self
Movie	2015	Masculinity/Femininity	Self
Movie	2023	Vever (For Barbara)	(voice)
Movie	1982	Audience	Self
Movie	2018	Dykes, Camera, Action!	Self
Movie	1998	The Female Closet	Self

Crew

Media
Movie	1977	The Great Goddess	Director	Directing
Movie	2019	A Month of Single Frames	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1983	See What You Hear What You See	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Lover Other	Writer	Writing
Movie	2006	Lover Other	Producer	Production
Movie	1998	The Female Closet	Producer	Production
Movie	2006	Lover Other	Editor	Editing
Movie	2006	Lover Other	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	1981	New York Loft	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Hot Flash	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	History Lessons	Director	Directing
Movie	1998	The Female Closet	Sound	Sound
Movie	1998	The Female Closet	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1973	Menses	Director	Directing
Movie	1995	Tender Fictions	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	Dyketactics	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Double Strength	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War	Director	Directing
Movie	2006	Lover Other	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Pools	Director	Directing
Movie	1982	Pond and Waterfall	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	Stone Circles	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	Bent Time	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Maya Deren's Sink	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Optic Nerve	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Maya Deren's Sink	Writer	Writing
Movie	2001	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities	Producer	Production
Movie	2007	Diving Women of Jeju-do	Director	Directing
Movie	2001	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Diving Women of Jeju-do	Producer	Production
Movie	2001	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities	Editor	Editing
Movie	2015	Welcome to This House	Director	Directing
Movie	1955	Spare the Child	Writer	Writing
Movie	1973	Sisters!	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Sanctus	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Superdyke Meets Madame X	Director	Directing
Movie	1983	Bamboo Xerox	Director	Directing
Movie	2009	A Horse Is Not a Metaphor	Director	Directing
Movie	2009	A Horse Is Not a Metaphor	Writer	Writing
Movie	1992	Nitrate Kisses	Editor	Editing
Movie	1992	Nitrate Kisses	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1992	Nitrate Kisses	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Women I Love	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Multiple Orgasm	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Superdyke	Director	Directing
Movie	1991	Vital Signs	Director	Directing
Movie	1989	Still Point	Director	Directing
Movie	2002	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions	Producer	Production
Movie	2002	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions	Editor	Editing
Movie	2002	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions	Director	Directing
Movie	2010	Generations	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	Endangered	Director	Directing
Movie	2003	Resisting Paradise	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	Dyketactics	Writer	Writing
Movie	1987	No No Nooky T.V.	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	No No Nooky T.V.	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1982	Audience	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	No No Nooky T.V.	Editor	Editing
Movie	2018	Evidentiary Bodies	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	I Was/I Am	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	Sisters!	Director	Directing
Movie	1974	Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	A Gay Day	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Fucking Different New York	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Tourist	Director	Directing
Movie	1987	Place Mattes	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	Bedtime Stories	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Aldebaran Sees	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Death of a Marriage	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Arequipa	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Elegy	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Barbara Ward Will Never Die	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Schizy	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	Yellow Hammer	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	Parisian Blinds	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Jane Brakhage	Director	Directing
Movie	1984	Doll House	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Dream Age	Director	Directing
Movie	1975	Psychosynthesis	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Sync Touch	Director	Directing
Movie	1973	“X”	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Our Trip	Director	Directing
Movie	1981	Pictures 4 Barbara	Director	Directing
Movie	1985	Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape	Director	Directing
Movie	1986	Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	Two Bad Daughters	Director	Directing
Movie	2000	History Lessons	Producer	Production
Movie	2000	History Lessons	Editor	Editing
Movie	1995	Out in South Africa	Director	Directing
Movie	1998	The Female Closet	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	White Cassandra	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Clay I Love You II	Director	Directing
Movie	1969	Cleansed II	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	Contribution to Light	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	History of the World According to a Lesbian	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Moon Goddess	Director	Directing
Movie	1979	Sappho	Director	Directing
Movie	1988	T.V. Tart	Director	Directing
Movie	2011	Maya Deren's Sink	Editor	Editing
Movie	1979	Available Space	Director	Directing
Movie	1990	Dr. Watson's X-Rays	Director	Directing
Movie	1976	Multiple Orgasm	Writer	Writing
Movie	1998	Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It	Director	Directing
Movie	1993	Save Sex	Director	Directing
Movie	1978	Haircut	Director	Directing
Movie	1998	The Female Closet	Editor	Editing
Movie	1992	Nitrate Kisses	Writer	Writing
Movie	1992	Nitrate Kisses	Producer	Production
Movie	1970	Marie and Me	Director	Directing
Movie	2015	Lesbian Whale	Director	Directing
Movie	1970	Traveling	Director	Directing
Movie	1968	The Baptism	Director	Directing
Movie	2007	Diving Women of Jeju-do	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2011	Maya Deren's Sink	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2001	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	2000	History Lessons	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	2023	Vever (For Barbara)	Director of Photography	Camera
Movie	1981	Greetings from Washington, D.C.	Camera Operator	Camera
Movie	1984	Pearl Diver	Director	Directing
Movie	1982	Audience	Camera Operator	Camera