Barbara Hammer
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- May 15, 1939
- Died
- March 16, 2019
- Birthplace
- 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.
Filmography
Barbara Forever 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Vever (For Barbara) 2023
as (voice), Director of Photography
A Month of Single Frames 2019
as Self, Director of Photography
Queer Genius 2019
Actor
Beyond the Bolex 2018
as Self
Dykes, Camera, Action! 2018
as Self
Evidentiary Bodies 2018
Actor, Director
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor 2018
Actor
- Film Hawk
Film Hawk 2016
as Self
Lesbian Whale 2015
Director
Welcome to This House 2015
Director
Masculinity/Femininity 2015
as Self
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand 2012
Actor
Maya Deren's Sink 2011
Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution 2010
as Self
Generations 2010
Actor, Director
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor 2009
as Self, Director, Writer
Fucking Different New York 2007
Director
Diving Women of Jeju-do 2007
as Self, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
Lover Other 2006
Producer, Camera Operator, Editor, Writer, Director
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War 2003
Director
Resisting Paradise 2003
as Director, Director
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002
Producer, Editor, Director
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities 2001
as Self, Editor, Producer, Director, Camera Operator
History Lessons 2000
Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography
- Women of Vision
Women of Vision 1998
as Self
The Female Closet 1998
as Self, Producer, Sound, Director of Photography, Director, Editor
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It 1998
Director
Tender Fictions 1995
Actor, Director
Out in South Africa 1995
Director
Save Sex 1993
Director
Nitrate Kisses 1992
as Interviewer / Narrator (voice), Editor, Director of Photography, Director, Producer, Writer
Vital Signs 1991
Director
Dr. Watson's X-Rays 1990
Director
Sanctus 1990
Director
- Still Point
Still Point 1989
Director
Two Bad Daughters 1988
Director
History of the World According to a Lesbian 1988
Director
T.V. Tart 1988
Director
Bedtime Stories 1988
Director
Endangered 1988
Director
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS 1987
Director
Place Mattes 1987
Director
No No Nooky T.V. 1987
Director of Photography, Editor, Director
Tourist 1985
Director
Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape 1985
Director
Optic Nerve 1985
Director
- Hot Flash
Hot Flash 1985
Director
Pearl Diver 1984
Director
Doll House 1984
Director
Parisian Blinds 1984
Director
Audience 1983
as Self, Director, Camera Operator
- Bent Time
Bent Time 1983
Director
- Stone Circles
Stone Circles 1983
Director
Bamboo Xerox 1983
Director
See What You Hear What You See 1983
Director
Pond and Waterfall 1982
Director
Sync Touch 1981
Director
Greetings from Washington, D.C. 1981
Camera Operator
Pools 1981
Director
- New York Loft
New York Loft 1981
Director
Our Trip 1981
Director
Arequipa 1981
Director
Pictures 4 Barbara 1981
as Self, Director
Available Space 1979
Director
Sappho 1979
Director
Dream Age 1979
Director
Haircut 1978
Director
Double Strength 1978
Actor, Director
The Great Goddess 1977
Director
Multiple Orgasm 1976
Director, Writer
Superdyke Meets Madame X 1976
Actor, Director
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles 1976
Actor, Director
Moon Goddess 1976
Director
Women I Love 1976
Director
Psychosynthesis 1975
Director
Jane Brakhage 1975
Director
Superdyke 1975
Director
Sisters! 1974
Director
- Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time 1974
Director
Dyketactics 1974
as Woman Making Love, Director, Writer
“X” 1973
Actor, Director
A Gay Day 1973
Director
Yellow Hammer 1973
Director
I Was/I Am 1973
Director
Menses 1973
Director
Marie and Me 1970
Director
Traveling 1970
Director
Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’ 1970
Director
Elegy 1970
Director
Death of a Marriage 1969
Director
Aldebaran Sees 1969
Director
Cleansed II 1969
Director
The Baptism 1968
Director
White Cassandra 1968
Director
Contribution to Light 1968
Director
Clay I Love You II 1968
Director
Schizy 1968
Director
Barbara Ward Will Never Die 1968
Director
Spare the Child 1955
Writer
Credits from TMDB.