Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

Known for
Directing
Born
May 15, 1939
Died
March 16, 2019 (aged 79)
Birthplace
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

Photos

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Filmography

2018
Evidentiary Bodies poster

Evidentiary Bodies

Movie · Director

2015
Welcome to This House poster

Welcome to This House

Movie · Director

2015
Lesbian Whale poster

Lesbian Whale

Movie · Director

2011
Maya Deren's Sink poster

Maya Deren's Sink

Movie · Director

2010
Generations poster

Generations

Movie · Director

2009
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor poster

A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

Movie · Director

2007
Diving Women of Jeju-do poster

Diving Women of Jeju-do

Movie · Director

2007
Fucking Different New York poster

Fucking Different New York

Movie · Director

2006
Lover Other poster

Lover Other

Movie · Director

2003
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War poster

Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War

Movie · Director

2003
Resisting Paradise poster

Resisting Paradise

Movie · Director

2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions poster

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

Movie · Director

2001
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities poster

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

Movie · Director

2000
History Lessons poster

History Lessons

Movie · Director

1998
The Female Closet poster

The Female Closet

Movie · Director

1998
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It poster

Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It

Movie · Director

1995
Tender Fictions poster

Tender Fictions

Movie · Director

1995
Out in South Africa poster

Out in South Africa

Movie · Director

1993
Save Sex poster

Save Sex

Movie · Director

1992
Nitrate Kisses poster

Nitrate Kisses

Movie · Director

1991
Vital Signs poster

Vital Signs

Movie · Director

1990
Sanctus poster

Sanctus

Movie · Director

1990
Dr. Watson's X-Rays poster

Dr. Watson's X-Rays

Movie · Director

1989
Still Point

Still Point

Movie · Director

1988
Endangered poster

Endangered

Movie · Director

1988
Bedtime Stories poster

Bedtime Stories

Movie · Director

1988
Two Bad Daughters poster

Two Bad Daughters

Movie · Director

1988
History of the World According to a Lesbian poster

History of the World According to a Lesbian

Movie · Director

1988
T.V. Tart poster

T.V. Tart

Movie · Director

1987
No No Nooky T.V. poster

No No Nooky T.V.

Movie · Director

1987
Place Mattes poster

Place Mattes

Movie · Director

1987
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS poster

Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

Movie · Director

1985
Hot Flash

Hot Flash

Movie · Director

1985
Optic Nerve poster

Optic Nerve

Movie · Director

1985
Tourist poster

Tourist

Movie · Director

1985
Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape poster

Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape

Movie · Director

1984
Parisian Blinds poster

Parisian Blinds

Movie · Director

1984
Doll House poster

Doll House

Movie · Director

1984
Pearl Diver poster

Pearl Diver

Movie · Director

1983
See What You Hear What You See poster

See What You Hear What You See

Movie · Director

1983
Stone Circles

Stone Circles

Movie · Director

1983
Bent Time

Bent Time

Movie · Director

1983
Bamboo Xerox poster

Bamboo Xerox

Movie · Director

1983
Audience poster

Audience

Movie · Director

1982
Pond and Waterfall poster

Pond and Waterfall

Movie · Director

1981
New York Loft

New York Loft

Movie · Director

1981
Pools poster

Pools

Movie · Director

1981
Arequipa poster

Arequipa

Movie · Director

1981
Sync Touch poster

Sync Touch

Movie · Director

1981
Our Trip poster

Our Trip

Movie · Director

1981
Pictures 4 Barbara poster

Pictures 4 Barbara

Movie · Director

1979
Dream Age poster

Dream Age

Movie · Director

1979
Sappho poster

Sappho

Movie · Director

1979
Available Space poster

Available Space

Movie · Director

1978
Double Strength poster

Double Strength

Movie · Director

1978
Haircut poster

Haircut

Movie · Director

1977
The Great Goddess poster

The Great Goddess

Movie · Director

1976
Superdyke Meets Madame X poster

Superdyke Meets Madame X

Movie · Director

1976
Women I Love poster

Women I Love

Movie · Director

1976
Multiple Orgasm poster

Multiple Orgasm

Movie · Director

1976
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles poster

Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

Movie · Director

1976
Moon Goddess poster

Moon Goddess

Movie · Director

1975
Superdyke poster

Superdyke

Movie · Director

1975
Jane Brakhage poster

Jane Brakhage

Movie · Director

1975
Psychosynthesis poster

Psychosynthesis

Movie · Director

1974
Dyketactics poster

Dyketactics

Movie · Director

1974
Sisters! poster

Sisters!

Movie · Director

1974
Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time

Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time

Movie · Director

1973
Menses poster

Menses

Movie · Director

1973
I Was/I Am poster

I Was/I Am

Movie · Director

1973
A Gay Day poster

A Gay Day

Movie · Director

1973
Yellow Hammer poster

Yellow Hammer

Movie · Director

1973
“X” poster

“X”

Movie · Director

1970
Elegy poster

Elegy

Movie · Director

1970
Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’ poster

Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’

Movie · Director

1970
Marie and Me poster

Marie and Me

Movie · Director

1970
Traveling poster

Traveling

Movie · Director

1969
Aldebaran Sees poster

Aldebaran Sees

Movie · Director

1969
Death of a Marriage poster

Death of a Marriage

Movie · Director

1969
Cleansed II poster

Cleansed II

Movie · Director

1968
Barbara Ward Will Never Die poster

Barbara Ward Will Never Die

Movie · Director

1968
Schizy poster

Schizy

Movie · Director

1968
Clay I Love You II poster

Clay I Love You II

Movie · Director

1968
Contribution to Light poster

Contribution to Light

Movie · Director

1968
White Cassandra poster

White Cassandra

Movie · Director

1968
The Baptism poster

The Baptism

Movie · Director