Barbara Hammer

Director

Born: May 15, 1939
Died: March 16, 2019 (age 79)
From: 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 (98)

Barbara Forever (2026)
Self (archive footage)
Vever (For Barbara) (2023)
(voice)
A Month of Single Frames (2019)
Self
Queer Genius (2019)
Beyond the Bolex (2018)
Self
Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018)
Self
Evidentiary Bodies (2018)
Director
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor (2018)
Film Hawk
Film Hawk (2016)
Self
Lesbian Whale (2015)
Director
Welcome to This House (2015)
Director
Masculinity/Femininity (2015)
Self
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand (2012)
Maya Deren's Sink (2011)
Director
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution (2010)
Self
Generations (2010)
Director
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009)
Director
Fucking Different New York (2007)
Director
Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007)
Director
Lover Other (2006)
Director
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War (2003)
Director
Resisting Paradise (2003)
Director
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)
Director
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)
Director
History Lessons (2000)
Director
Women of Vision
Women of Vision (1998)
Self
The Female Closet (1998)
Director
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It (1998)
Director
Tender Fictions (1995)
Director
Out in South Africa (1995)
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