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Barbara Hammer

Age: 79 | From: Hollywood, California, USA

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136

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Person Details

Birthday: 1939-05-15 06:12:38

Death: 2019-03-16 06:12:38

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Hollywood, California, USA

Homepage: http://barbarahammer.com/

Movie Involvements: 136

TV Involvements: 0

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Average

Dyketactics

(1974) Writer

Average

Greetings from Washington, D.C.

(1981) Cinematography

Average

Welcome to This House

(2015) Director

Average

Tender Fictions

(1995) Director

Average

Pond and Waterfall

(1982) Director

Average

Spare the Child

(1955) Writer

Average

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

(2002) Producer

Average

Maya Deren's Sink

(2011) Writer

Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2023	(voice)	Vever (For Barbara) 2023-10-12 Movie
2019	Self	A Month of Single Frames 2019-07-14 Movie
	N/A	Queer Genius 2019-06-25 Movie
2018	Self	Beyond the Bolex 2018-11-08 Movie
	N/A	Evidentiary Bodies 2018-02-26 Movie
	N/A	Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor 2018-02-20 Movie
2016	Self	Film Hawk 2016-01-20 Movie
2015	Self	Masculinity/Femininity 2015-03-23 Movie
2012	N/A	Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand 2012-03-28 Movie
2010	Self	!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution 2010-09-12 Movie
	N/A	Generations 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Self	A Horse Is Not a Metaphor 2009-02-10 Movie
2007	Self	Diving Women of Jeju-do 2007-01-01 Movie
2003	Director	Resisting Paradise 2003-01-01 Movie
2001	Self	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities 2001-01-01 Movie
1998	Self	Women of Vision 1998-08-03 Movie
1995	N/A	Tender Fictions 1995-03-15 Movie
1992	Interviewer / Narrator (voice)	Nitrate Kisses 1992-09-12 Movie
1982	Self	Audience 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	Self	Pictures 4 Barbara 1981-01-01 Movie
1978	N/A	Double Strength 1978-01-01 Movie
1976	N/A	Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles 1976-07-08 Movie
	N/A	Superdyke Meets Madame X 1976-01-01 Movie
1974	Woman Making Love	Dyketactics 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	N/A	“X” 1973-06-21 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Camera

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2023	Director of Photography	Vever (For Barbara) 2023-10-12 Movie
2019	Director of Photography	A Month of Single Frames 2019-07-14 Movie
2011	Director of Photography	Maya Deren's Sink 2011-01-05 Movie
2007	Director of Photography	Diving Women of Jeju-do 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Camera Operator	Lover Other 2006-06-15 Movie
2001	Camera Operator	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Director of Photography	History Lessons 2000-06-21 Movie
1998	Director of Photography	The Female Closet 1998-06-06 Movie
1992	Director of Photography	Nitrate Kisses 1992-09-12 Movie
1987	Director of Photography	No No Nooky T.V. 1987-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Directing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2018	Director	Evidentiary Bodies 2018-02-26 Movie
2016	Director	Evidentiary Bodies 2016-11-14 Movie
2015	Director	Lesbian Whale 2015-07-15 Movie
	Director	Welcome to This House 2015-05-26 Movie
2011	Director	Maya Deren's Sink 2011-01-05 Movie
2010	Director	Generations 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Director	A Horse Is Not a Metaphor 2009-02-10 Movie
2007	Director	Fucking Different New York 2007-02-10 Movie
	Director	Diving Women of Jeju-do 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Director	Lover Other 2006-06-15 Movie
2003	Director	Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War 2003-11-15 Movie
	Director	Resisting Paradise 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Director	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002-01-26 Movie
2001	Director	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Director	History Lessons 2000-06-21 Movie
1998	Director	The Female Closet 1998-06-06 Movie
	Director	Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It 1998-01-01 Movie
1995	Director	Tender Fictions 1995-03-15 Movie
	Director	Out in South Africa 1995-01-05 Movie
1993	Director	Save Sex 1993-01-01 Movie
1992	Director	Nitrate Kisses 1992-09-12 Movie
1991	Director	Vital Signs 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Director	Sanctus 1990-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dr. Watson's X-Rays 1990-01-01 Movie
1989	Director	Still Point 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Director	History of the World According to a Lesbian 1988-05-02 Movie
	Director	Endangered 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bedtime Stories 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Two Bad Daughters 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	T.V. Tart 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Director	No No Nooky T.V. 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	Place Mattes 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Director	Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Director	Tourist 1985-03-04 Movie
	Director	Optic Nerve 1985-01-01 Movie
	Director	Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape 1985-01-01 Movie
	Director	Hot Flash 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Director	Parisian Blinds 1984-01-01 Movie
	Director	Doll House 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Director	Bent Time 1983-04-16 Movie
	Director	Stone Circles 1983-04-11 Movie
	Director	See What You Hear What You See 1983-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bamboo Xerox 1983-01-01 Movie
1982	Director	Pond and Waterfall 1982-10-19 Movie
	Director	Audience 1982-01-01 Movie
1981	Director	Sync Touch 1981-12-10 Movie
	Director	Pools 1981-04-11 Movie
	Director	New York Loft 1981-03-12 Movie
	Director	Our Trip 1981-02-28 Movie
	Director	Pictures 4 Barbara 1981-01-01 Movie
	Director	Arequipa 1981-01-01 Movie
1979	Director	Dream Age 1979-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sappho 1979-01-01 Movie
	Director	Available Space 1979-01-01 Movie
1978	Director	Double Strength 1978-01-01 Movie
	Director	Haircut 1978-01-01 Movie
1977	Director	The Great Goddess 1977-01-01 Movie
1976	Director	Multiple Orgasm 1976-12-09 Movie
	Director	Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles 1976-07-08 Movie
	Director	Moon Goddess 1976-05-16 Movie
	Director	Superdyke Meets Madame X 1976-01-01 Movie
	Director	Women I Love 1976-01-01 Movie
1975	Director	Superdyke 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Jane Brakhage 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Psychosynthesis 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time 1974-02-21 Movie
	Director	Dyketactics 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sisters! 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	“X” 1973-06-21 Movie
	Director	A Gay Day 1973-02-21 Movie
	Director	Menses 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	I Was/I Am 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	Yellow Hammer 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sisters! 1973-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	Marie and Me 1970-06-18 Movie
	Director	Traveling 1970-06-01 Movie
	Director	Elegy 1970-01-01 Movie
	Director	Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’ 1970-01-01 Movie
1969	Director	Death of a Marriage 1969-06-01 Movie
	Director	Aldebaran Sees 1969-05-05 Movie
	Director	Cleansed II 1969-01-01 Movie
1968	Director	Barbara Ward Will Never Die 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Schizy 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Clay I Love You II 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Contribution to Light 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	White Cassandra 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Baptism 1968-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Editing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2011	Editor	Maya Deren's Sink 2011-01-05 Movie
2006	Editor	Lover Other 2006-06-15 Movie
2002	Editor	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002-01-26 Movie
2001	Editor	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Editor	History Lessons 2000-06-21 Movie
1998	Editor	The Female Closet 1998-06-06 Movie
1992	Editor	Nitrate Kisses 1992-09-12 Movie
1987	Editor	No No Nooky T.V. 1987-01-01 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2011	Writer	Maya Deren's Sink 2011-01-05 Movie
2009	Writer	A Horse Is Not a Metaphor 2009-02-10 Movie
2006	Writer	Lover Other 2006-06-15 Movie
1992	Writer	Nitrate Kisses 1992-09-12 Movie
1976	Writer	Multiple Orgasm 1976-12-09 Movie
1974	Writer	Dyketactics 1974-01-01 Movie
1955	Writer	Spare the Child 1955-01-27 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Production

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2007	Producer	Diving Women of Jeju-do 2007-01-01 Movie
2006	Producer	Lover Other 2006-06-15 Movie
2002	Producer	Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions 2002-01-26 Movie
2001	Producer	My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities 2001-01-01 Movie
2000	Producer	History Lessons 2000-06-21 Movie
1998	Producer	The Female Closet 1998-06-06 Movie
1992	Producer	Nitrate Kisses 1992-09-12 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1998	Sound	The Female Closet 1998-06-06 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
1981	Cinematography	Greetings from Washington, D.C. 1981-10-16 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv

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