Barbara Hammer

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

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Fucking Different New York

(2007) Director

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Menses

(1974) Director

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Spare the Child

(1955) Writer

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Endangered

(1988) Director

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Dyketactics

(1974) Writer

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A Month of Single Frames

(2019) Director of Photography

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Schizy

(1968) Director

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Dream Age

(1979) Director

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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	Two Bad Daughters 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Bedtime Stories 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	Endangered 1988-01-01 Movie
	Director	T.V. Tart 1988-01-01 Movie
1987	Director	Place Mattes 1987-01-01 Movie
	Director	No No Nooky T.V. 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	Hot Flash 1985-01-01 Movie
	Director	Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape 1985-01-01 Movie
	Director	Optic Nerve 1985-01-01 Movie
1984	Director	Doll House 1984-01-01 Movie
	Director	Parisian Blinds 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Director	Bent Time 1983-04-16 Movie
	Director	Stone Circles 1983-04-11 Movie
	Director	Bamboo Xerox 1983-01-01 Movie
	Director	See What You Hear What You See 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	Arequipa 1981-01-01 Movie
	Director	Pictures 4 Barbara 1981-01-01 Movie
1979	Director	Available Space 1979-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sappho 1979-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dream Age 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	Jane Brakhage 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Psychosynthesis 1975-01-01 Movie
	Director	Superdyke 1975-01-01 Movie
1974	Director	Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time 1974-02-21 Movie
	Director	Sisters! 1974-01-01 Movie
	Director	Dyketactics 1974-01-01 Movie
1973	Director	“X” 1973-06-21 Movie
	Director	A Gay Day 1973-02-21 Movie
	Director	Yellow Hammer 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	I Was/I Am 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	Sisters! 1973-01-01 Movie
	Director	Menses 1973-01-01 Movie
1970	Director	Marie and Me 1970-06-18 Movie
	Director	Traveling 1970-06-01 Movie
	Director	Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’ 1970-01-01 Movie
	Director	Elegy 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	Clay I Love You II 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Barbara Ward Will Never Die 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Schizy 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	White Cassandra 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	Contribution to Light 1968-01-01 Movie
	Director	The Baptism 1968-01-01 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

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

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