Directing
Barbara Hammer
15 May 1939† 16 March 2019 (aged 79) Hollywood, California, USA
- Directed
- 86
- Written
- 7
- Produced
- 7
- Movies
- 28
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
- 2026
- Barbara Forever · Film
- 2023
- Vever (For Barbara) · Film · (voice)
- Vever (For Barbara) · Film · Director of Photography
- 2019
- A Month of Single Frames · Film
- Queer Genius · Film
- A Month of Single Frames · Film · Director of Photography
- 2018
- Beyond the Bolex · Film
- Dykes, Camera, Action! · Film
- Evidentiary Bodies · Film
- Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor · Film
- Evidentiary Bodies · Film · Director
- 2016
- Film Hawk · Film
- 2015
- Masculinity/Femininity · Film
- Welcome to This House · Film · Director
- Lesbian Whale · Film · Director
- 2012
- Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand · Film
- 2011
- Maya Deren's Sink · Film · Director
- 2010
- !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution · Film
- Generations · Film
- Generations · Film · Director
- 2009
- A Horse Is Not a Metaphor · Film
- A Horse Is Not a Metaphor · Film · Director
- 2007
- Diving Women of Jeju-do · Film
- Fucking Different New York · Film · Director
- Diving Women of Jeju-do · Film · Director
- 2006
- Lover Other · Film · Writer
- 2003
- Resisting Paradise · Film · Director
- Resisting Paradise · Film · Director
- Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War · Film · Director
- 2002
- Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions · Film · Producer
- 2001
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities · Film
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities · Film · Producer
- 2000
- History Lessons · Film · Director
- 1998
- Women of Vision · Film
- The Female Closet · Film
- The Female Closet · Film · Producer
- Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It · Film · Director
- 1995
- Tender Fictions · Film
- Tender Fictions · Film · Director
- Out in South Africa · Film · Director
- 1993
- Save Sex · Film · Director
- 1992
- Nitrate Kisses · Film · Interviewer · Narrator (voice)
- Nitrate Kisses · Film · Editor
- 1991
- Vital Signs · Film · Director
- 1990
- Sanctus · Film · Director
- Dr. Watson's X-Rays · Film · Director
- 1989
- Still Point · Film · Director
- 1988
- Endangered · Film · Director
- Two Bad Daughters · Film · Director
- History of the World According to a Lesbian · Film · Director
- T.V. Tart · Film · Director
- Bedtime Stories · Film · Director
- 1987
- No No Nooky T.V. · Film · Director
- Place Mattes · Film · Director
- Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS · Film · Director
- 1985
- Optic Nerve · Film · Director
- Tourist · Film · Director
- Hot Flash · Film · Director
- Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape · Film · Director
- 1984
- Parisian Blinds · Film · Director
- Doll House · Film · Director
- Pearl Diver · Film · Director
- 1983
- Audience · Film
- Audience · Film · Director
- Bent Time · Film · Director
- See What You Hear What You See · Film · Director
- Stone Circles · Film · Director
- Bamboo Xerox · Film · Director
- 1982
- Pond and Waterfall · Film · Director
- 1981
- Pictures 4 Barbara · Film
- Pools · Film · Director
- Arequipa · Film · Director
- Sync Touch · Film · Director
- Pictures 4 Barbara · Film · Director
- Greetings from Washington, D.C. · Film · Camera Operator
- New York Loft · Film · Director
- Our Trip · Film · Director
- 1979
- Sappho · Film · Director
- Dream Age · Film · Director
- Available Space · Film · Director
- 1978
- Double Strength · Film
- Double Strength · Film · Director
- Haircut · Film · Director
- 1977
- The Great Goddess · Film · Director
- 1976
- Superdyke Meets Madame X · Film
- Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles · Film
- Superdyke Meets Madame X · Film · Director
- Women I Love · Film · Director
- Multiple Orgasm · Film · Director
- Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles · Film · Director
- Moon Goddess · Film · Director
- 1975
- Superdyke · Film · Director
- Jane Brakhage · Film · Director
- Psychosynthesis · Film · Director
- 1974
- Dyketactics · Film · Woman Making Love
- Dyketactics · Film · Director
- Sisters! · Film · Director
- Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time · Film · Director
- 1973
- “X” · Film
- Menses · Film · Director
- A Gay Day · Film · Director
- “X” · Film · Director
- I Was/I Am · Film · Director
- Yellow Hammer · Film · Director
- 1970
- Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’ · Film · Director
- Elegy · Film · Director
- Marie and Me · Film · Director
- Traveling · Film · Director
- 1969
- Death of a Marriage · Film · Director
- Aldebaran Sees · Film · Director
- Cleansed II · Film · Director
- 1968
- Clay I Love You II · Film · Director
- Contribution to Light · Film · Director
- Barbara Ward Will Never Die · Film · Director
- Schizy · Film · Director
- White Cassandra · Film · Director
- The Baptism · Film · Director
- 1955
- Spare the Child · Film · Writer