Barbara Hammer
Directing • Born 1939-05-15 – Died 2019-03-16
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.
Filmography
28 credits
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Movie • 2009
Self
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
Movie • 2010
Self
Dyketactics
Movie • 1974
Woman Making Love
Double Strength
Movie • 1978
Film Hawk
Movie • 2016
Self
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Movie • 2001
Self
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Movie • 2007
Self
Women of Vision
Movie • 1998
Self
Generations
Movie • 2010
Resisting Paradise
Movie • 2003
Director
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
Movie • 2012
Superdyke Meets Madame X
Movie • 1976
Evidentiary Bodies
Movie • 2018
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
Movie • 2018
“X”
Movie • 1973
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
Movie • 1976
Tender Fictions
Movie • 1995
A Month of Single Frames
Movie • 2019
Self
Nitrate Kisses
Movie • 1992
Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
Queer Genius
Movie • 2019
Beyond the Bolex
Movie • 2018
Self
Pictures 4 Barbara
Movie • 1981
Self
Masculinity/Femininity
Movie • 2015
Self
Vever (For Barbara)
Movie • 2023
(voice)
Audience
Movie • 1983
Self
Dykes, Camera, Action!
Movie • 2018
Self
The Female Closet
Movie • 1998
Self
Barbara Forever
Movie • 2026
Self (Archive Footage)