Barbara Hammer

Known for

Directing

Born

May 15, 1939

Birthplace

Hollywood, California, USA

Died

March 16, 2019 (aged 79)

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.

Best known work

Dyketactics

1974

!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

2010

Nitrate Kisses

1992

A Month of Single Frames

2019

Superdyke Meets Madame X

1976

Women I Love

1976

Double Strength

1978

Film Hawk

2016

The Female Closet

1998

History Lessons

2000

Filmography

2026
Barbara Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Vever (For Barbara)
as (voice), Director of Photography
2019
A Month of Single Frames
as Self, Director of Photography
2019
Queer Genius
2018
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
2018
Evidentiary Bodies
Director
2018
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2016
Film Hawk
as Self
2015
Lesbian Whale
Director
2015
Welcome to This House
Director
2015
Masculinity/Femininity
as Self
2012
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2011
Maya Deren's Sink
Writer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
2010
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
as Self
2010
Generations
Director
2009
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
as Self, Director, Writer
2007
Fucking Different New York
Director
2007
Diving Women of Jeju-do
as Self, Producer, Director, Director of Photography
2006
Lover Other
Producer, Camera Operator, Editor, Writer, Director
2003
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
Director
2003
Resisting Paradise
as Director, Director
2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Producer, Editor, Director
2001
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
as Self, Editor, Producer, Director, Camera Operator
2000
History Lessons
Director, Editor, Producer, Director of Photography