Barbara Hammer

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

27

Gender

Female

Birthday

1939-05-15

Day of death

2019-03-16 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, California, USA

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.

Known For

  • A Month of Single Frames

    A Month of Single Frames

  • !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

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

  • Audience

    Audience

  • Vever (For Barbara)

    Vever (For Barbara)

  • Queer Genius

    Queer Genius

  • Superdyke Meets Madame X

    Superdyke Meets Madame X

  • Beyond the Bolex

    Beyond the Bolex

  • Resisting Paradise

    Resisting Paradise

  • Masculinity/Femininity

    Masculinity/Femininity

  • Generations

    Generations

  • “X”

    “X”

  • Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

    Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

  • Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

  • Film Hawk

    Film Hawk

  • Evidentiary Bodies

    Evidentiary Bodies

  • Tender Fictions

    Tender Fictions

  • Women of Vision

    Women of Vision

  • The Female Closet

    The Female Closet

  • Pictures 4 Barbara

    Pictures 4 Barbara

  • Double Strength

    Double Strength

  • Dyketactics

    Dyketactics

  • Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

    Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

  • Dykes, Camera, Action!

    Dykes, Camera, Action!

  • Diving Women of Jeju-do

    Diving Women of Jeju-do

  • Nitrate Kisses

    Nitrate Kisses

  • My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

    My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

  • A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    A Horse Is Not a Metaphor