Barbara Hammer
Directing
May 15, 1939
Died March 16, 2019 (79 years old)
Hollywood, California, USA
28
Acting Credits
86
Directed
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
Filmography
Barbara Forever
2026
as Self (archive footage)
Vever (For Barbara)
2023
as (voice)
5
A Month of Single Frames
2019
as Self
6.7
Queer Genius
2019
Evidentiary Bodies
2018
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018
5.6
Beyond the Bolex
2018
as Self
7
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018
as Self
0.5
Film Hawk
2016
as Self
4.4
Masculinity/Femininity
2015
as Self
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2012
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
2010
as Self
4.3
Generations
2010
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009
as Self
5
Diving Women of Jeju-do
2007
as Self
Resisting Paradise
2003
as Director
8
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
2001
as Self
5.5
Women of Vision
1998
as Self
1
The Female Closet
1998
as Self
4.3
Tender Fictions
1995
5.9
Nitrate Kisses
1992
as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
5
Audience
1983
as Self
3.5
Pictures 4 Barbara
1981
as Self
7
Double Strength
1978
5.3
Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976
6.2
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1976
Dyketactics
1974
as Woman Making Love
5.6
“X”
1973
2