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