Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

b. 1939 — d. 2019 (aged 80) Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

Cinematographer Director

Barbara Hammer was born on May 15, 1939 in Hollywood, California. She is a visual artist working primarily in film and video. She has made over 80 moving image works in a career that spans 40 years. She is considered a pioneer of queer cinema.

Known For

Resisting Paradise

Resisting Paradise

Generations

Welcome to this House

Welcome to this House

Filmography

Barbara Forever

Barbara Forever

Psychosynthesis

Psychosynthesis

No No Nooky T.V.

No No Nooky T.V.

2026 Director Cinematographer

Synch Touch

2026 Director Cinematographer

Tourist

2026 Director Cinematographer

Superdyke

Audience

2026 Self Director Cinematographer

Our Trip

Lesbian Whale

Marie and Me

2024 Director Cinematographer

A Month of Single Frames

A Month of Single Frames

2019 Cinematographer

Vever (for Barbara)

2019 Writer Cinematographer

Queer Genius

Barbara Hammer se muere con dignidad

Vever

2018 Cinematographer

Beyond the Bolex

Beyond the Bolex

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Dykes, Camera, Action!

Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor

Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor

Film Hawk

Evidentiary Bodies

Evidentiary Bodies

2016 Self Director

Welcome to this House

Welcome to this House

2015 Actress Director Writer Cinematographer

Masculinity/Femininity

Masculinity/Femininity

2014 Actress Writer

Generations

Sanctus

2009 Director Cinematographer

A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

2009 Self Director Cinematographer

2009 Director Cinematographer

Fucking Different New York

Fucking Different New York

2007 Cinematographer Director

Lover Other

2006 Director Writer Cinematographer

American Stag

Resisting Paradise

Resisting Paradise

2003 Director Writer Cinematographer

My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities

My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities

2001 Self Director Cinematographer

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

2000 Director Cinematographer

The Female Closet

The Female Closet

1998 Director Cinematographer

Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Film & Video

Double Strength

1996 Self Director Cinematographer

Tender Fictions

1996 Self Director Cinematographer

Out in South Africa

Out in South Africa

1995 Self Director Cinematographer

Nitrate Kisses

1992 Actress Director Cinematographer

Vital Signs

1991 Director Cinematographer

1989 Director Cinematographer

History of the World According to a Lesbian

History of the World According to a Lesbian

1988 Director Cinematographer

Endangered

1988 Director Cinematographer

Two Bad Daughters

Two Bad Daughters

1988 Director Cinematographer

1987 Director Cinematographer

Snow Job

1986 Director Cinematographer

Optic Nerve

1985 Self Director Cinematographer

Parisian Blinds

Parisian Blinds

1984 Director Cinematographer

Bent Time

1983 Director Cinematographer

See What You Hear What You See

1983 Director Writer Cinematographer

Pond and Waterfall

1982 Director Cinematographer

1981 Self Director Writer Cinematographer

Pictures 4 Barbara

Women I Love

1979 Self Director Cinematographer

Dream Age

1979 Director Cinematographer

Available Space

Available Space

1979 Self Director

Sappho

1978 Director Cinematographer

The Great Goddess

Superdyke Meets Madame X

Superdyke Meets Madame X

1976 Self Director Cinematographer

Dyketactics

1974 Actress Director Cinematographer

Menses

Sisters!

1974 Self Director Cinematographer

Women's Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time

I Was/I Am

Yellow Hammer

1972 Director Cinematographer

Traveling

1970 Director Cinematographer

Play or 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes'

Play or 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes'

1970 Director Cinematographer

Elegy

1970 Director Cinematographer

Clay I Love You II

Barbara Ward Will Never Die

Barbara Ward Will Never Die

1969 Director Writer Cinematographer

Death of a Marriage

1969 Director Cinematographer

Schizy

Contribution to Light

White Cassandra

1968 Director Cinematographer

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