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

Filmography

Barbara Forever
🎞️
★ 7.5
Barbara Forever
2026 Self
Psychosynthesis
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Psychosynthesis
2026 Director
No No Nooky T.V.
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No No Nooky T.V.
2026 Director Cinematographer
Synch Touch
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Synch Touch
2026 Director Cinematographer
Tourist
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Tourist
2026 Director Cinematographer
Superdyke
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Superdyke
2026 Director
Audience
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Audience
2026 Self Director Cinematographer
Our Trip
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Our Trip
2026 Director
Lesbian Whale
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★ 6.3
Lesbian Whale
2024 Director
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.9
Jane Brakhage
2024 Director
Marie and Me
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★ 6.2
Marie and Me
2024 Director Cinematographer
A Month of Single Frames
🎞️
★ 6.3
A Month of Single Frames
2019 Cinematographer
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🎞️
★ 6.0
Vever (for Barbara)
2019 Writer Cinematographer
Queer Genius
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★ 7.6
Queer Genius
2019 Self
🎬
🎞️
Barbara Hammer se muere con dignidad
2019 Self
Vever
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★ 6.0
Vever
2018 Cinematographer
Beyond the Bolex
🎞️
★ 8.3
Beyond the Bolex
2018 Self
Dykes, Camera, Action!
🎞️
★ 7.5
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018 Self
Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor
🎞️
★ 6.1
Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor
2018 Self
Film Hawk
🎞️
★ 7.9
Film Hawk
2016 Self
Evidentiary Bodies
🎞️
★ 6.9
Evidentiary Bodies
2016 Self Director
Welcome to this House
🎞️
★ 6.5
Welcome to this House
2015 Actress Director Writer Cinematographer
Masculinity/Femininity
🎞️
★ 6.6
Masculinity/Femininity
2014 Actress Writer
Generations
🎞️
★ 6.1
Generations
2010 Director
Sanctus
🎞️
★ 6.8
Sanctus
2009 Director Cinematographer
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
🎞️
★ 6.5
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009 Self Director Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
★ 5.9
Still Point
2009 Director Cinematographer
Fucking Different New York
🎞️
★ 5.9
Fucking Different New York
2007 Cinematographer Director
Lover Other
🎞️
★ 7.1
Lover Other
2006 Director Writer Cinematographer
American Stag
🎞️
★ 5.5
American Stag
2006 Self
Resisting Paradise
🎞️
★ 7.3
Resisting Paradise
2003 Director Writer Cinematographer
My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities
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★ 7.1
My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities
2001 Self Director Cinematographer
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
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★ 6.1
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
2000 Director Cinematographer
The Female Closet
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★ 6.3
The Female Closet
1998 Director Cinematographer
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Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Film & Video
1998 Self
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.4
Double Strength
1996 Self Director Cinematographer
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🎞️
★ 7.4
Tender Fictions
1996 Self Director Cinematographer
Out in South Africa
🎞️
★ 8.0
Out in South Africa
1995 Self Director Cinematographer
Nitrate Kisses
🎞️
★ 7.1
Nitrate Kisses
1992 Actress Director Cinematographer
Vital Signs
🎞️
★ 6.3
Vital Signs
1991 Director Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
Hot Flash
1989 Director Cinematographer
History of the World According to a Lesbian
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★ 7.5
History of the World According to a Lesbian
1988 Director Cinematographer
Endangered
🎞️
★ 6.4
Endangered
1988 Director Cinematographer
Two Bad Daughters
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Two Bad Daughters
1988 Director Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
★ 6.9
Place Mattes
1987 Director Cinematographer
Snow Job
🎞️
★ 6.9
Snow Job
1986 Director Cinematographer
Optic Nerve
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★ 6.5
Optic Nerve
1985 Self Director Cinematographer
Parisian Blinds
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★ 6.0
Parisian Blinds
1984 Director Cinematographer
Bent Time
🎞️
★ 7.0
Bent Time
1983 Director Cinematographer
🎬
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See What You Hear What You See
1983 Director
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Stone Circles
1983 Director Writer Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.6
Pond and Waterfall
1982 Director Cinematographer
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🎞️
★ 6.8
Pools
1981 Self Director Writer Cinematographer
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Pictures 4 Barbara
1981 Director
🎬
🎞️
Arequipa
1980 Director
Women I Love
🎞️
★ 7.0
Women I Love
1979 Self Director Cinematographer
Dream Age
🎞️
★ 6.1
Dream Age
1979 Director Cinematographer
Available Space
🎞️
Available Space
1979 Self Director
Sappho
🎞️
★ 6.3
Sappho
1978 Director Cinematographer
🎬
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Haircut
1978 Director
🎬
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The Great Goddess
1977 Director
Superdyke Meets Madame X
🎞️
★ 5.7
Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976 Self Director Cinematographer
🎬
🎞️
★ 7.0
X
1975 Director
Dyketactics
🎞️
★ 6.0
Dyketactics
1974 Actress Director Cinematographer
Menses
🎞️
★ 6.0
Menses
1974 Director
Sisters!
🎞️
★ 6.3
Sisters!
1974 Self Director Cinematographer
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Women's Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
1974 Director
I Was/I Am
🎞️
★ 7.3
I Was/I Am
1973 Director
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🎞️
★ 7.0
A Gay Day
1973 Director
Yellow Hammer
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Yellow Hammer
1972 Director Cinematographer
Traveling
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Traveling
1970 Director Cinematographer
Play or 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes'
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Play or 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes'
1970 Director Cinematographer
Elegy
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Elegy
1970 Director Cinematographer
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🎞️
★ 6.4
Clay I Love You II
1969 Director
Barbara Ward Will Never Die
🎞️
★ 6.5
Barbara Ward Will Never Die
1969 Director Writer Cinematographer
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Death of a Marriage
1969 Director Cinematographer
Schizy
🎞️
★ 6.8
Schizy
1968 Director
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🎞️
★ 6.7
Contribution to Light
1968 Director
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White Cassandra
1968 Director Cinematographer