Barbara Hammer

Directing • 1939-05-15 • Hollywood, California, USA

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

5.6

Dyketactics

1974

6.7

A Month of Single Frames

2019

6.2

Superdyke Meets Madame X

1976

6.5

History Lessons

2000

5.0

Women I Love

1976

5.3

Double Strength

1978

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Filmography

2018
Evidentiary BodiesFilm
Director
2015
Welcome to This HouseFilm
Director
2015
Lesbian WhaleFilm
Director
2011
Maya Deren's SinkFilm
Director
★ 4.5
2010
GenerationsFilm
Director
2009
A Horse Is Not a MetaphorFilm
Director
★ 5.0
2007
Fucking Different New YorkFilm
Director
★ 1.3
2007
Diving Women of Jeju-doFilm
Director
2006
Lover OtherFilm
Director
★ 6.8
2003
Resisting ParadiseFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2003
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for WarFilm
Director
2002
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa ProductionsFilm
Director
★ 10.0
2001
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian IdentitiesFilm
Director
★ 5.5
2000
History LessonsFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1998
The Female ClosetFilm
Director
★ 4.3
1998
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find ItFilm
Director
1995
Tender FictionsFilm
Director
★ 5.9
1995
Out in South AfricaFilm
Director
★ 4.5
1993
Save SexFilm
Director
1992
Nitrate KissesFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1991
Vital SignsFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1990
SanctusFilm
Director
★ 6.2
1990
Dr. Watson's X-RaysFilm
Director
1989
Still PointFilm
Director
★ 6.4
1988
Two Bad DaughtersFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1988
History of the World According to a LesbianFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1988
EndangeredFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1988
T.V. TartFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1988
Bedtime StoriesFilm
Director
1987
No No Nooky T.V.Film
Director
★ 6.8
1987
Place MattesFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1987
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDSFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1985
Optic NerveFilm
Director
★ 8.3
1985
TouristFilm
Director
★ 7.7
1985
Hot FlashFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1985
Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway TapeFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1984
Parisian BlindsFilm
Director
★ 7.3
1984
Pearl DiverFilm
Director
1984
Doll HouseFilm
Director
1983
Bent TimeFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1983
AudienceFilm
Director
★ 3.5
1983
See What You Hear What You SeeFilm
Director
1983
Stone CirclesFilm
Director
1983
Bamboo XeroxFilm
Director
1982
Pond and WaterfallFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1981
PoolsFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1981
Sync TouchFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1981
Pictures 4 BarbaraFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1981
ArequipaFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1981
Our TripFilm
Director
1981
New York LoftFilm
Director
1979
SapphoFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1979
Dream AgeFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1979
Available SpaceFilm
Director
1978
Double StrengthFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1978
HaircutFilm
Director
1977
The Great GoddessFilm
Director
1976
Superdyke Meets Madame XFilm
Director
★ 6.2
1976
Women I LoveFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1976
Multiple OrgasmFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1976
Moon GoddessFilm
Director
1976
Stress Scars & Pleasure WrinklesFilm
Director
1975
Jane BrakhageFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1975
SuperdykeFilm
Director
★ 5.7
1975
PsychosynthesisFilm
Director
1974
DyketacticsFilm
Director
★ 5.6
1974
Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of TimeFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1974
Sisters!Film
Director
★ 7.0
1973
MensesFilm
Director
★ 3.8
1973
A Gay DayFilm
Director
★ 3.7
1973
I Was/I AmFilm
Director
★ 6.0
1973
“X”Film
Director
★ 2.0
1973
Yellow HammerFilm
Director
1970
Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’Film
Director
★ 5.0
1970
ElegyFilm
Director
1970
TravelingFilm
Director
1970
Marie and MeFilm
Director
1969
Death of a MarriageFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1969
Aldebaran SeesFilm
Director
1969
Cleansed IIFilm
Director
1968
Clay I Love You IIFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1968
Contribution to LightFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1968
Barbara Ward Will Never DieFilm
Director
1968
SchizyFilm
Director
1968
The BaptismFilm
Director
1968
White CassandraFilm
Director