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Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

Born: 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.

Filmography
Barbara Forever poster
Barbara Forever
2026 • Self (Archive Footage)
Vever (For Barbara) poster
Vever (For Barbara)
2023 • (voice)
A Month of Single Frames poster
A Month of Single Frames
2019 • Self
Queer Genius poster
Queer Genius
2019
Beyond the Bolex poster
Beyond the Bolex
2018 • Self
Dykes, Camera, Action! poster
Dykes, Camera, Action!
2018 • Self
Evidentiary Bodies poster
Evidentiary Bodies
2018
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor poster
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018
No Image
Film Hawk
2016 • Self
Masculinity/Femininity poster
Masculinity/Femininity
2015 • Self
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand poster
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2012
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution poster
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
2010 • Self
Generations poster
Generations
2010
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor poster
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009 • Self
Diving Women of Jeju-do poster
Diving Women of Jeju-do
2007 • Self
Resisting Paradise poster
Resisting Paradise
2003 • Director
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities poster
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
2001 • Self
No Image
Women of Vision
1998 • Self
The Female Closet poster
The Female Closet
1998 • Self
Tender Fictions poster
Tender Fictions
1995
Nitrate Kisses poster
Nitrate Kisses
1992 • Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
Audience poster
Audience
1983 • Self
Pictures 4 Barbara poster
Pictures 4 Barbara
1981 • Self
Double Strength poster
Double Strength
1978
Superdyke Meets Madame X poster
Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles poster
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1976
No Image
Dyketactics
1974 • Woman Making Love
“X” poster
“X”
1973