Barbara Hammer
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Vever (For Barbara) as (voice)
2019A Month of Single Frames as Self
2019Queer Genius
2018Beyond the Bolex as Self
2018Dykes, Camera, Action! as Self
2018Evidentiary Bodies
2018Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2016Film Hawk as Self
2015Masculinity/Femininity as Self
2012Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2010!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution as Self
2010Generations
2009A Horse Is Not a Metaphor as Self
2007Diving Women of Jeju-do as Self
2003Resisting Paradise as Director
2001My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities as Self
1998Women of Vision as Self
1998The Female Closet as Self
1995Tender Fictions
1992Nitrate Kisses as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
1982Audience as Self
1981Pictures 4 Barbara as Self
1978Double Strength
1976Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1974Dyketactics as Woman Making Love
1973“X”