Barbara Hammer

Personal Info

Birthday

May 15, 1939

Day of Death

2019-03-16

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, California, USA

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.

Known For

Nitrate Kisses

Dyketactics

Vever (For Barbara)

Resisting Paradise

Filmography

2023
Vever (For Barbara)
as (voice)
2019
A Month of Single Frames
as Self
2018
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
2016
Film Hawk
as Self
2015
Masculinity/Femininity
as Self
2010
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
as Self
2009
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
as Self
2007
Diving Women of Jeju-do
as Self
2003
Resisting Paradise
as Director
2001
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
as Self
1998
Women of Vision
as Self
The Female Closet
as Self
1992
Nitrate Kisses
as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
1982
Audience
as Self
1981
Pictures 4 Barbara
as Self
1974
Dyketactics
as Woman Making Love