Barbara Hammer
Directing
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
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movieEvidentiary Bodies
2018
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movieLesbian Whale
2015
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movieWelcome to This House
2015
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movieMaya Deren's Sink
2011
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movieGenerations
2010
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movieDiving Women of Jeju-do
2007
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movieLover Other
2006
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movieResisting Paradise
2003
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movieHistory Lessons
2000
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movieThe Female Closet
1998
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movieTender Fictions
1995
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movieOut in South Africa
1995
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movieSave Sex
1993
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movieNitrate Kisses
1992
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movieVital Signs
1991
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movieSanctus
1990
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movieDr. Watson's X-Rays
1990
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Still Point
1989
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movieEndangered
1988
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movieBedtime Stories
1988
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movieTwo Bad Daughters
1988
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movieT.V. Tart
1988
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movieNo No Nooky T.V.
1987
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moviePlace Mattes
1987
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movieTourist
1985
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Hot Flash
1985
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movieOptic Nerve
1985
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movieParisian Blinds
1984
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movieDoll House
1984
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moviePearl Diver
1984
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movieAudience
1983
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Bent Time
1983
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movieBamboo Xerox
1983
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moviePond and Waterfall
1982
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movieSync Touch
1981
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moviePools
1981
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movieOur Trip
1981
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movieArequipa
1981
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moviePictures 4 Barbara
1981
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movieDream Age
1979
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movieSappho
1979
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movieAvailable Space
1979
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movieDouble Strength
1978
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movieHaircut
1978
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movieThe Great Goddess
1977
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movieMultiple Orgasm
1976
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movieMoon Goddess
1976
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movieWomen I Love
1976
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movieSuperdyke
1975
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movieJane Brakhage
1975
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moviePsychosynthesis
1975
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movieSisters!
1974
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Dyketactics
1974
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movie“X”
1973
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movieA Gay Day
1973
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movieMenses
1973
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movieI Was/I Am
1973
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movieYellow Hammer
1973
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movieMarie and Me
1970
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movieTraveling
1970
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movieElegy
1970
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movieDeath of a Marriage
1969
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movieAldebaran Sees
1969
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movieCleansed II
1969
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movieSchizy
1968
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movieClay I Love You II
1968
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movieContribution to Light
1968
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movieWhite Cassandra
1968
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movieThe Baptism
1968
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movieBarbara Forever
2026
Self (archive footage)
movieVever (For Barbara)
2023
(voice)
movieResisting Paradise
2003
Director
movieNitrate Kisses
1992
Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
Dyketactics
1974
Woman Making Love
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movieVever (For Barbara)
2023
Director of Photography
movieA Month of Single Frames
2019
Director of Photography
movieMaya Deren's Sink
2011
Director of Photography
movieDiving Women of Jeju-do
2007
Director of Photography
movieLover Other
2006
Camera Operator
movieMy Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
2001
Camera Operator
movieHistory Lessons
2000
Director of Photography
movieThe Female Closet
1998
Director of Photography
movieNitrate Kisses
1992
Director of Photography
movieNo No Nooky T.V.
1987
Director of Photography
movieAudience
1983
Camera Operator
movieGreetings from Washington, D.C.
1981
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