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.

Directed

1. Dyketactics (1974) — Director
2. Nitrate Kisses (1992) — Director
3. Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976) — Director
4. Women I Love (1976) — Director
5. Double Strength (1978) — Director
6. The Female Closet (1998) — Director
7. History Lessons (2000) — Director
8. Menses (1973) — Director
9. Sanctus (1990) — Director
10. Tender Fictions (1995) — Director
11. Multiple Orgasm (1976) — Director
12. Still Point (1989) — Director
13. No No Nooky T.V. (1987) — Director
14. Pools (1981) — Director
15. Pond and Waterfall (1982) — Director
16. My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001) — Director
17. Audience (1983) — Director
18. Out in South Africa (1995) — Director
19. Sappho (1979) — Director
20. Lover Other (2006) — Director
21. Optic Nerve (1985) — Director
22. A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009) — Director
23. Superdyke (1975) — Director
24. A Gay Day (1973) — Director
25. Fucking Different New York (2007) — Director
26. Tourist (1985) — Director
27. Parisian Blinds (1984) — Director
28. Bent Time (1983) — Director
29. Maya Deren's Sink (2011) — Director
30. Vital Signs (1991) — Director
31. Endangered (1988) — Director
32. Place Mattes (1987) — Director
33. Dream Age (1979) — Director
34. “X” (1973) — Director
35. Two Bad Daughters (1988) — Director
36. Hot Flash (1985) — Director
37. Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002) — Director
38. Resisting Paradise (2003) — Director
39. I Was/I Am (1973) — Director
40. Sisters! (1974) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Dyketactics (1974) — Woman Making Love
2. !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution (2010) — Self
3. Nitrate Kisses (1992) — Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
4. A Month of Single Frames (2019) — Self
5. Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976)
6. Double Strength (1978)
7. Film Hawk (2016) — Self
8. The Female Closet (1998) — Self
9. Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor (2018)
10. Tender Fictions (1995)
11. My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001) — Self
12. Audience (1983) — Self
13. A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009) — Self
14. Women of Vision (1998) — Self
15. “X” (1973)
16. Beyond the Bolex (2018) — Self
17. Resisting Paradise (2003) — Director
18. Pictures 4 Barbara (1981) — Self
19. Vever (For Barbara) (2023) — (voice)
20. Dykes, Camera, Action! (2018) — Self
21. Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007) — Self
22. Generations (2010)
23. Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand (2012)
24. Evidentiary Bodies (2018)
25. Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles (1976)
26. Queer Genius (2019)
27. Masculinity/Femininity (2015) — Self
28. Barbara Forever (2026) — Self (archive footage)