Barbara Hammer

from Hollywood, California, USA

Artwork for Barbara ForeverImage of 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.

Timeline

2026Aged 87

  • Poster for Barbara Forever

    Self (archive footage)

2023Aged 84

  • Poster for Vever (For Barbara)

    (voice)

2019Aged 80

  • Poster for Queer Genius

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for A Month of Single Frames

    Self

2018Aged 79

  • Poster for Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Evidentiary Bodies

    Director

  • Poster for Dykes, Camera, Action!

    Self

  • Poster for Beyond the Bolex

    Self

2016Aged 77

2015Aged 76

  • Poster for Masculinity/Femininity

    Self

  • Poster for Welcome to This House

    Director

  • Poster for Lesbian Whale

    Director

2012Aged 73

  • Poster for Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand

    (Unknown)

2011Aged 72

  • Poster for Maya Deren's Sink

    Director of Photography

2010Aged 71

  • Poster for Generations

    Director

  • Poster for !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution

    Self

2009Aged 70

  • Poster for A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

    Self

2007Aged 68

  • Poster for Diving Women of Jeju-do

    Self

  • Poster for Fucking Different New York

    Director

2006Aged 67

  • Poster for Lover Other

    Camera Operator

2003Aged 64

  • Poster for Resisting Paradise

    Director

  • Poster for Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War

    Director

2002Aged 63

  • Poster for Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions

    Editor

2001Aged 62

  • Poster for My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities

    Self

2000Aged 61

  • Poster for History Lessons

    Director of Photography

1998Aged 59

1995Aged 56

  • Poster for Tender Fictions

    Director

  • Poster for Out in South Africa

    Director

1993Aged 54

  • Poster for Save Sex

    Director

1992Aged 53

  • Poster for Nitrate Kisses

    Interviewer / Narrator (voice)

1991Aged 52

  • Poster for Vital Signs

    Director

1990Aged 51

  • Poster for Sanctus

    Director

  • Poster for Dr. Watson's X-Rays

    Director

1989Aged 50

1988Aged 49

  • Poster for Endangered

    Director

  • Poster for Bedtime Stories

    Director

  • Poster for T.V. Tart

    Director

  • Poster for History of the World According to a Lesbian

    Director

  • Poster for Two Bad Daughters

    Director

1987Aged 48

  • Poster for No No Nooky T.V.

    Editor

  • Poster for Place Mattes

    Director

  • Poster for Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS

    Director

1985Aged 46

1984Aged 45

  • Poster for Parisian Blinds

    Director

  • Poster for Doll House

    Director

  • Poster for Pearl Diver

    Director

1983Aged 44

1982Aged 43

  • Poster for Pond and Waterfall

    Director

1981Aged 42

  • Poster for Pictures 4 Barbara

    Self

  • Poster for Arequipa

    Director

  • Poster for Our Trip

    Director

  • New York Loft

    Director

  • Poster for Pools

    Director

  • Poster for Greetings from Washington, D.C.

    Camera Operator

  • Poster for Sync Touch

    Director

1979Aged 40

  • Poster for Dream Age

    Director

  • Poster for Available Space

    Director

  • Poster for Sappho

    Director

1978Aged 39

  • Poster for Double Strength

    Director

  • Poster for Haircut

    Director

1977Aged 38

  • Poster for The Great Goddess

    Director

1976Aged 37

  • Poster for Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles

    Director

  • Poster for Superdyke Meets Madame X

    Director

  • Poster for Women I Love

    Director

  • Poster for Moon Goddess

    Director

  • Poster for Multiple Orgasm

    Writer

1975Aged 36

  • Poster for Jane Brakhage

    Director

  • Poster for Psychosynthesis

    Director

  • Poster for Superdyke

    Director

1974Aged 35

1973Aged 34

  • Poster for “X”

    Director

  • Poster for Yellow Hammer

    Director

  • Poster for I Was/I Am

    Director

  • Poster for Menses

    Director

  • Poster for A Gay Day

    Director

1970Aged 31

  • Poster for Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’

    Director

  • Poster for Elegy

    Director

  • Poster for Traveling

    Director

  • Poster for Marie and Me

    Director

1969Aged 30

  • Poster for Cleansed II

    Director

  • Poster for Aldebaran Sees

    Director

  • Poster for Death of a Marriage

    Director

1968Aged 29

  • Poster for Barbara Ward Will Never Die

    Director

  • Poster for Clay I Love You II

    Director

  • Poster for The Baptism

    Director

  • Poster for Schizy

    Director

  • Poster for Contribution to Light

    Director

  • Poster for White Cassandra

    Director

1955Aged 16

  • Poster for Spare the Child

    Writer