Barbara Hammer
Birth: May 15, 1939 (Los Angeles, California)
Official Website: BarbaraHammer.com
Major Works: A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2008)
Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007)
Lover/Other (2006)
Resisting Paradise (2003)
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)
History Lessons (2000)
Devotion, A Film About Ogawa Productions (2000)
The Female Closet (1998)
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It (1998)
Tender Fictions (1995)
Out in South Africa (1994)
Shirley Temple and Me (1993)
Save Sex (1993)
Nitrate Kisses (1992)
Vital Signs (1991)
Dr. Watson’s X-Rays (1991)
Sanctus (1990)
Still Point (1989)
Endangered (1988)
Two Bad Daughters (1988)
T.V. Tart (1988)
History of the World According to a Lesbian (1988)
Bedtime Stories, I, II, III (1988)
Place Mattes (1987)
No No Nooky T.V. (1987)
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of Aids (1986)
Optic Nerve (1985)
Hot Flash (1985)
Would You Like to Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape (1985)
Doll House (1984)
Tourist (1984)
Parisian Blinds (1984)
Pearl Diver (1984)
Bent Time (1983)
Stone Circles (1983)
New York Loft (1983)
See What You Hear What You See (1983)
Pond and Waterfall (1982)
Audience (1982)
Sync Touch (1981)
Pools (1981)
Arequipa (1981)
Pictures for Barbara (1981)
The Lesbos Film (1981)
Our Trip (1980)
Machu Piccu (1980)
Bamboo Xerox (1980)
Available Space (1979)
Dream Age (1979)
Double Strength (1978)
Haircut (1978)
Eggs (1978)
Sappho (1978)
Home (1978)
The Great Goddess (1977)
Multiple Orgasm (1976)
Women I Love (1976)
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles (1976)
Moon Goddess (1976)
Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976)
Jane Brakhage (1975)
Psychosynthesis (1975)
“X” (1975)
Superdyke (1975)
Dyketactics (1974)
Menses (1974)
Women’s Rites or Truth Is the Daughter of Time (1974)
Sisters! (1974)
A Gay Day (1973)
I Was/I Am (1973)
Yellow Hammer (1973)
Song of the Klinking Kup (1973)
A Brakhage Song (1972)
Traveling (1970)
Marie and Me (1970)
Elegy (1970)
Barbara Ward Will Never Die (1968)
Schizy (1968)
Notes: Received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at University of California at Los Angeles. Received two Master’s Degrees from San Francisco State University in English literature and film.
A pioneer in the field of queer cinema, working in documentary and experimental film.
Has written a memoir entitled HAMMER!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life.
Other Resources: IMDB: Partial Filmography
Wikipedia: Bio
Film-makers’ Cooperative: Films for rental
Canyon Cinema: Films for rental
Women Make Movies: Profile
Bright Lights Film Journal: Profile
BOMB Magazine: Interview
Vimeo: Videos
Video: Talking about her book HAMMER!
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