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.
Barbara Forever
Self (archive footage)
2026
★6.8A Month of Single Frames
Self
2019
★5.5My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Self
2001
★0.5Dykes, Camera, Action!
Self
2018
★5.6Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018
Diving Women of Jeju-do
Self
2007
★4.3!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
Self
2010
★5.0Nitrate Kisses
Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
1992
★5.9Tender Fictions
1995
★7.0Beyond the Bolex
Self
2018
★5.0Vever (For Barbara)
(voice)
2023
Queer Genius
2019
★5.0A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Self
2009
Masculinity/Femininity
Self
2015
★8.0Resisting Paradise
Director
2003
★5.3Double Strength
1978
Generations
2010
★7.0Pictures 4 Barbara
Self
1981
★2.0“X”
1973
★3.5Audience
Self
1983
★4.2The Female Closet
Self
1998
★6.2Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1976
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2012
