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Barbara Hammer

Film Director / Film Producer / Artist | * 05/15/1939 († 79, 03/16/2019) | Hollywood, California (United States of America (USA))
Barbara Jean Hammer (May 15, 1939 – March 16, 2019) was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer. She is known for being one of the pioneers of the lesbian film genre, and her career spanned over 50 years. Hammer is known for having created experimental films dealing with women's issues such as gender roles, lesbian relationships, coping with aging, and family life. She resided in New York City and Kerhonkson, New York, and taught each summer at the European Graduate School. ()

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.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Documentaries | Animation | History

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Hammer’s 2003 film Resisting Paradise, which deals with the concept of art as a tool of political resistance, was especially fascinating to me. Hammer, who was doing a painting residency in Cassis, ...

Resisting Paradise

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2003 | 1h 20min
Documentary
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Generations is a 30 minute 16mm film about mentoring and passing on the tradition of personal experimental filmmaking. Barbara Hammer, 70 years old, hands the camera to Gina Carducci, a young queer fi ...

Generations

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2010 | 30min
 
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Welcome To This House, a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop, is about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full lesbian disclosure. Hammer f ...

Welcome to This House

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2015 | 1h 19min
Documentary
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Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgarde American film. The film calls forth the spirit of one who was larger than life as recounted by tho ...

Maya Deren's Sink

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2011 | 2.5/5 | 30min
History, Documentary
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Awards & Nominations for Barbara Hammer

Lambda Literary Awards Judy Grahn Award Guggenheim Fellowship
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Movies with Barbara Hammer as Actress(19)

as (voice)2023 Vever (For Barbara)
2019 Queer Genius
as herself2019 A Month of Single Frames
2018 Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
as herself2018 Beyond the Bolex
as herself2015 Masculinity/Femininity
2010 Generations
as herself2010 !Women Art Revolution
as herself2009 A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
as herself2007 Diving Women of Jeju-do
as Director2003 Resisting Paradise
as herself2001 My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
as herself1998 Women of Vision
1995 Tender Fictions
as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)1992 Nitrate Kisses
as herself1983 Audience
1978 Double Strength
1976 Superdyke Meets Madame X
as Woman Making Love1974 Dyketactics

Movies with Barbara Hammer as Crew(78)

Camera/Director of Photography2023 Vever (For Barbara)
Camera/Director of Photography2019 A Month of Single Frames
Directing/Director2016 Evidentiary Bodies
Directing/Director2015 Welcome to This House
Directing/Director2015 Lesbian Whale
Camera/Director of Photography2011 Maya Deren's Sink
Directing/Director2011 Maya Deren's Sink
Editing/Editor2011 Maya Deren's Sink
Writing/Writer2011 Maya Deren's Sink
Directing/Director2010 Generations
Directing/Director2009 A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Writing/Writer2009 A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Camera/Director of Photography2007 Diving Women of Jeju-do
Directing/Director2007 Diving Women of Jeju-do
Production/Producer2007 Diving Women of Jeju-do
Directing/Director2007 Fucking Different New York
Camera/Camera Operator2006 Lover Other
Directing/Director2006 Lover Other
Editing/Editor2006 Lover Other
Production/Producer2006 Lover Other
Writing/Writer2006 Lover Other
Directing/Director2003 Resisting Paradise
Camera/Camera Operator2001 My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Directing/Director2001 My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Editing/Editor2001 My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Production/Producer2001 My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
Camera/Director of Photography2000 History Lessons
Directing/Director2000 History Lessons
Editing/Editor2000 History Lessons
Production/Producer2000 History Lessons
Directing/Director2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Editing/Editor2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Production/Producer2000 Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Camera/Director of Photography1998 The Female Closet
Directing/Director1998 The Female Closet
Editing/Editor1998 The Female Closet
Production/Producer1998 The Female Closet
Sound/Sound1998 The Female Closet
Directing/Director1995 Tender Fictions
Directing/Director1995 Out in South Africa
Camera/Director of Photography1992 Nitrate Kisses
Directing/Director1992 Nitrate Kisses
Editing/Editor1992 Nitrate Kisses
Production/Producer1992 Nitrate Kisses
Writing/Writer1992 Nitrate Kisses
Directing/Director1991 Vital Signs
Directing/Director1990 Sanctus
Directing/Director1989 Still Point
Directing/Director1988 Endangered
Directing/Director1988 History of the World According to a Lesbian
Directing/Director1988 Two Bad Daughters
Camera/Director of Photography1987 No No Nooky T.V.
Directing/Director1987 No No Nooky T.V.
Editing/Editor1987 No No Nooky T.V.
Directing/Director1986 Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
Directing/Director1985 Tourist
Directing/Director1985 Optic Nerve
Directing/Director1983 Audience
Directing/Director1983 Bent Time
Directing/Director1982 Pond and Waterfall
Directing/Director1981 Pools
Crew/Cinematography1981 Greetings from Washington, D.C.
Directing/Director1981 Sync Touch
Directing/Director1979 Women I Love
Directing/Director1979 Dream Age
Directing/Director1979 Sappho
Directing/Director1978 Double Strength
Directing/Director1976 Superdyke Meets Madame X
Directing/Director1976 Multiple Orgasm
Writing/Writer1976 Multiple Orgasm
Directing/Director1974 Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
Directing/Director1974 Sisters!
Directing/Director1974 Menses
Directing/Director1974 Dyketactics
Writing/Writer1974 Dyketactics
Directing/Director1973 A Gay Day
Directing/Director1968 Barbara Ward Will Never Die
Writing/Writer1955 Spare the Child

Additional Information

Full Name: Barbara Jean Hammer
Born: Monday, 05/15 1939 (May) in Hollywood, California (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 03/16 2019 (March) in Manhattan (aged: 79)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: San Francisco State University, University of California, Los Angeles, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco, Cinema Department at San Francisco State University
Employer: European Graduate School
Represented by: Electronic Arts Intermix, Light Cone
Other names for Barbara Hammer (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Barbara Jean Hammer"
"Barbara Hammer (Filmemacherin)"
Barbara Hammer frequently works together with these people:
Carolee Schneemann (5x, Actress)
Alyssa Bolsey (5x, Crew)
Lynn Hershman-Leeson (4x, Crew)
Lynne Sachs (4x, Crew)
Deborah Stratman (4x, Crew)
Rob Epstein (3x, Crew)
Maya Deren (2x, Crew)
Teiji Ito (2x, Crew)
Frances Reid (2x, Crew)
Todd Verow (2x, Crew)
Kate Horsfield (2x, Cast)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:554668, Added: 10/13/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2024