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.

KNOWN FOR

Barbara Forever
2026
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
2001
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
2010
Nitrate Kisses
1992
Fucking Different New York
2007
Pearl Diver
1984
Double Strength
1978
Welcome to This House
2015
Sisters!
1974
“X”
1973
Superdyke
1975
Film Hawk
2016

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
28
Directing
86
Writing
7
Producing
7
Camera
12
Editing
8
Sound
1
2026
Barbara Forever
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Vever (For Barbara)
as (voice)
2019
A Month of Single Frames
as Self
2019
Queer Genius
2018
Evidentiary Bodies
2018
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
2018
Beyond the Bolex
as Self
2018
Dykes, Camera, Action!
as Self
2016
Film Hawk
as Self
2015
Masculinity/Femininity
as Self
2012
Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
2010
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
as Self
2010
Generations
2009
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
as Self
2007
Diving Women of Jeju-do
as Self
2003
Resisting Paradise
as Director
2001
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
as Self
1998
Women of Vision
as Self
1998
The Female Closet
as Self
1995
Tender Fictions
1992
Nitrate Kisses
as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
1983
Audience
as Self
1981
Pictures 4 Barbara
as Self
1978
Double Strength
1976
Superdyke Meets Madame X
1976
Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
1974
Dyketactics
as Woman Making Love
1973
“X”