Barbara Hammer

Career Overview

Barbara Hammer has 149 screen credits in a career dating back to 1955. Signature works include Double Strength, Superdyke, Welcome to This House. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: female
Known Credits: 149
Birth Date: 1939-05-15
Birth Place: Hollywood, California, USA

Known For

Frequent Collaborators

Terry Sendgraff (1 collaborations)
Sally M. Gearhart (1 collaborations)
Kathleen Chalfant (1 collaborations)
Bekka Lindstrom (1 collaborations)
Carolee Schneemann (1 collaborations)
Tavia Ito (1 collaborations)
Gail Ryan (1 collaborations)
Maya Deren (1 collaborations)
Anita Monga (1 collaborations)
Ulrike Ottinger (1 collaborations)

Credits

actors (28 credits)
- Barbara Forever
  Self (archive footage)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Vever (For Barbara)
  (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2023
- A Month of Single Frames
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Queer Genius
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2019
- Beyond the Bolex
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Dykes, Camera, Action!
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Evidentiary Bodies
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Film Hawk
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2016
- Masculinity/Femininity
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Barbara Hammer Lends a Hand
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2012
- !W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- Generations
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2010
- A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Diving Women of Jeju-do
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2007
- Resisting Paradise
  Director
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Women of Vision
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- The Female Closet
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- Tender Fictions
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Nitrate Kisses
  Interviewer / Narrator (voice)
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1992
- Audience
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1983
- Pictures 4 Barbara
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1981
- Double Strength
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1978
- Superdyke Meets Madame X
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1976
- Dyketactics
  Woman Making Love
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1974
- “X”
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1973
camera (12 credits)
- Vever (For Barbara)
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2023
- A Month of Single Frames
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2019
- Maya Deren's Sink
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2011
- Diving Women of Jeju-do
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2007
- Lover Other
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2006
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  2001
- History Lessons
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2000
- The Female Closet
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1998
- Nitrate Kisses
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1992
- No No Nooky T.V.
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  1987
- Audience
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  1983
- Greetings from Washington, D.C.
  camera operator
  
  camera
  
  1981
directing (86 credits)
- Evidentiary Bodies
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Lesbian Whale
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Welcome to This House
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Maya Deren's Sink
  director
  
  directing
  
  2011
- Generations
  director
  
  directing
  
  2010
- A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Fucking Different New York
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Diving Women of Jeju-do
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- Lover Other
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Resisting Paradise
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
  director
  
  directing
  
  2002
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- History Lessons
  director
  
  directing
  
  2000
- The Female Closet
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- Tender Fictions
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Out in South Africa
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Save Sex
  director
  
  directing
  
  1993
- Nitrate Kisses
  director
  
  directing
  
  1992
- Vital Signs
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Sanctus
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- Dr. Watson's X-Rays
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- Still Point
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
- Two Bad Daughters
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- History of the World According to a Lesbian
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Endangered
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Bedtime Stories
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- T.V. Tart
  director
  
  directing
  
  1988
- Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- No No Nooky T.V.
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- Place Mattes
  director
  
  directing
  
  1987
- Tourist
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- Hot Flash
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- Optic Nerve
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- Would You Like To Meet Your Neighbor? A New York Subway Tape
  director
  
  directing
  
  1985
- Parisian Blinds
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Doll House
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Pearl Diver
  director
  
  directing
  
  1984
- Audience
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Bent Time
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Stone Circles
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- See What You Hear What You See
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Bamboo Xerox
  director
  
  directing
  
  1983
- Pond and Waterfall
  director
  
  directing
  
  1982
- Sync Touch
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Pools
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- New York Loft
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Our Trip
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Arequipa
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Pictures 4 Barbara
  director
  
  directing
  
  1981
- Dream Age
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Sappho
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Available Space
  director
  
  directing
  
  1979
- Double Strength
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- Haircut
  director
  
  directing
  
  1978
- The Great Goddess
  director
  
  directing
  
  1977
- Multiple Orgasm
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Superdyke Meets Madame X
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Stress Scars & Pleasure Wrinkles
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Moon Goddess
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Women I Love
  director
  
  directing
  
  1976
- Superdyke
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Jane Brakhage
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Psychosynthesis
  director
  
  directing
  
  1975
- Sisters!
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Women’s Rites or Truth is the Daughter of Time
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- Dyketactics
  director
  
  directing
  
  1974
- “X”
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- A Gay Day
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Menses
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- I Was/I Am
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Yellow Hammer
  director
  
  directing
  
  1973
- Marie and Me
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Traveling
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Elegy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Play or ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’, ‘Yes’
  director
  
  directing
  
  1970
- Death of a Marriage
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Aldebaran Sees
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Cleansed II
  director
  
  directing
  
  1969
- Barbara Ward Will Never Die
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Schizy
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Contribution to Light
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- White Cassandra
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- Clay I Love You II
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
- The Baptism
  director
  
  directing
  
  1968
editing (8 credits)
- Maya Deren's Sink
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2011
- Lover Other
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2006
- Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2002
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2001
- History Lessons
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2000
- The Female Closet
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1998
- Nitrate Kisses
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1992
- No No Nooky T.V.
  editor
  
  editing
  
  1987
writing (7 credits)
- Maya Deren's Sink
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2011
- A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Lover Other
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- Nitrate Kisses
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1992
- Multiple Orgasm
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1976
- Dyketactics
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1974
- Spare the Child
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1955
production (7 credits)
- Diving Women of Jeju-do
  producer
  
  production
  
  2007
- Lover Other
  producer
  
  production
  
  2006
- Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
  producer
  
  production
  
  2002
- My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
  producer
  
  production
  
  2001
- History Lessons
  producer
  
  production
  
  2000
- The Female Closet
  producer
  
  production
  
  1998
- Nitrate Kisses
  producer
  
  production
  
  1992
sound (1 credits)
- The Female Closet
  sound
  
  sound
  
  1998