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Barbara Hammer
Directing
15 May 1939
† 16 Mar 2019
Hollywood, California, USA
Biography
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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Barbara Hammer's Movies
55%
Dyketactics
01 Jan 1974
43%
!W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution
12 Sept 2010
47%
Nitrate Kisses
12 Sept 1992
68%
A Month of Single Frames
14 Jul 2019
60%
Superdyke Meets Madame X
22 Sept 1976
48%
Double Strength
01 Jan 1978
44%
Film Hawk
20 Jan 2016
34%
The Female Closet
06 Jun 1998
56%
Carolee, Barbara and Gunvor
20 Feb 2018
49%
Tender Fictions
15 Mar 1995
35%
Audience
20 Jun 1983
50%
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
10 Feb 2009
40%
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
01 Jan 2001
10%
Women of Vision
03 Aug 1998
20%
“X”
21 Jun 1973
70%
Beyond the Bolex
08 Nov 2018
70%
Pictures 4 Barbara
01 Jan 1981
50%
Vever (For Barbara)
12 Oct 2023
5%
Dykes, Camera, Action!
19 Jun 2018
90%
Barbara Forever
24 Jan 2026