Biography
Barbara Hammer, born in 1939 in Hollywood, USA, lives and works in New York City as a visual artist and filmmaker. Her diverse praxis for the past 40 years has a resonating impact on young artists today. Her work has been shown in major biennials and is included in several permanent collections. She has had major retrospectives in art institutions worldwide and is the author of “Hammer! Making Movies Out of Sex and Life” (Feminist Press 2009). Her films A Horse is not a Metaphor (2008), Generations (2010), and Maya Deren’s Sink (2011) received Teddy Awards.
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Director
Movies | |
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2007 |
Fucking Different New York |
1989 |
Endangered, The |
Hot Flash |
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1988 |
Two Bad Daughters |
1979 |
Dream Age |
Documentaries | |
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2019 |
A Month of Single Frames |
2015 |
Welcome to this House |
2011 |
Maya Deren's Sink |
2010 |
Generations |
2007 |
Diving Women of Jeju-do |
2006 |
Lover Other |
2003 |
Resisting Paradise |
2001 |
My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities |
2000 |
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions |
History Lessons |
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1998 |
The Female Closet |
1996 |
Tender Fictions |
1995 |
Out in South Africa |
1992 |
Nitrate Kisses |
1978 |
Double Strength |
1974 |
Sisters! |
Actress
Documentaries | |
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2022 |
Love, Barbara - a.f. |
2018 |
Vever |
2017 |
Beyond the Bolex |
Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor |
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2015 |
Welcome to this House |
2001 |
My Babushka: Searching Ukranian Identities |
2000 |
History Lessons |
1996 |
Tender Fictions |
1995 |
Out in South Africa |
1992 |
Nitrate Kisses |
1978 |
Double Strength |
1974 |
Sisters! |
Short | |
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2009 |
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor |
1985 |
Optic Nerve |
1981 |
Pools |
1979 |
Available Space |
Women I Love |
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1976 |
Multiple Orgasm |
1974 |
Dyketactics |
Camerawoman
Documentaries | |
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2018 |
Vever |
2015 |
Welcome to this House |
2007 |
Diving Women of Jeju-do |
2000 |
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions |
1992 |
Nitrate Kisses |
Short | |
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2009 |
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor |
1989 |
Still Point |
1988 |
History of the World According to a Lesbian |
1973 |
Menses |
1972 |
Yellow Hammer |
1970 |
Elegy |
Marie and Me |
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Play or 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes' |
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Traveling |
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1969 |
Death of a Marriage |
1968 |
White Cassandra |
Editor
Documentaries | |
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2011 |
Maya Deren's Sink |
2007 |
Diving Women of Jeju-do |
2000 |
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions |
1992 |
Nitrate Kisses |
Short | |
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2018 |
Evidentiary Bodies |
2009 |
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor |
1989 |
Still Point |
1988 |
History of the World According to a Lesbian |
1973 |
Menses |
1972 |
Yellow Hammer |
1970 |
Elegy |
Marie and Me |
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Play or 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes' |
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Traveling |
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1968 |
White Cassandra |
Producer
Documentaries | |
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2011 |
Maya Deren's Sink |
2010 |
Generations |
2007 |
Diving Women of Jeju-do |
2006 |
Lover Other |
2000 |
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions |
1992 |
Nitrate Kisses |
Short | |
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2018 |
Evidentiary Bodies |
1973 |
Menses |
Screenwriter
Documentaries | |
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2015 |
Welcome to this House |
2011 |
Maya Deren's Sink |
2006 |
Lover Other |
Short | |
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1973 |
Menses |
Sound designer
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2018 |
Evidentiary Bodies |
Production designer
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2018 |
Evidentiary Bodies |