Portrait of Barbara Hammer

Directing

Barbara Hammer

Career

Active from 1955 to 2023, with a break from 1956 to 1967, busiest in 1968 and 1981 with 6 main titles each.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Nitrate Kisses
Nitrate Kisses
GoodWatch score67/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 3 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 1.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 0.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Barbara Hammer Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    0.3, average 4.8
  • Adrenaline
    1.0, average 4.8
  • Crime
    0.0, average 3.6
  • Violence
    0.7, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Avant-Garde 5
  • Experimental Documentary 3
  • Experimental Film 3
  • Archival Footage 2
  • Art House 2
  • Feminist Perspective 2
  • Personal Documentary 2
  • Experimental Cinema 2
  • Film History 2
  • Feminist Critique 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

90
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Vever (For Barbara)
Vever (For Barbara) (2023)

as (voice)

2010s

6 titles Β· average score 65
A Month of Single Frames
A Month of Single Frames (2019)
GoodWatch score 65

Director of Photography

Evidentiary Bodies
Evidentiary Bodies (2018)

Director

Lesbian Whale
Lesbian Whale (2015)

Director

Welcome to This House
Welcome to This House (2015)

Director

Maya Deren's Sink
Maya Deren's Sink (2011)

Editor, Director

Generations
Generations (2010)

Director

2000s

9 titles
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009)

Writer, Director

Fucking Different New York
Fucking Different New York (2007)

Director

Diving Women of Jeju-do
Diving Women of Jeju-do (2007)

Director, Producer

Lover Other
Lover Other (2006)

Producer, Editor

Resisting Paradise
Resisting Paradise (2003)

as Director

Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War (2003)

Director

Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions
Devotion: A Film About Ogawa Productions (2002)

Director, Editor

My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities
My Babushka: Searching Ukrainian Identities (2001)

Camera Operator, Producer

History Lessons
History Lessons (2000)

Director, Producer

1990s

9 titles Β· average score 67
The Female Closet
The Female Closet (1998)

Producer, Sound

Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It
Blue Film No. 6: Love Is Where You Find It (1998)

Director

Out in South Africa
Out in South Africa (1995)

Director

Tender Fictions
Tender Fictions (1995)

Director

Save Sex
Save Sex (1993)

Director

Nitrate Kisses
Nitrate Kisses (1992)
GoodWatch score 67

as Interviewer / Narrator (voice)

Vital Signs
Vital Signs (1991)

Director

Sanctus
Sanctus (1990)

Director

Dr. Watson's X-Rays
Dr. Watson's X-Rays (1990)

Director

1980s

29 titles
Endangered
Endangered (1988)

Director

History of the World According to a Lesbian
History of the World According to a Lesbian (1988)

Director

No No Nooky T.V.
No No Nooky T.V. (1987)

Editor, Director

Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS
Snow Job: The Media Hysteria of AIDS (1987)

Director

Tourist
Tourist (1985)

Director

Optic Nerve
Optic Nerve (1985)

Director

Stone Circles
Stone Circles (1983)

Director

Audience
Audience (1983)

Director, Camera Operator

Bent Time
Bent Time (1983)

Director

Pond and Waterfall
Pond and Waterfall (1982)

Director

Pools
Pools (1981)

Director

Sync Touch
Sync Touch (1981)

Director

1970s

26 titles Β· average score 60
Double Strength
Double Strength (1978)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Multiple Orgasm
Multiple Orgasm (1976)

Writer, Director

Superdyke Meets Madame X
Superdyke Meets Madame X (1976)

Director

Women I Love
Women I Love (1976)

Director

Superdyke
Superdyke (1975)

Director

Dyketactics
Dyketactics (1974)
GoodWatch score 58

as Woman Making Love

Sisters!
Sisters! (1974)

Director

I Was/I Am
I Was/I Am (1973)

Director

A Gay Day
A Gay Day (1973)

Director

Menses
Menses (1973)

Director

Play or β€˜Yes’, β€˜Yes’, β€˜Yes’
Play or β€˜Yes’, β€˜Yes’, β€˜Yes’ (1970)

Director

Marie and Me
Marie and Me (1970)

Director

1960s

9 titles
Death of a Marriage
Death of a Marriage (1969)

Director

Cleansed II
Cleansed II (1969)

Director

Aldebaran Sees
Aldebaran Sees (1969)

Director

Schizy
Schizy (1968)

Director

Barbara Ward Will Never Die
Barbara Ward Will Never Die (1968)

Director

Contribution to Light
Contribution to Light (1968)

Director

Clay I Love You II
Clay I Love You II (1968)

Director

The Baptism
The Baptism (1968)

Director

White Cassandra
White Cassandra (1968)

Director

1950s

1 title
Spare the Child
Spare the Child (1955)

Writer