Barbara Hammer

Independent filmmaker Barbara Hammer has been instrumental in the development of Lesbian Independent Cinema. Her films are a combination of many diverse elements including avant-garde film, the goddess movement, lesbian art, and eroticism. She made over fifty films in a fifteen year period; many of them have won international awards and have been the subject of retrospectives in Berlin and Paris. In addition to filmmaking, Hammer has also taught at several universities and art institutes. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

• Job Titles:
  Director, Screenwriter

Significant Others

• Companion: Florrie Burke. together since c. 1988
• Companion: . divorced in 1968

Education

• University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, psychology, BA, 1961
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, English literature, MA, 1963
• San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, film, MFA, 1975