Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer was born on May 15, 1939 in USA. Barbara Hammer's big-screen debut came with Resisting Paradise directed by Barbara Hammer in 2003. Barbara Hammer is known for Resisting Paradise directed by Barbara Hammer, Bettina Bergo stars as Marguerite Matisse and Rudy Binion as Bonnard. Barbara Hammer has got 5 awards and 5 nominations so far. The most recent award Barbara Hammer achieved is Ashland Independent Film Festival. The upcoming new movie Barbara Hammer plays is Fucking Different New York which will be released on Feb 10, 2007.

A loud and constantly innovative voice in independent film, Barbara Hammer was born in 1939 in California. From a young age, she was encouraged to be pretty and feminine, her mother constantly forcing the images of child actors like Shirley Temple on her daughter. Her grandmother, a Ukrainian immigrant, worked as a cook for the famous actress Lillian Gish, and at one point, little Barbara and her mother were introduced to D. W. Griffith. Barbara, however, did not want to be a child star, and when she became of age, found a new way to express herself. Barbara made her first film, in 1974, and since then has made somewhere between 80 and 100 films and videos. Many of her works have been very controversial, dealing often with sex, gender, society and history. Her first feature film, Nitrate Kisses, appeared in 1992.