# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-hammer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:49:26.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-hammer"
name: "Barbara Hammer"
slug: "barbara-hammer"
description: "Barbara Jean Hammer was an American feminist film director, producer, writer, and cinematographer. She is known for being one of the pioneers of the lesbian film genre, and her career spanned over 50 years. Hammer is known for having created experimental films dealing with women's issues such as gender roles, lesbian relationships, coping with aging, and family life. She resided in New York City and Kerhonkson, New York, and taught each summer at the European Graduate School."
tagline: "American filmmaker (1939-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ArtAndFeminismNYC-Barbara_Hammer.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1939-05-15"
deathDate: "2019-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.35997866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358430/"
    handle:    "nm0358430"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barbarahammerfilms.com/"
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    title: "Բարբարա Համմեր"
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    title: "Хаммер, Барбара"
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    title: "Барбара Гаммер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Barbara Hammer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump