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Lisa Hammer | |
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| Born | Lisa Houle (1967-04-04)April 4, 1967 (age 58) |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, actress, composer, singer |
| Spouse | Doc Hammer (1989–2008) |
| Website | www.lisahammer.com |
Lisa Hammer (néeHoule; born April 4, 1967, inSalem, Massachusetts,U.S.) is an Americanfilmmaker, actress,composer andsinger.[1] She graduated fromEmerson College, with aBS inFilm. She founded the Blessed Elysium Motion Picture Company, which producesGerman Expressionist films. Such works includePus$bucket andCrawley, a collaboration withBen Edlund andDoc Hammer, her ex-husband. She has also contributed toJoanie4Jackie, a film anthology project run byMiranda July, which featured Hammer's filmEmpire of Ache starringDame Darcy.
Hammer collaborated with Dame Darcy on the weekly television showTurn of the Century, aNew York CityPublic-access televisioncable TV show done in a German Expressionist manner that lasted from 1996 to 1999. The show featured various New York personalities, including Daria Klotz (as Duchess Daria), Jennifer Nixon as Queen Itchie,Bliss Blood, Maude Swift as Secretary Jenny and guests such asThurston Moore andCourtney Love. It was cited byNew York Magazine as "the best public access show of 1997" and has been syndicated on public access stations around the U.S. She collaborated with cult star Alizarinkryz on the weekly NYC cable showPOX from 2002-2004.POX was cited byNew York Press Magazine as "the best public access show of 2003", and has also been syndicated on public access stations around the U.S. and on the internet.
Hammer directed the feature film version of POX, which stars (alphabetically)Aarti Mann (credited as Aarti Majmudar¹),Lisa D'Amato,Clint Catalyst,Clayne Crawford,James Duval, andJeff Lieberman, among others. It was released on April 4, 2011.
She was lead singer of thegoth bandMors Syphilitica from 1995 through 2002, which released three full-length recordings and one 12 inch EP before breaking up, as well as of the band Requiem in White, which released several recordings and videos.
In 2003, Lisa joined the cast ofThe Venture Bros. as the voice ofTriana Orpheus.
In 2009, she released her first solo album,Dakini onProjekt Records.
In 2012 she teamed up with Steven Deal to form Radiana. Theirself-titled debut album came out onProjekt Records the same year.
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