Lisa Hammer (née Houle; born April 4, 1967, in Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American filmmaker, actress, composer and singer. She graduated from Emerson College, with a BS in Film. She founded the Blessed Elysium Motion Picture Company, which produces German Expressionist films. Such works include Pus$bucket and Crawley, a collaboration with Ben Edlund and Doc Hammer, her ex-husband. She has also contributed to Joanie4Jackie, a film anthology project run by Miranda July, which featured Hammer's film Empire of Ache starring Dame Darcy.
Hammer collaborated with Dame Darcy on the weekly television show Turn of the Century, a New York City Public-access television cable TV show done in a German Expressionist manner that lasted from 1996 to 1999. The show featured various New York personalities, including Daria Klotz (as Duchess Daria), Jennifer Nixon as Queen Itchie, Bliss Blood, Maude Swift as Secretary Jenny and guests such as Thurston Moore and Courtney Love. It was cited by New York Magazine as "the best public access show of 1997" and has been syndicated on public access stations around the U.S. She collaborated with cult star Alizarinkryz on the weekly NYC cable show POX from 2002-2004. POX was cited by New York Press Magazine as "the best public access show of 2003", and has also been syndicated on public access stations around the U.S. and on the internet.
Hammer directed the feature film version of POX, which stars (alphabetically) Aarti Mann (credited as Aarti Majmudar¹), Lisa D'Amato, Clint Catalyst, Clayne Crawford, James Duval, and Jeff Lieberman, among others. It was released on April 4, 2011.
She was lead singer of the goth band Mors Syphilitica from 1995 through 2002, which released three full-length recordings and one 12 inch EP before breaking up, as well as of the band Requiem in White, which released several recordings and videos.
In 2003, Lisa joined the cast of The Venture Bros. as the voice of Triana Orpheus.
In 2009, she released her first solo album, Dakini on Projekt Records.
In 2012 she teamed up with Steven Deal to form Radiana. Their
self-titled debut album came out on Projekt Records the same year.
Contents
Films
The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch by Lisa Hammer and James Merendino
POX by Lisa Hammer
Pus$bucket by Lisa Hammer
Crawley by Lisa Hammer, Ben Edlund and Doc Hammer
Period Piece by Lisa Hammer
Why Does it Do That? by Lisa Hammer
Ultimate Team Invasion Force by Lisa Hammer
Grimmer Than Grimm stageplay by Lisa Hammer
Empire of Ache by Lisa Hammer
The Dance of Death by Lisa Hammer
Cards With Cards by Lisa Hammer and Dame Darcy
Turn of the Century by Lisa Hammer
Jorinda and Joringel by Lisa Hammer
Beauty and the Beast by Lisa Hammer
Rub by Doc Hammer starring Lisa Hammer
Maldorora and a Little Girl by Maude Swift starring Lisa Hammer
Discography
Requiem in White:
12 inch vinyl EP, First Communion
"Of The Want Infinite", CD, First Communion
Mors Syphilitica:
12 inch vinyl EP, Sacrum Torch, 1996
Mors Syphilitica, CD, Sacrum Torch, 1996
Primrose, CD, Sacrum Torch, 1998
Feather and Fate, CD, Projekt, 2001
Solo
Dakini, CD, Projekt, 2009
Radiana
Radiana, CD, Projekt, 2012