Born 1939 Amsterdam. Studied at the Dutch Film Academy in the early 60s. Her early works were experimental narratives such as Norwegian Wood(1966) and Family Nasdalko at Sea (1969) . After making contact with UK filmmakers in the early 70s she founded the Netherlands Film-Makers Co-op with artists including partner Mattijn Seip, and made her first experimental films e.g. From The Exterior(1970) And a Table (1970). She programmed the Electric Cinema and has subsequently curated programmes for international venues such as LUX London.The birth of her son in 1973 prompted a move into radical documentaries allied to the feminist movement, examples being Domestic Labour fil (1975) As a Woman (1976). Barbara Meter was a lecturer at the Art Akademie Groningen in the 80s and taught classes in film practice at San Francisco Art Institute in 1995 and 2002. Since the 90s her work has returned to a very personal form of experimental film dealing with memory and place, in which she combines the agility of the super 8 camera with the structuring and layering processes of 16mm optical printing - and a dynamic, evocative use of sound.
