Theda Hammel Explained
Theda Hammel is an American filmmaker and musician best known for directing the 2024 comedy Stress Positions and for co-hosting the NYMPHOWARS podcast alongside Macy Rodman.[1]
Career
Hammel began releasing music under the name HAMM in 2016 and graduated from New York University Steinhardt with a Master in Music Technology degree in 2018.[2]
In 2018, Hammel starred in as Marie in a production of Wallace Shawn's 1978 play Marie and Bruce directed by Knud Adams and produced by John Early.[3]
Hammel's satirical work My Trip to Spain debuted at the virtual 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Her feature-length directorial debut, Stress Positions, premiered in the festival's U.S. Dramatic Competition in 2024.[4] [5] [6]
Personal life
Hammel is transgender.[3]
Acting credits
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2018 | This is Heaven | Theda | TV movie | |
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| 2022 | My Trip to Spain | Alexis | Also writer and director | | |
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Theatre
Filmography
Television
Discography
As HAMM.
Extended plays
| Year | Title | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2016 | Very Great | | [7] |
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| 2017 | SondHamm | Collection of covers of works composed by Stephen Sondheim | [8] |
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| Partial Magic | | [9] | |
Singles
Notes and References
- Web site: Walker . Harron . Theda Hammel on Gay Guy Purgatory and the Perils of Tap-To-Pay . Interview . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: n.a. . Theda Hammel . Soundlister . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: Sandberg . Patrik . Wallace Shawn and Theda Hammel on acting, life, and why bodies are weird . Dazed . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: Lyons . Annie . "Stress Positions" Mines Health Anxieties for Comedy . Sundance . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: Barquin . John . Theda Hammel on Her Queer Sundance Masterpiece My Trip to Spain . Into . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: Keogan . Natalia . "The Millennial Decline That's Taking Place in the Present Moment": Theda Hammel on Stress Positions . Filmmaker Magazine . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: n.a. . Very Great . Bandcamp . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: n.a. . SondHamm . Bandcamp . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: n/a . Partial Magic . Bandcamp . 22 January 2024.
- Web site: n.a. . wichtige Kunstlieder . Bandcamp . 22 January 2024.
