Known For
Directing
Born
Dec 17, 1907
Died
Jul 26, 2004
Place of Birth
Linz, Austria
Credits
51 titles
Alexander Hammid
Biography
Alexander Hammid born Alexandr Hackenschmied (17 December 1907, Linz – 26 July 2004, New York City) was a leading photographer, film director, cinematographer and editor in Czechoslovakia between the two world wars. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1938 and became involved in American avant-garde cinema. He is best known known for his film, Crisis (1939), Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and To Be Alive!(1964). He made Meshes of the Afternoon, with his wife Maya Deren—to whom he was married from 1942 to 1947. He won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for To Be Alive! (1964), which he co-directed with Francis Thompson.
Known For
Filmography
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Himself
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Himself (archive footage)
Martha Graham: Dance on Film
Director
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Himself
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
Himself
Invocation: Maya Deren
Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
We Are Young
Director
To the Fair!
Director
To Be Alive!
Director
Night Journey
Director
Power Among Men
Director
Out
Editor
Out
Editor
Who's Right?
Director
The Medium
Editor
Of Men and Music
Director
The Gentleman in Room 6
Director
Marriage: Today
Director
Angry Boy
Director
Who's Boss?
Director
It Takes All Kinds
Director
The Photographer
Editor
The Private Life of a Cat
Director
2x Bail
Director of Photography
Přístav v srdci Evropy
Director of Photography
A Better Tomorrow
Director
Library of Congress
Director
The Valley of the Tennessee
Director
Hymn of the Nations
Director
At Land
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Man
The River of Life and Death
Director
The Forgotten Village
Director
Crisis
Director
The Highway Sings
Director
Listopad
Director of Photography
...and Life Goes On
Editor
A New Song
Director of Photography
School Assignment
Director
A Little Shoe
Director of Photography
We Live in Prague
Editor
The Earth Sings
Editor
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
Art Designer
The Robber
Editor
From Saturday to Sunday
Production Design
The Prague Castle
Screenplay
Armored Car
Production Design
Erotikon
Production Design
Aimless Walk
Director of Photography