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.
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Movies (49)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
2012
Martha Graham: Dance on Film
Director (Directing)
2007
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as Himself
2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
as Himself
1997
Invocation: Maya Deren
as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
1986
We Are Young
Director (Directing)
1967
To the Fair!
Director (Directing)
1964
To Be Alive!
Director (Directing)
1964
Night Journey
Director (Directing)
1960
Power Among Men
Director (Directing)
1959
Out
Editor (Editing)
1957
Out
Editor (Editing)
1956
Who's Right?
Director (Directing)
1954
The Medium
Editor (Editing)
1951
Of Men and Music
Director (Directing)
1951
The Gentleman in Room 6
Director (Directing)
1951
Marriage: Today
Director (Directing)
1950
Angry Boy
Director (Directing)
1950
Who's Boss?
Director (Directing)
1950
It Takes All Kinds
Director (Directing)
1950
The Photographer
Editor (Editing)
1948
The Private Life of a Cat
Screenplay (Writing)
1946
2x Bail
Director of Photography (Camera)
1946
Přístav v srdci Evropy
Director of Photography (Camera)
1946
A Better Tomorrow
Director (Directing)
1945
Library of Congress
Director (Directing)
1945
The Valley of the Tennessee
Director (Directing)
1944
Hymn of the Nations
Director (Directing)
1944
At Land
1944
Meshes of the Afternoon
as The Man
1943
The River of Life and Death
Director (Directing)
1941
The Forgotten Village
Director (Directing)
1941
Crisis
Director (Directing)
1939
The Highway Sings
Director (Directing)
1937
Listopad
Director of Photography (Camera)
1935
...and Life Goes On
Editor (Editing)
1935
A Little Shoe
Director of Photography (Camera)
1935
School Assignment
Director (Directing)
1935
We Live in Prague
Editor (Editing)
1934
The Earth Sings
Editor (Editing)
1933
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
Art Designer (Art)
1932
The Robber
Editor (Editing)
1931
From Saturday to Sunday
Production Design (Art)
1931
The Prague Castle
Screenplay (Writing)
1931
Armored Car
Production Design (Art)
1930
Erotikon
Production Design (Art)
1930
Aimless Walk
Director of Photography (Camera)
1930
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
Editor (Editing)
1929