Alexander Hammid
Directing
Born December 17, 1907 in Linz, Austria
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.
Filmography
Martha Graham: Dance on Film
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
To the Fair!
To Be Alive!
Night Journey
Power Among Men
Out
Who's Right?
The Medium
Of Men and Music
The Gentleman in Room 6
Marriage: Today
Angry Boy
Who's Boss?
It Takes All Kinds
The Photographer
The Private Life of a Cat
2x Bail
Library of Congress
The Valley of the Tennessee
Hymn of the Nations
At Land
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Man
The River of Life and Death
Crisis
The Highway Sings
...and Life Goes On
School Assignment
The Earth Sings
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
The Robber
From Saturday to Sunday
The Prague Castle
Erotikon
Aimless Walk