Alexander Hammid
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- December 17, 1907
- Place of birth
- Linz, Austria
- Died
- July 26, 2004
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.
Movies with Alexander Hammid
- Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 · ★ 7.6
- At Land 1944 · ★ 7.2
- In the Mirror of Maya Deren 2002 · ★ 7.5
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film 2011 · ★ 6.8
- Invocation: Maya Deren 1986 · ★ 6.3
- Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid 1997 · ★ 6.3
- Maya Deren, Take Zero 2012 · ★ 5.0
- Maya Deren - Experimental Films 2002
Movies directed by Alexander Hammid
- Meshes of the Afternoon 1943 · ★ 7.6
- The Private Life of a Cat 1946 · ★ 7.2
- Night Journey 1960 · ★ 5.9
- To Be Alive! 1964 · ★ 7.4
- Hymn of the Nations 1944 · ★ 5.3
- Library of Congress 1945 · ★ 6.4
- The Forgotten Village 1941 · ★ 5.6
- Angry Boy 1950 · ★ 7.0
- The Prague Castle 1931 · ★ 5.3
- Crisis 1939 · ★ 8.0
- Marriage: Today 1950 · ★ 7.0
- Of Men and Music 1951 · ★ 7.0
- The Valley of the Tennessee 1944 · ★ 9.0
- A Better Tomorrow 1945 · ★ 7.0
- Martha Graham: Dance on Film 2007 · ★ 10.0
- Maya Deren - Experimental Films 2002
- Aimless Walk 2026
- To the Fair! 1964
- It Takes All Kinds 1950
- Who's Boss? 1950
- Who's Right? 1954
- We Are Young 1967
- The Gentleman in Room 6 1951
- Power Among Men 1959
- The Highway Sings 1937
- The River of Life and Death 1941
- School Assignment 2026