Alexander Hammid

Directing·Dec 17, 1907·Linz, Austria

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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.

Film	Credit
Martha Graham: Dance on Film2007 · Director	Director
Maya Deren - Experimental Films2002 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
We Are Young1967 · Director	Director
To the Fair!1964 · Director	Director
To Be Alive!1964 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Night Journey1960 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
Power Among Men1959 · Director	Director
Who's Right?1954 · Director	Director
Of Men and Music1951 · Director	Director
The Gentleman in Room 61951 · Director	Director
Marriage: Today1950 · Director	Director
Angry Boy1950 · Director	Director
It Takes All Kinds1950 · Director	Director
Who's Boss?1950 · Director	Director
The Private Life of a Cat1946 · Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer	Producer, Director of Photography, Director, Writer
AA Better Tomorrow1945 · Director	Director
Library of Congress1945 · Director	Director
The Valley of the Tennessee1944 · Director	Director
Hymn of the Nations1944 · Director	Director
Meshes of the Afternoon1943 · The Man, Director of Photography, Director	The Man, Director of Photography, Director
The River of Life and Death1941 · Director, Director of Photography	Director, Director of Photography
TThe Forgotten Village1941 · Director, Producer, Director of Photography	Director, Producer, Director of Photography
Crisis1939 · Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography	Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography
The Highway Sings1937 · Director	Director
School Assignment1935 · Director	Director
The Prague Castle1931 · Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director	Director of Photography, Screenplay, Director
Aimless Walk1930 · Director of Photography, Director	Director of Photography, Director