Alexander Hammid

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.

Cast

Meshes of the Afternoon
The Man
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Himself
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Unknown
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Himself
At Land
Unknown
Invocation: Maya Deren
Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
Himself

Crew

Out
Editor
The Prague Castle
Screenplay, Director of Photography, Director
Aimless Walk
Director of Photography, Director
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
Editor
The Private Life of a Cat
Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography, Production Design, Producer, Editor
Night Journey
Director, Director of Photography
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Cinematography, Director
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director, Director of Photography
The Earth Sings
Editor
Library of Congress
Director
Crisis
Director, Screenplay, Director of Photography, Editor
Angry Boy
Director
Marriage: Today
Director
Who's Boss?
Director
It Takes All Kinds
Director
Who's Right?
Director
The Forgotten Village
Director, Producer, Director of Photography
To the Fair!
Director
The Medium
Editor
We Are Young
Director
Of Men and Music
Director
To Be Alive!
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
The Gentleman in Room 6
Director
Power Among Men
Director
Hymn of the Nations
Director
Out
Editor
At Land
Cinematography
The Valley of the Tennessee
Director
The Highway Sings
Director
Listopad
Director of Photography
The Robber
Editor
A Little Shoe
Director of Photography
The River of Life and Death
Director, Director of Photography
The Photographer
Editor
Erotikon
Production Design
Armored Car
Production Design
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
Art Designer, Unit Manager
From Saturday to Sunday
Production Design
A Better Tomorrow
Director
We Live in Prague
Editor
...and Life Goes On
Editor
2x Bail
Director of Photography
Martha Graham: Dance on Film
Director
Přístav v srdci Evropy
Director of Photography
School Assignment
Director
A New Song
Director of Photography