Alexander Hammid
Born: 1907-12-17 in Linz, Austria
Died: 2004-07-26
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2012
- Maya Deren, Take Zero as Himself
2007
- Martha Graham: Dance on Film ... (Director)
2002
1997
- Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid as Himself
1986
- Invocation: Maya Deren as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
1967
- We Are Young ... (Director)
1964
- To the Fair! ... (Director)
- To Be Alive! ... (Director)
1960
- Night Journey ... (Director)
1959
- Power Among Men ... (Director)
1957
- Out ... (Editor)
1956
- Out ... (Editor)
1954
- Who's Right? ... (Director)
1951
- Of Men and Music ... (Director)
- The Medium ... (Editor)
- The Gentleman in Room 6 ... (Director)
1950
- It Takes All Kinds ... (Director)
- Angry Boy ... (Director)
- Who's Boss? ... (Director)
- Marriage: Today ... (Director)
1948
- The Photographer ... (Editor)
1946
- 2x Bail ... (Director of Photography)
- The Private Life of a Cat ... (Screenplay)
- Přístav v srdci Evropy ... (Director of Photography)
1945
- Library of Congress ... (Director)
- A Better Tomorrow ... (Director)
1944
- Hymn of the Nations ... (Director)
- At Land
- The Valley of the Tennessee ... (Director)
1943
- Meshes of the Afternoon as The Man
1941
- The River of Life and Death ... (Director)
- The Forgotten Village ... (Director)
1939
- Crisis ... (Director)
1937
- The Highway Sings ... (Director)
1935
- A Little Shoe ... (Director of Photography)
- ...and Life Goes On ... (Editor)
- Listopad ... (Director of Photography)
1934
- We Live in Prague ... (Editor)
1933
- The Earth Sings ... (Editor)
1932
- Conversion of Ferdys Pistora ... (Art Designer)
1931
- The Robber ... (Editor)
- From Saturday to Sunday ... (Production Design)
- The Prague Castle ... (Screenplay)
1930
- Erotikon ... (Production Design)
- Armored Car ... (Production Design)
- Aimless Walk ... (Director of Photography)
1929
- Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia ... (Editor)