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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.


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Born:
Dec 17, 1907
Movie/TV Credits:
5
First Appeared:
In the movie Meshes of the Afternoon 1943-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Maya Deren, Take Zero 2012-01-30
Known For
Poster of Maya Deren, Take Zero
Poster of In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Poster of Invocation: Maya Deren
Poster of Meshes of the Afternoon
Filmography
Movie Maya Deren, Take Zero Himself 2012-01-30
Movie In the Mirror of Maya Deren Himself 2002-03-15
Movie Invocation: Maya Deren Himself (as Sasha Hammid) 1986-04-24
Movie At Land 1944-01-01
Movie Meshes of the Afternoon The Man 1943-01-01