Directing

Alexander Hammid

Born 1907-12-17

Linz, Austria

Department: 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.

1944

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (75 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Maya Deren, Take Zero	Himself	Movie	2012
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film	Himself (archive footage)	Movie	2011
Martha Graham: Dance on Film	Director	Movie	2007
In the Mirror of Maya Deren	Himself	Movie	2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films	Self / Appearance	Movie	2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films	Cinematography	Movie	2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films	Director	Movie	2002
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid	Himself	Movie	1997
Invocation: Maya Deren	Himself (as Sasha Hammid)	Movie	1986
We Are Young	Director	Movie	1967
To the Fair!	Director	Movie	1964
To Be Alive!	Director	Movie	1964
To Be Alive!	Writer	Movie	1964
To Be Alive!	Cinematography	Movie	1964
To Be Alive!	Editor	Movie	1964
Night Journey	Director	Movie	1960
Night Journey	Director of Photography	Movie	1960
Power Among Men	Director	Movie	1959
Out	Editor	Movie	1957
Out	Editor	Movie	1956
Who's Right?	Director	Movie	1954
The Medium	Editor	Movie	1951
Of Men and Music	Director	Movie	1951
The Gentleman in Room 6	Director	Movie	1951
Marriage: Today	Director	Movie	1950
Angry Boy	Director	Movie	1950
Who's Boss?	Director	Movie	1950
It Takes All Kinds	Director	Movie	1950
The Photographer	Editor	Movie	1948
The Private Life of a Cat	Director	Movie	1946
The Private Life of a Cat	Director of Photography	Movie	1946
The Private Life of a Cat	Production Design	Movie	1946
The Private Life of a Cat	Producer	Movie	1946
The Private Life of a Cat	Editor	Movie	1946
The Private Life of a Cat	Writer	Movie	1946
2x Bail	Director of Photography	Movie	1946
Přístav v srdci Evropy	Director of Photography	Movie	1946
A Better Tomorrow	Director	Movie	1945
Library of Congress	Director	Movie	1945
The Valley of the Tennessee	Director	Movie	1944
Hymn of the Nations	Director	Movie	1944
At Land	Self / Appearance	Movie	1944
At Land	Cinematography	Movie	1944
Meshes of the Afternoon	The Man	Movie	1943
Meshes of the Afternoon	Director	Movie	1943
Meshes of the Afternoon	Director of Photography	Movie	1943
The River of Life and Death	Director	Movie	1941
The River of Life and Death	Director of Photography	Movie	1941
The Forgotten Village	Director	Movie	1941
The Forgotten Village	Producer	Movie	1941
The Forgotten Village	Director of Photography	Movie	1941
Crisis	Director	Movie	1939
Crisis	Screenplay	Movie	1939
Crisis	Director of Photography	Movie	1939
Crisis	Editor	Movie	1939
The Highway Sings	Director	Movie	1937
Listopad	Director of Photography	Movie	1935
...and Life Goes On	Editor	Movie	1935
A Little Shoe	Director of Photography	Movie	1935
School Assignment	Director	Movie	1935
A New Song	Director of Photography	Movie	1935
We Live in Prague	Editor	Movie	1934
The Earth Sings	Editor	Movie	1933
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora	Art Designer	Movie	1932
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora	Unit Manager	Movie	1932
The Robber	Editor	Movie	1931
From Saturday to Sunday	Production Design	Movie	1931
The Prague Castle	Screenplay	Movie	1931
The Prague Castle	Director of Photography	Movie	1931
The Prague Castle	Director	Movie	1931
Armored Car	Production Design	Movie	1930
Erotikon	Production Design	Movie	1930
Aimless Walk	Director of Photography	Movie	1930
Aimless Walk	Director	Movie	1930
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia	Editor	Movie	1929