Alexander Hammid

Known for DirectingBorn 1907-12-17Died 2004-07-26Linz, Austria

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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Robber

The Valley of the Tennessee

The Photographer

2x Bail

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

Crisis

...and Life Goes On

To Be Alive!

Meshes of the Afternoon

At Land

The Private Life of a Cat

Of Men and Music

Angry Boy

Marriage: Today

A Better Tomorrow

Listopad

Conversion of Ferdys Pistora

Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid

We Live in Prague

Invocation: Maya Deren

Library of Congress

From Saturday to Sunday

Erotikon

Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia

Night Journey

The Earth Sings

Aimless Walk

Maya Deren, Take Zero

The Forgotten Village

Hymn of the Nations

The Prague Castle

The Medium

Armored Car

Martha Graham: Dance on Film

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

We Are Young

To the Fair!

Power Among Men

Out

Out

Who's Right?

The Gentleman in Room 6

Who's Boss?

It Takes All Kinds

Přístav v srdci Evropy

The River of Life and Death

The Highway Sings

A Little Shoe