Alexander Hammid

ActorDirectorCrewEditorWriter Dec 17 (died age 96) Linz, Austria 1929–2012 (83 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

Meshes of the Afternoon

The Man

Film

At Land

7.2 1944

Film

The Private Life of a Cat

Director

Film

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

Himself

Film

Erotikon

Production Design

Film

From Saturday to Sunday

Production Design

Film

Aimless Walk

Director

Film

To Be Alive!

Cinematography

Filmography

Acting (7)

Movies (7)

Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012

as Himself

5.0

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

2002

as Himself

7.4

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002

Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid

1997

as Himself

5.0

Invocation: Maya Deren

1986

as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)

5.0

At Land

1944

7.2

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943

as The Man

7.6

Crew (67)

Movies (67)

Martha Graham: Dance on Film

2007

Director

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002

Cinematography

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002

Director

We Are Young

1967

Director

To the Fair!

1964

Director

To Be Alive!

Cinematography

To Be Alive!

Director

To Be Alive!

Editor

To Be Alive!

Writer

Night Journey

Director

Night Journey

Director of Photography

5.3

Power Among Men

1959

Director

Out

1957

Editor

Out

1956

Editor

Who's Right?

1954

Director

Of Men and Music

1951

Director

The Medium

1951

Editor

4.7

The Gentleman in Room 6

1951

Director

Marriage: Today

1950

Director

It Takes All Kinds

1950

Director

Who's Boss?

1950

Director

Angry Boy

Director

The Photographer

Editor

Přístav v srdci Evropy

1946

Director of Photography

The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Director

7.2

The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Director of Photography

7.2

The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Editor

7.2

The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Producer

7.2

The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Production Design

7.2

The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Screenplay

7.2

2x Bail

1946

Director of Photography

Library of Congress

Director

A Better Tomorrow

Director

The Valley of the Tennessee

1944

Director

At Land

Cinematography

Hymn of the Nations

Director

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943

Director

7.6

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943

Director of Photography

7.6

The River of Life and Death

1941

Director

The River of Life and Death

1941

Director of Photography

The Forgotten Village

1941

Director

5.2

The Forgotten Village

1941

Director of Photography

5.2

The Forgotten Village

Producer

Crisis

Director

Crisis

Director of Photography

Crisis

Editor

Crisis

Screenplay

The Highway Sings

Director

...and Life Goes On

1935

Editor

A Little Shoe

1935

Director of Photography

Listopad

1935

Director of Photography

6.0

School Assignment

1935

Director

A New Song

1935

Director of Photography

We Live in Prague

Editor

The Earth Sings

Editor

Conversion of Ferdys Pistora

1932

Art Designer

Conversion of Ferdys Pistora

1932

Unit Manager

The Robber

1931

Editor

From Saturday to Sunday

Production Design

The Prague Castle

Director

The Prague Castle

Director of Photography

The Prague Castle

Screenplay

Erotikon

Production Design

Aimless Walk

Director

Aimless Walk

Director of Photography

5.9

Armored Car

1930

Production Design

4.3

Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia

1929

Editor

6.2