Alexander Hammid
Known for: Directing
Born: December 17, 1907
Died: July 26, 2004
Place of birth: Linz, 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.
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Filmography
51 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
5.0
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012
6.8
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011
10.0
Martha Graham: Dance on Film
2007
7.5
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002
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Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
6.3
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
1997
6.3
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986
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We Are Young
1967
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To the Fair!
1964
7.4
To Be Alive!
1964
5.9
Night Journey
1960
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Power Among Men
1959
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Out
1957NR
Out
1956
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Who's Right?
1954
5.1
The Medium
1951
7.0
Of Men and Music
1951
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The Gentleman in Room 6
1951
7.0
Marriage: Today
1950
7.0
Angry Boy
1950
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Who's Boss?
1950
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It Takes All Kinds
1950
8.5
The Photographer
1948
7.2
The Private Life of a Cat
1946
8.5
2x Bail
1946NR
Přístav v srdci Evropy
19467.0
A Better Tomorrow
1945
6.4
Library of Congress
1945
9.0
The Valley of the Tennessee
1944
5.3
Hymn of the Nations
1944
7.3
At Land
1944
7.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
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The River of Life and Death
19415.6
The Forgotten Village
1941
8.0
Crisis
1939
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The Highway Sings
19377.0
Listopad
1935
8.0
...and Life Goes On
1935NR
A Little Shoe
1935
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School Assignment
19354.0
A New Song
19356.9
We Live in Prague
1934
6.1
The Earth Sings
1933
6.0
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
1932
10.0
The Robber
1931
6.5
From Saturday to Sunday
1931
5.3
The Prague Castle
19314.3
Armored Car
1930
6.3
Erotikon
1930
6.1
Aimless Walk
19306.2
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
1929