Directing
Community Rating
6.8
TMDB estimate
Born
December 17, 1907
Died
July 26, 2004 (age 96)
Born in
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.
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
2012
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Martha Graham: Dance on Film
as Director
2007
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In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as Himself
2002
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Maya Deren - Experimental Films
as Director, Cinematography
2002
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Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
as Himself
1997
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Invocation: Maya Deren
as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
1986
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We Are Young
as Director
1967
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To the Fair!
as Director
1964
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To Be Alive!
as Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography
1964
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Night Journey
as Director, Director of Photography
1960
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Power Among Men
as Director
1959
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Out
as Editor
1957
—Out
as Editor
1956
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Who's Right?
as Director
1954
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The Medium
as Editor
1951
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Of Men and Music
as Director
1951
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The Gentleman in Room 6
as Director
1951
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Marriage: Today
as Director
1950
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Angry Boy
as Director
1950
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It Takes All Kinds
as Director
1950
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