Alexander Hammid
Personal Info:
KNOWN FOR
Directing
GENDER
male
BIRTHDAY
1907-12-17
DAY OF DEATH
2004-07-26
PLACE OF BIRTH
Linz, Austria
ALSO KNOWN AS
Alexandr HackenschmiedAlexander HackenschmiedSasha HammittSasha HammidAlexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied
Alexander Hammid
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.
POPULAR MOVIES
acting
- 2012
- 2002
- 1997
- 1986
- 1944
- 1943
production
- 1946
- 1941
- 1932
directing
- 2002
- 1967
- 1964
- 1964
- 1960
- 1954
- 1951
- 1951
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1950
- 1946
- 1945
- 1944
- 1943
- 1941
- 1939
- 1931
- 1930
writing
- 1964
- 1946
- 1939
- 1931
editing
- 1964
- 1957
- 1956
- 1951
- 1948
- 1946
- 1939
- 1935
- 1934
- 1933
- 1931
- 1929
art
- 1946
- 1932
- 1931
- 1930
- 1930
camera
- 1960
- 1947
- 1946
- 1943
- 1941
- 1941
- 1939
- 1935
- 1935
- 1931
- 1930
crew
- 2002
- 1964
- 1944