Alexander Hammid
Directing
December 17, 1907
Died July 26, 2004 (96 years old)
Linz, Austria
8
Acting Credits
27
Directed
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
Filmography
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012
as Himself
5
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
2011
as Himself (archive footage)
6.8
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002
as Himself
7.5
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
1997
as Himself
6.3
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986
as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
6.3
At Land
1944
7.2
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
as The Man
7.6