Alexander Hammid
Personal Info
Know For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-12-17 (97 years old)
Deathday
2004-07-26
Place of Birth
Linz, Austria
Also known As
Alexandr Hackenschmied
Alexander Hackenschmied
Sasha Hammitt
Sasha Hammid
Alexander 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.
Acting
1943
as The Man
2002
as Himself
2012
as Himself
1944
1986
as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
1997
as Himself
Production
1956
as Editor
1931
as Screenplay
1930
as Director of Photography
1931
as Director of Photography
1929
as Editor
1946
as Screenplay
1946
as Director
1946
as Director of Photography
1946
as Production Design
1946
as Producer
1946
as Editor
1960
as Director
2002
as Cinematography
2002
as Director
1930
as Director
1943
as Director
1943
as Director of Photography
1933
as Editor
1945
as Director
1939
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Director
1950
as Director
1954
as Director
1941
as Director
1964
as Director
1931
as Director
1951
as Editor
1967
as Director
1951
as Director
1960
as Director of Photography
1964
as Director
1941
as Producer
1941
as Director of Photography
1951
as Director
1959
as Director
1944
as Director
1957
as Editor
1944
as Cinematography
1944
as Director
1937
as Director
1964
as Writer
1964
as Cinematography
1964
as Editor
1935
as Director of Photography
1931
as Editor
1935
as Director of Photography
1941
as Director
1941
as Director of Photography
1948
as Editor
1930
as Production Design
1930
as Production Design
1932
as Unit Production Manager
1932
as Art Designer
1931
as Production Design
1945
as Director
1934
as Editor
1935
as Editor
1939
as Screenplay
1939
as Director of Photography
1939
as Editor
1947
as Director of Photography
2007
as Director
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