Director
Alexander Hammid
Born 1907 · 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.
Directed
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director · 1943
The Private Life of a Cat
Director · 1946
To Be Alive!
Director · 1964
The Valley of the Tennessee
Director · 1944
Aimless Walk
Director · 1930
Crisis
Director · 1939
Angry Boy
Director · 1950
Library of Congress
Director · 1945
Night Journey
Director · 1960
Marriage: Today
Director · 1950
Of Men and Music
Director · 1951
A Better Tomorrow
Director · 1945
Hymn of the Nations
Director · 1944
The Forgotten Village
Director · 1941
The Prague Castle
Director · 1931
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Director · 2002
To the Fair!
Director · 1964
It Takes All Kinds
Director · 1950
