Actor

Alexander Hammid

Directing

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Movies: 39Series: 0Crew credits: 36

TMDB ID: 96814

IMDb ID: nm0352413

Known for: Directing

Born: December 17, 1907

Died: July 26, 2004

Age: 96

Place of birth: Linz, Austria

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1930 - 2007

Years active: 78

Average TMDB rating: 7.05

Wikidata: Q357624

Also known as

Alexandr Hackenschmied • Alexander Hackenschmied • Sasha Hammitt • Sasha Hammid • Alexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied

Other jobs

Director (21)Editor (6)Director of Photography (4)Production Design (2)Art Designer (1)Cinematography (1)Producer (1)

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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.

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Movie credits linked with Alexander Hammid.