Alexander Hammid
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.
Meshes of the Afternoon
as The ManA woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in...
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At Land
as uncreditedA woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied...
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In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as HimselfDocumentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film...
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Invocation: Maya Deren
as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic...
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Maya Deren - Experimental Films
as uncreditedThe collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside...
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Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
as HimselfWe accompany the 90-year-old filmmaker Alexander Hammid on a stroll through New York, wandering...
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