Alexander Hammid
December 17, 1907 (116 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2012 · Maya Deren, Take Zero as Himself
- 2002 · In the Mirror of Maya Deren as Himself
- 2002 · Maya Deren - Experimental Films as
- 1997 · Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid as Himself
- 1986 · Invocation: Maya Deren as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
- 1944 · At Land as
- 1943 · Meshes of the Afternoon as The Man