Alexander Hammid
Birthday
1907/12/17
Day of death
2004/07/26 (96 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Linz, Austria
Also know as
Alexandr Hackenschmied, Alexander Hackenschmied, Sasha Hammitt, Sasha Hammid, Alexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied
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...Read more
Acting
(1943) Meshes of the Afternoon
as The Man
(2002) In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as Himself
(2002) Maya Deren - Experimental Films
as ---
(2012) Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Himself
(1944) At Land
as ---
(1986) Invocation: Maya Deren
as Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
(1997) Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
as Himself