Alexandr Hackenschmied
American film director, photographer, actor, film editor and cinematographer (1907-2004) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 96
Alexandr Hackenschmied, born Alexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied, known later as Alexander Hammid, was a Czech-American photographer, film director, cinematographer and film editor. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1938 and became involved in American avant-garde cinema.
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Aimless Walk - Alexander HammidFilm, Himself1986
Invocation: Maya DerenFilm, Himself (as Sasha Hammid)1964
To Be Alive!Film, Director, Writer1959
Power Among MenFilm, Director1954
Who's Right?Film, Director1950
Angry BoyFilm, Director1945A Better TomorrowFilm, Director1944
At LandFilm1941The Forgotten VillageFilm, Director, Producer1939
CrisisFilm, Director, Writer1931
The Prague CastleFilm, Director, Writer1907Born17 December 1907People around Alexandr
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He is best known for three films: Crisis (1939), Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) and To Be Alive! (1964). He made Meshes of the Afternoon with Maya Deren, to whom he was married from 1942 to 1947. His second marriage was to the photographer Hella Heyman, who had also collaborated with Hammid and Deren on several films.
