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17 Dec 1907

Linz, Austria

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

1 January 1943

At Land

1 January 1944

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

15 March 2002

Invocation: Maya Deren

24 April 1986

Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid

1 April 1997

Maya Deren, Take Zero

30 January 2012

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2 February 2002

Meshes of the Afternoon

1 January 1943

Meshes of the Afternoon

1 January 1943

At Land

1 January 1944