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Alexandr Hackenschmied
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American film director, photographer, actor, film editor and cinematographer (1907-2004)
Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Maya Deren, Take Zero — Himself2012
- Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film — Himself (archive footage)2011
- In the Mirror of Maya Deren — Himself2002
- Maya Deren - Experimental Films2002
- Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid — Himself1997
- Invocation: Maya Deren — Himself (as Sasha Hammid)1986
- At Land1944
- Meshes of the Afternoon — The Man1943
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alexander
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Linz
- Place of death
- New York City
- Languages spoken
- Czech
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film criticism
- Image
- Alexander Hammid - Meshes of the Afternoon.jpg
- Work location
- Zlín
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- date of birth
- 1907-12-17
- date of death
- 2004-07-26
- pseudonym
- Hammid
- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Alexander Hammid
- Commons Creator page
- Alexander Hammid
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