Alexander Hammid

(1907-2004)

American film director, photographer, actor, film editor and cinematographer

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Alexandr Hackenschmied, born Alexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied, known later as Alexander Hammid (17 December 1907 – 26 July 2004), 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. 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.

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Born	Alexander Siegried George Smahel 17 December 1907 Linz, Austria-Hungary (now Upper Austria, Austria)
Died	26 July 2004 (aged 96) New York City, NY, USA
Zodiac	Sagittarius
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