Alexander Hammid

Alexander Hammid

출생 : 1907-12-17,

사망 : 2004-07-26

약력

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.

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Alexander Hammid

참여 작품

Maya Deren, Take Zero
Himself
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew her firsthand: Jean Rouch, Jonas Mekas, Alexander Hammid, Cecile Starr etc. Maya Deren (1917-1961) was an experimental filmmaker. In the 1940s and 1950s she made several influential avant-garde films, such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943). Images from this and her other work are used in this documentary. You can also hear her voice, as well as accounts by contemporaries such as Jean Rouch and Jonas Mekas.
마야 데렌의 거울
Himself
미국 아방가르드 영화의 핵심적 인물이 된 마야데렌의 전설적인 일대기를 흥미롭게 재구성하여 그려낸 마르티나 쿠드리첵의 장편 다큐멘터리. 영화, 안무, 무용, 제의, 부두교 등 마야 데렌의 삶의 주요 테마들에 촛점을 맞추고 그녀의 페르소나를 찾아가는 이 작품은, 20세기 중요한 여성 선구자, 마야데렌의 궤적을 따라 그녀의 삶의 장소와 사람들을 만나며 ‘마야데렌의 자화상’을 그려낸다.
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Director
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Cinematography
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the commercial film industry and made her own inner experience the center of her films.
Aimless Walk - Alexander Hammid
Himself
We accompany the 90-year-old filmmaker Alexander Hammid on a stroll through New York, wandering with him through the outer and inner landscapes of his world. The observation of details takes on a meditative character.
Invocation: Maya Deren
Himself (as Sasha Hammid)
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures. Narrated by actress Helen Mirren, this definitive documentary offers startling insights into one of the most intriguing, accomplished figures in cinema history.
We Are Young
Director
Youth in Canada learning to come to terms with the world in which they have to live. A picture of the journey to adulthood - a composite of many children's journeys. The production utilized 340 teenagers, 65 adults, and 50 children, none of whom had any previous acting experience.
To the Fair!
Director
Promotional film extolling the wonders to be seen at the New York World's Fair.
To Be Alive!
Editor
"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood.
To Be Alive!
Cinematography
"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood.
To Be Alive!
Writer
"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood.
To Be Alive!
Director
"To Be Alive!" was designed to celebrate the common ground between different cultures by tracing how children in various parts of the world mature into adulthood.
Night Journey
Director of Photography
Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.
Night Journey
Director
Night Journey, the dance, had its premiere only two and a half years after Appalachian Spring, and it is a close cousin. It too has a stream-of-consciousness narration: Jocasta, as she is about to kill herself, remembering what has happened to her. It too contains soul-delving solos, broken up by ensemble dances. Here, however, the ensemble is a darker element. As the story was taken from Greek tragedy, so the corps is the equivalent of Greek tragedy’s chorus. They tell us how to feel: afraid mostly. In this piece Graham pushed her habitual economy to its limits.
Out
Editor
A BAFTA award nominated documentary studying Hungarian refugee problems after the October 1956 revolution. Shot on the Austro-Hungarian frontier and in the refugee camp at Traiskirchen.
Who's Right?
Director
Dramatization of the experience of a young married couple whose quarrels undermine their happiness and prevent the development of adult love based on mutual understanding.
The Medium
Editor
Madame Flora is terrified when she perceives a supernatural presence during one of her fraudulent séances...
Of Men and Music
Director
A documentary featuring musicians including Artur Rubinstein, Jan Peerce-Nadine Conner, and Jascha Heifetz.
The Gentleman in Room 6
Director
Short story film about a derelict and forgotten character hiding in a room somewhere in South America.
Marriage: Today
Director
Post-World War II film for young couples advising them of means to strengthen their marriages. Shows how two young couples have built lasting marriages by a clear analysis of their mutual aims and cooperation in achieving them. One couple, university graduates, have many interests in common. The other couple, a business man and a teacher, center their mutual affection in their son. Designed to be used with a marriage text.
It Takes All Kinds
Director
Analysis of personality cited as an important step in choosing the right partner for marriage. Emphasis is placed on choosing marriage partners with care and on accepting the other for what he or she is.
Who's Boss?
Director
Husband and wife struggle to attain a balance of power in their marriage in this neorealist social guidance film.
Angry Boy
Director
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
The Photographer
Editor
1948 ARC Identifier 46998 / Local Identifier 306.131. FEATURES THE PERSONALITY, PHILOSOPHY, TECHNIQUES AND ARTISTRY OF EDWARD WESTON, AS SHOWN THROUGH SCENES OF THE ARTIST AT HOME, ON LOCATION AND AT WORK WITH HIS STUDENTS. U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) Made possible by a donation from Simon Phipps
2x Bail
Director of Photography
The Private Life of a Cat
Production Design
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
The Private Life of a Cat
Editor
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
The Private Life of a Cat
Director of Photography
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
The Private Life of a Cat
Screenplay
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
The Private Life of a Cat
Producer
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
The Private Life of a Cat
Director
An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.
A Better Tomorrow
Director
A Better Tomorrow (1945) is a documentary short that focuses on New York City progressive public schools.
Library of Congress
Director
A 1945 Oscar nominated short documentary about the Library of Congress. It is one of 26 documentary shorts produced between 1942 and 1945 by the U.S. Overseas Film Bureau, and intended to show foreign viewers something about America and it's values, this one focuses on the important institution in Washington D.C. which preserves written and other works that have been copyrighted, as part of the country's heritage.
Valley of the Tennessee
Director
U.S. Goverment film about the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority in the 1930s and 1940s.
Hymn of the Nations
Director
Hymn of the Nations, originally titled Arturo Toscanini: Hymn of the Nations, is a 1944 film directed by Alexander Hammid, which features the "Inno delle nazioni," a patriotic work for tenor soloist, chorus, and orchestra, composed by Italian opera composer Giuseppe Verdi in the early 1860s. (For this musical work, Verdi utilized the national anthems of several European nations.) In December 1943, Arturo Toscanini filmed a performance of this music for inclusion in an Office of War Information documentary about the role of Italian-Americans in aiding the Allies during World War II. Toscanini added a bridge passage to include arrangements of "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the United States and "The Internationale" for the Soviet Union and the Italian partisans. Joining Toscanini in the filmed performance in NBC Studio 8-H, were tenor Jan Peerce, the Westminster Choir, and the NBC Symphony Orchestra. The film also included the overture to Verdi's opera La Forza del Destino.
At Land
Cinematography
A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree roots and makes a difficult climb. Only to discover herself climbing horizontally along a long dinner table as bourgeoise black-tie guests chat and drink and smoke, oblivious to her. At the top of the table, a man is playing chess but abandons the game. Fascinated, she gazes at board, the pieces moving unaided. The woman chases a pawn as it falls to the floor. Falls down a waterfall. Is lost.
At Land
A woman lies on the sand, left there by the tides and waves (and in a pose that would be copied in From Here to Eternity). She reaches up across tree roots and makes a difficult climb. Only to discover herself climbing horizontally along a long dinner table as bourgeoise black-tie guests chat and drink and smoke, oblivious to her. At the top of the table, a man is playing chess but abandons the game. Fascinated, she gazes at board, the pieces moving unaided. The woman chases a pawn as it falls to the floor. Falls down a waterfall. Is lost.
오후의 올가미
Director
미국 실험영화의 새로운 흐름을 이룩했다는 평을 얻은 실험영화의 고전. 내러티브 없이 유사한 장면들이 반복, 순환됨으로써 마치 꿈을 재현한 듯한 느낌을 주는 초현실주의 작품이다. 어느 여성이 꿈 속에서 또 다시 꿈을 꾸는 듯한 나선형 구조이며, 떨어지는 열쇠, 빵을 자르는 칼, 전화기, 거울 등의 상징적 오브제가 반복 등장한다. 흔히 정신분석학적으로 해석되기도 하는 이 영화의 목적을 마야 데렌은 ‘신화적인 경험을 창조하기 위함’이라 밝힌 바 있다. 마야 데렌이 여주인공으로서 직접 출연하며, 두 번째 남편인 알렉산더 해미드와 2주 여의 시간 동안 자신들의 집에서 손수 촬영했다. 대표작이라 불리는 이 첫 번째 작품으로 마야 데렌은 감각을 뒤흔드는 미학을 만들어 내며 차별적인 실험적, 독립적인 초기 미국 여성 영화의 근간을 마련하였다.
오후의 올가미
Director of Photography
미국 실험영화의 새로운 흐름을 이룩했다는 평을 얻은 실험영화의 고전. 내러티브 없이 유사한 장면들이 반복, 순환됨으로써 마치 꿈을 재현한 듯한 느낌을 주는 초현실주의 작품이다. 어느 여성이 꿈 속에서 또 다시 꿈을 꾸는 듯한 나선형 구조이며, 떨어지는 열쇠, 빵을 자르는 칼, 전화기, 거울 등의 상징적 오브제가 반복 등장한다. 흔히 정신분석학적으로 해석되기도 하는 이 영화의 목적을 마야 데렌은 ‘신화적인 경험을 창조하기 위함’이라 밝힌 바 있다. 마야 데렌이 여주인공으로서 직접 출연하며, 두 번째 남편인 알렉산더 해미드와 2주 여의 시간 동안 자신들의 집에서 손수 촬영했다. 대표작이라 불리는 이 첫 번째 작품으로 마야 데렌은 감각을 뒤흔드는 미학을 만들어 내며 차별적인 실험적, 독립적인 초기 미국 여성 영화의 근간을 마련하였다.
오후의 올가미
The Man
미국 실험영화의 새로운 흐름을 이룩했다는 평을 얻은 실험영화의 고전. 내러티브 없이 유사한 장면들이 반복, 순환됨으로써 마치 꿈을 재현한 듯한 느낌을 주는 초현실주의 작품이다. 어느 여성이 꿈 속에서 또 다시 꿈을 꾸는 듯한 나선형 구조이며, 떨어지는 열쇠, 빵을 자르는 칼, 전화기, 거울 등의 상징적 오브제가 반복 등장한다. 흔히 정신분석학적으로 해석되기도 하는 이 영화의 목적을 마야 데렌은 ‘신화적인 경험을 창조하기 위함’이라 밝힌 바 있다. 마야 데렌이 여주인공으로서 직접 출연하며, 두 번째 남편인 알렉산더 해미드와 2주 여의 시간 동안 자신들의 집에서 손수 촬영했다. 대표작이라 불리는 이 첫 번째 작품으로 마야 데렌은 감각을 뒤흔드는 미학을 만들어 내며 차별적인 실험적, 독립적인 초기 미국 여성 영화의 근간을 마련하였다.
The Forgotten Village
Director
Documentary examining the conflicts between the coming of modernization and the traditional culture of a small Mexican village.
Řeka života a smrti
Director of Photography
Řeka života a smrti
Director
Crisis
Editor
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
Crisis
Director of Photography
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
Crisis
Screenplay
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
Crisis
Director
A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.
The Highway Sings
Director
Probably the best-known advertising film for Bata, where joke and irony meet commercial purposes. Tires are sent from rural countryside to the turmoil of the city to serve progress.
...and Life Goes On
Editor
On the coast of Yugoslavia lives fisherman Ivo Kralj, his wife Marie, son Vuk, and Ivo's mother in one happy home. Marie, who loves her husband and always looks forward to his return from sea, attracts Nikola, with whom Ivo, out of jealousy, has a scuffle at a dance. After the outbreak of World War I Ivo is mobilized. He ends up in a P.O.W. camp where he is subjected to hard labour. His family then receives news of his death. The years pass and the lonely widow Marie is occasionally visited by her friend Nikola. Ivo's mother would like her to remarry. Soon after the wedding Marie becomes pregnant. Ivo, who has been thought dead, succeeds in escaping the P.O.W. camp where he has spent several years. Upon his arrival home he finds his name on a memorial erected to the victims of the war...
Střevíček
Director of Photography
Listopad
Director of Photography
A man and a woman meet on the streetcar. Six years ago, they were close . . .
We Live in Prague
Editor
A 13-minute documentary film depicting life in Prague.
The Earth Sings
Editor
A documentary of peasant life in an isolated village in the Carpathian Mountains of Slovakia, starting in early spring and ending after the harvest.
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
Unit Production Manager
Conversion of Ferdys Pistora
Art Designer
The Robber
Editor
Mimi lives with her parents and the maid Fanka in a villa near the forest. One day, a gamekeeper comes to court Mimi when her parents are away.
From Saturday to Sunday
Production Design
Two secretaries go out on a double date, but the inexperienced Mary flees when offered money for sexual favors. She takes refuge in a cafe and encounters a plebeian Prince Charming. The film recounts the simple progress of their romance after they go home together.
The Prague Castle
Screenplay
In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close collaboration with the composer of the sound track, striving for an organic intertwining of image and music.
The Prague Castle
Director of Photography
In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close collaboration with the composer of the sound track, striving for an organic intertwining of image and music.
The Prague Castle
Director
In 1932 Hammid bought a handheld camera Bell-Howell and made his second film, Na Pražském hradě [Prague Castle], in close collaboration with the composer of the sound track, striving for an organic intertwining of image and music.
Aimless Walk
Director of Photography
This first true Czech avant-garde film turns away from a purely celebratory approach to the city. The camera follows a detached protagonist on his wanderings, as his highly subjective journey becomes a fragmented visualization of urban landscapes.
Aimless Walk
Director
This first true Czech avant-garde film turns away from a purely celebratory approach to the city. The camera follows a detached protagonist on his wanderings, as his highly subjective journey becomes a fragmented visualization of urban landscapes.
Armored car
Production Design
An unknown gang has again broken into a van containing money from the European bank. Banker Sam Hamilton decides to use an armoured car for the next money transport. He hires racing driver Charly Allan as the driver. Allan is invited to Hamilton's house for a party. During a dance with the banker's daughter Bessy he is attacked by bandits, pushed to the ground and Bessy is kidnapped.
Erotikon
Production Design
Andrea, a beautiful daughter of a railway gateman, is seduced by a rich passenger, who missed his train. Left pregnant, Andrea marries another man and moves to Prague, only to encounter her former lover and recover her former lust.
Spring in Carpathian Ruthenia
Editor
Karel Plicka was also cinematographer of this short movie. Editor in charge was Alexander Hackenschmied. There is an extraordinary emotional charge, every shot is working on its own, such as photographs, paintings and poetic complement intertitles in this short. From the perspective of nature and the perspective is shifting to the people and their habits, work and clothes. Peculiar documentary shots underscore Ruthenians (men, women and children) who are interested in looking into the camera and the curious "eye" showing off their habits.