Alexandr Hackenschmied
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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
Alexander Hammid in a screenshot of the short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Hella Hammid
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Hella Heyman Hammid was a German-born American photographer and cinematographer. She was known for her collaborations with filmmaker Maya Deren on the films At Land and Ritual in Transfigured Time. He
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…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. He won the 1965 Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) for To Be Alive…
Maya Deren in At Land. Hammid (as Hella Heyman) collaborated with Alexander Hammid for cinematography.