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Alexandr Hackenschmied

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Alexandr Hackenschmied, born Alexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied and known later as Alexander Hammid, was a Czech-American photographer, film director, cinematographer and film editor who lived from 17 December 1907 to 26 July 2004. He immigrated to the United States in 1938 and became involved in American avant-garde cinema. He is best known for Crisis, Meshes of the Afternoon and To Be Alive!, and made Meshes of the Afternoon with Maya Deren, to whom he was married from 1942 to 1947.

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Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject 1
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1907 1
Alexandr Hackenschmied
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1. Wikipedia: Alexandr Hackenschmied
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    17 December 1907
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    The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short in 1965.
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    was a Czech-American photographer, film director, cinematographer and film editor
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Maya Deren Alexandr Hackenschmied
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