Maya Deren
Directing
Born
Apr 29, 1917
From
Kyiv, Ukraine
Died
Oct 13, 1961
Maya Deren (April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961), born Eleonora Derenkowska (Ukrainian: Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська), was one of the most important American experimental filmmakers and entrepreneurial promoters of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer and photographer.
Known For
Filmography — Acting
7.6
1943
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Woman
7.3
1944
At Land
5.0
1986
Invocation: Maya Deren
Herself (archive footage)
5.0
2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Herself
4.5
2011
Maya Deren's Sink
Herself (archival footage)
6.9
1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time
7.4
2002
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself
2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Filmography — Crew
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director
At Land
Director
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Producer
Meditation on Violence
Director
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Director
Witch's Cradle
Director
The Private Life of a Cat
Producer
The Very Eye of Night
Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
Director
Medusa
Director
Vever (For Barbara)
Writer
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Director
Season of Strangers
Director