Maya Deren
Known for: Directing
Born: April 28, 1917 in Kyiv, Ukraine - Died: October 12, 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
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Meshes of the Afternoon
The Woman
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Herself
At Land
Invocation: Maya Deren
Herself (archive footage)
Maya Deren's Sink
Herself (archival footage)
Vever (For Barbara)
Sound
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Director
Witch's Cradle
Director
Meditation on Violence
Director
The Very Eye of Night
Director
The Private Life of a Cat
Producer
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Writer
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
Alter Ego Film Project
Original Film Writer
Medusa
Director
Season of Strangers
Director