Born 1917 (age 44) · Kyiv, Ukraine
Appears in 21 titles

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.

Filmography

Meshes of the Afternoon
7.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
Director
At Land
7.3
At Land
1944
Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Ritual in Transfigured Time
6.9
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
Director
The Private Life of a Cat
7.2
The Private Life of a Cat
1946
Director
Witch's Cradle
6.7
Witch's Cradle
1944
Director
The Very Eye of Night
6.0
The Very Eye of Night
1958
Director
Meditation on Violence
5.7
Meditation on Violence
1949
Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists
6.0
Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951
Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Cinema16: American Short Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Season of Strangers
Season of Strangers
1959
Director
Medusa
Medusa
1949
Director