Maya Deren
Known for Directing
Born April 29, 1917
Died October 13, 1961
Place of Birth Kyiv, Ukraine
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
1943
as The Woman
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
Director
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
Writer
At Land
1944
At Land
1944
Director
At Land
1944
Writer
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
Director
Maya Deren's Sink
2011
as Herself (archival footage)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
Director
The Very Eye of Night
1958
Director
The Very Eye of Night
1958
Writer
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986
as Herself (archive footage)
Alter Ego Film Project
2024
Original Film Writer
Witch's Cradle
1944
Director
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002
as Herself
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
1993
Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
1993
Book
Vever (For Barbara)
2023
Writer
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Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012
as Herself
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