Maya Deren
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Female
Birthday
1917-04-29
Day of Death
1961-10-13 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyiv, Ukraine
Maya Deren
Biography
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
Acting
(2012)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
as Herself
(2011)
Maya Deren's Sink
as Herself (archival footage)
(2002)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as Herself
(2002)
(1986)
Invocation: Maya Deren
as Herself (archive footage)
(1946)
(1944)
(1943)
Meshes of the Afternoon
as The Woman
Crew
(2024)
Alter Ego Film Project
Original Film Writer
(2023)
Vever (For Barbara)
Sound, Writer
(2012)
(2006)
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
(2002)
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Cinematography, Director, Editor, Writer
(1993)
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Director, Director of Photography, Book
(1975)
(1959)
Season of Strangers
Director
(1958)
The Very Eye of Night
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
(1951)
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Writer, Director, Producer
(1949)
Meditation on Violence
Director, Writer, Cinematography
(1949)
Medusa
Director
(1946)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director
(1946)
The Private Life of a Cat
Producer, Director
(1945)
(1944)
At Land
Writer, Director
(1944)
Witch's Cradle
Director
(1943)
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director, Editor, Writer