Maya Deren
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- April 29, 1917
- Died
- October 13, 1961 (aged 44)
- Birthplace
- Kyiv, Ukraine
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
Meshes of the Afternoon
At Land
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Ritual in Transfigured Time
The Private Life of a Cat
Witch's Cradle
The Very Eye of Night
Meditation on Violence
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Filmography
Cinema16: American Short Films
Movie · Director
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Movie · Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Movie · Director
Season of Strangers
Movie · Director
The Very Eye of Night
Movie · Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Movie · Director
Meditation on Violence
Movie · Director
Medusa
Movie · Director
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Movie · Director
The Private Life of a Cat
Movie · Co-Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Movie · Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
Movie · Director
At Land
Movie · Director
Witch's Cradle
Movie · Director
Meshes of the Afternoon
Movie · Director