Maya Deren
Directing • Born 1917-04-29 – Died 1961-10-13
Directing1Kyiv, 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.
Filmography
8 credits
Meshes of the Afternoon
Movie • 1943
The Woman
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Movie • 2002
Herself
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Movie • 1946
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Movie • 2002
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Movie • 2012
Herself
At Land
Movie • 1944
Invocation: Maya Deren
Movie • 1986
Herself (archive footage)
Maya Deren's Sink
Movie • 2011
Herself (archival footage)