Personal Info
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
BirthdayApril 28, 1917 (107 years old)
Place of BirthKyiv, 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
Meshes of the Afternoon
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren, Take Zero
At Land
Invocation: Maya Deren
Maya Deren's Sink
Vever (For Barbara)
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon
At Land
At Land
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Witch's Cradle
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Meditation on Violence
The Very Eye of Night
Ritual in Transfigured Time
The Private Life of a Cat
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Cinema16: American Short Films
The Private Life of a Cat
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence
Meshes of the Afternoon
Alter Ego Film Project
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Season of Strangers
Medusa
Vever (For Barbara)
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night