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Maya Deren
Born
29 April 1917
Died
13 October 1961
Place
Kyiv, Ukraine
Directing

Maya Deren

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.

As director

Cinema16: American Short Films

Cinema16: American Short Films

2006 · Director
Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002 · Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

1993 · Director
Season of Strangers

Season of Strangers

1959 · Director
The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

1958 · Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists

Ensemble for Somnambulists

1951 · Director
Meditation on Violence

Meditation on Violence

1949 · Director
Medusa

Medusa

1949 · Director
Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946 · Director
The Private Life of a Cat

The Private Life of a Cat

1946 · Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera

A Study in Choreography for Camera

1945 · Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

1945 · Director
At Land

At Land

1944 · Director
Witch's Cradle

Witch's Cradle

1944 · Director
Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943 · Director

As actor

Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012 · Herself
Maya Deren's Sink

Maya Deren's Sink

2011 · Herself (archival footage)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

2002 · Herself
Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002
Invocation: Maya Deren

Invocation: Maya Deren

1986 · Herself (archive footage)
Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946
At Land

At Land

1944
Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943 · The Woman