Maya Deren
Born: 1917-04-29 in Kyiv, Ukraine
Died: 1961-10-13
Known For: Directing
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
2024
- Alter Ego Film Project ... (Original Film Writer)
2023
- Vever (For Barbara) ... (Sound)
2012
- Maya Deren, Take Zero as Herself
2011
- Maya Deren's Sink as Herself (archival footage)
2006
- Cinema16: American Short Films ... (Director)
2002
1993
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti ... (Director)
1986
- Invocation: Maya Deren as Herself (archive footage)
1975
- A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes ... (Director)
1959
- Season of Strangers ... (Director)
1958
- The Very Eye of Night ... (Director)
1951
- Ensemble for Somnambulists ... (Director)
1949
- Medusa ... (Director)
- Meditation on Violence ... (Director)
1946
- Ritual in Transfigured Time
- The Private Life of a Cat ... (Producer)
1945
- A Study in Choreography for Camera ... (Director)
1944
- Witch's Cradle ... (Director)
- At Land
1943
- Meshes of the Afternoon as The Woman