Maya Deren photo

Maya Deren

Directing
1917-04-29
Kyiv, Ukraine
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 7 titles
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) subtitle poster
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 Movie
as The Woman
Subtitles Invocation: Maya Deren (1986) subtitle poster
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986 Movie
as Herself (archive footage)
Subtitles Maya Deren's Sink (2011) subtitle poster
Maya Deren's Sink
2011 Movie
as Herself (archival footage)
Subtitles Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946) subtitle poster
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946 Movie
Subtitles At Land (1944) subtitle poster
At Land
1944 Movie
Subtitles In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002) subtitle poster
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002 Movie
as Herself
Subtitles Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2002) subtitle poster
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 Movie
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