Maya Deren
Directing · 44 years old
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
Behind the Scenes
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
Director
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director
Meshes of the Afternoon
Writer
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
At Land
Director
At Land
Writer
The Private Life of a Cat
Producer
The Private Life of a Cat
Director
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director
Witch's Cradle
Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Director