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Maya Deren

Maya Deren

WriterSoundActorDirectorEditor Apr 29 (died age 44) Kyiv, Ukraine 1943–2024 (81 year career)
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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
Film

Meshes of the Afternoon

The Woman
At Land
Film

At Land

7.2 1944
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Film

Ritual in Transfigured Time

6.9 1946
The Private Life of a Cat
Film

The Private Life of a Cat

Producer
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Film

A Study in Choreography for Camera

Director
Witch's Cradle
Film

Witch's Cradle

Director
The Very Eye of Night
Film

The Very Eye of Night

Cinematography
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Film

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

Herself

Filmography