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
all 21
Movies 21
Director 12
self 4
Writer 3
Producer 1
Original Film Writer
Alter Ego Film Project (2024)
Movie
Herself (archival footage)
Maya Deren's Sink (2011)
Movie
Director / Editor / Writer / Cinematography
Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2002)
Movie
Director
Medusa (1949)
Movie
Producer / Director
The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
Movie
6.8
Director / Writer
At Land (1944)
Movie
Director
Witch's Cradle (1944)
Movie
The Woman / Director / Editor / Writer
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Movie
7
Gallery
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1917-05-12
Deathday1961-10-13 (44 years old)
Birth PlaceKyiv, Ukraine
RelationshipsAlexandr Hackenschmied (1942 - 1947), Teiji Ito (1960 - 1961)
CitizenshipsUkrainian People's Republic, Russian Republic, Russian Empire, United States
Also Known AsEleonora Derenkowsky
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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