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 20
Movies 20
Director 10
Writer 3
self 3
Original Film Writer
Alter Ego Film Project (2024)
Movie
Writer
Vever (For Barbara) (2023)
Movie
Self
Maya Deren, Take Zero (2012)
Movie
Director
Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)
Movie
Herself
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002)
Movie
Director / Editor / Writer / Cinematography
Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2002)
Movie
Self
Invocation: Maya Deren (1986)
Movie
Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1981)
Movie
Writer
Pagan Hellcat (1961)
Movie
Actress
Season of Strangers (1959)
Movie
Director
The Very Eye of Night (1958)
Movie
Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
Movie
Director
Meditation on Violence (1949)
Movie
Director
Medusa (1949)
Movie
Director
The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
Movie
6.8
Actress
Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
Movie
Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
Movie
Director
Witch's Cradle (1944)
Movie
Actress
At Land (1944)
Movie
The Woman
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Movie
7
Ratings
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1943
1946
1959
1961
2023
Gallery
Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderFemale
Birthday1917-04-29
Deathday1961-10-13 (44 years old)
Birth PlaceKyiv, Ukraine
RelationshipsAlexandr Hackenschmied (1942-01-01 - 1947-01-01), Teiji Ito (1960-01-01 - 1961-01-01)
CitizenshipsUkrainian People's Republic, Russian Republic, Russian Empire, United States of America
Also Known AsEleonora Derenkowsky
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship
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