Maya Deren

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

8

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-04-29

Deathday

1961-10-13 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyiv, Ukraine

Also Known As

  • Eleonora Derenkowsky

Maya Deren

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

At Land
7.3%

At Land

Jan 1, 1944

Invocation: Maya Deren
5.0%

Invocation: Maya Deren

Apr 24, 1986

Maya Deren's Sink
4.5%

Maya Deren's Sink

Jan 5, 2011

MDT
5.0%

Maya Deren, Take Zero

Jan 30, 2012

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Acting

2012
Maya Deren, Take Zero as Herself
2011
Maya Deren's Sink as Herself (archival footage)
2002
In the Mirror of Maya Deren as Herself
2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
1986
Invocation: Maya Deren as Herself (archive footage)
1946
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1944
At Land
1943
Meshes of the Afternoon as The Woman

Camera

1993
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti as Director of Photography

Crew

2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films as Cinematography
1958
The Very Eye of Night as Cinematography
1949
Meditation on Violence as Cinematography

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Writing

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Maya Deren