Directing
Maya Deren
Born 1917-04-29 · Kyiv, Ukraine · Died 1961-10-13
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
At Land
The Private Life of a Cat
Ritual in Transfigured Time
The Very Eye of Night
Witch's Cradle
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Season of Strangers
Vever (For Barbara)
Cinema16: American Short Films
Alter Ego Film Project
Invocation: Maya Deren
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Meditation on Violence
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Medusa