Maya Deren
Known for Directing · 8 credits
- Born
- 1917-04-29
- Died
- 1961-10-13
- Place of birth
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Also known as
- Eleonora Derenkowsky
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
Movies (8)
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
as The Woman
Maya Deren's Sink
2011
as Herself (archival footage)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002
as Herself
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986
as Herself (archive footage)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
At Land
1944
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012
as Herself
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
About Maya Deren
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. With 8 credits spanning from 1943 to 2012, Maya Deren has appeared in 8 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maya Deren Movies
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) — as The Woman
- Maya Deren's Sink (2011) — as Herself (archival footage)
- In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002) — as Herself
- Invocation: Maya Deren (1986) — as Herself (archive footage)
- Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
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