Maya Deren

Maya Deren

WriterSoundActorDirectorCrew Apr 29 (died age 44) Kyiv, Ukraine 1943–2024 (81 year career)

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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

Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

The Woman

At Land

At Land

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

The Private Life of a Cat

The Private Life of a Cat

Director

A Study in Choreography for Camera

A Study in Choreography for Camera

Director

Witch's Cradle

Witch's Cradle

Director

The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

Cinematography

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

Herself

Filmography

Acting (8)

Movies (8)

Maya Deren, Take Zero

as Herself

Maya Deren's Sink

Maya Deren's Sink

as Herself (archival footage)

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

as Herself

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Invocation: Maya Deren

Invocation: Maya Deren

as Herself (archive footage)

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

At Land

At Land

Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

as The Woman

Crew (35)

Movies (35)

Alter Ego Film Project

Alter Ego Film Project

Original Film Writer

Vever (For Barbara)

Vever (For Barbara)

Sound

Vever (For Barbara)

Vever (For Barbara)

Writer

Maya Deren, Take Zero

Music

Cinema16: American Short Films

Cinema16: American Short Films

Director

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Cinematography

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Director

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Editor

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Writer

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Book

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Director

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Director of Photography

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

Director

Season of Strangers

Season of Strangers

Director

The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

Cinematography

The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

Director

The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

Editor

The Very Eye of Night

The Very Eye of Night

Writer

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Director

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Producer

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Writer

Meditation on Violence

Meditation on Violence

Cinematography

Meditation on Violence

Meditation on Violence

Director

Meditation on Violence

Meditation on Violence

Writer

Medusa

Medusa

Director

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Director

The Private Life of a Cat

The Private Life of a Cat

Director

The Private Life of a Cat

The Private Life of a Cat

Producer

A Study in Choreography for Camera

A Study in Choreography for Camera

Director

At Land

At Land

Director

At Land

At Land

Writer

Witch's Cradle

Witch's Cradle

Director

Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

Director

Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

Editor

Meshes of the Afternoon

Meshes of the Afternoon

Writer