Maya Deren
Directing
- Born
- April 29, 1917 · Kyiv, Ukraine
- Died
- October 13, 1961 (age 44)
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
January 1, 1943
At Land
January 1, 1944
A Study in Choreography for Camera
October 17, 1945
Ritual in Transfigured Time
October 22, 1946
The Private Life of a Cat
December 22, 1946
Witch's Cradle
January 1, 1944
The Very Eye of Night
May 3, 1958
Meditation on Violence
April 24, 1949
Ensemble for Somnambulists
October 5, 1951
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
March 20, 1993
Cinema16: American Short Films
June 5, 2006
Vever (For Barbara)
October 12, 2023
Behind the camera18
- 2024Alter Ego Film Project Original Film Writer
- 2023Vever (For Barbara) Sound, Writer
- 2012Maya Deren, Take Zero Music
- 2006Cinema16: American Short Films Director
- 2002Maya Deren - Experimental Films Cinematography, Director, Editor, Writer
- 1993Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti Director, Director of Photography, Book
- 1959Season of Strangers Director
- 1958The Very Eye of Night Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
- 1951Ensemble for Somnambulists Director, Writer, Producer