Maya Deren

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

8

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-04-29

Day of death

1961-10-13 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyiv, Ukraine

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

  • Maya Deren's Sink

    Maya Deren's Sink

  • Invocation: Maya Deren

    Invocation: Maya Deren

  • In the Mirror of Maya Deren

    In the Mirror of Maya Deren

  • Meshes of the Afternoon

    Meshes of the Afternoon

  • Ritual in Transfigured Time

    Ritual in Transfigured Time

  • At Land

    At Land

  • Maya Deren, Take Zero

    Maya Deren, Take Zero

  • Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    Maya Deren - Experimental Films