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.
Acting (7 movies)
Directing (15 movies)
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
At Land
1944
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
1993
Witch's Cradle
1944
A Study in Choreography for Camera
1945
Meditation on Violence
1949
The Very Eye of Night
1958
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
The Private Life of a Cat
1946
Season of Strangers
1959
Medusa
1949
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
1975
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Meshes of the Afternoon | 1943 | Writer |
| At Land | 1944 | Writer |
| The Private Life of a Cat | 1946 | Producer |
| Meditation on Violence | 1949 | Writer |
| Ensemble for Somnambulists | 1951 | Producer |
| Ensemble for Somnambulists | 1951 | Writer |
| The Very Eye of Night | 1958 | Writer |
| Maya Deren - Experimental Films | 2002 | Writer |
| Vever (For Barbara) | 2023 | Writer |