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Maya Deren picture

Maya Deren

Directing
Known For

44 Years Old

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.

Born

Kyiv, Ukraine on 29th April 1917

Died

13th October 1961

All Credits

Meshes of the Afternoon Image
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Woman
Maya Deren's Sink Image
Maya Deren's Sink
Herself (archival footage)
Ritual in Transfigured Time Image
Ritual in Transfigured Time
At Land Image
At Land
In the Mirror of Maya Deren Image
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself
Invocation: Maya Deren Image
Invocation: Maya Deren
Herself (archive footage)
No Image
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Herself
Maya Deren - Experimental Films Image
Maya Deren - Experimental Films