Maya Deren
Born: 1917-04-29
Birthplace: Kyiv, Ukraine
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
Witch's Cradle
Maya Deren's Sink
Invocation: Maya Deren
Meditation on Violence
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
At Land
Ritual in Transfigured Time
The Private Life of a Cat
Top Movie Credits
Meshes of the Afternoon
Writer
Witch's Cradle
Director
Maya Deren's Sink
Herself (archival footage)
Invocation: Maya Deren
Herself (archive footage)
Meditation on Violence
Cinematography
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Herself (archive footage)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself
At Land
Writer
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director
The Private Life of a Cat
Co-Director