Maya Deren1917 - 1961

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Director

Popularity

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Famous

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.

Credits

Alter Ego Film Project
Alter Ego Film Project

2024

Drama • Fantasy • Horror • Music • Romance • Thriller

Original Film Writer

1
Vever (For Barbara)
Vever (For Barbara)

2023

Documentary

Sound, Writer

0.2
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012

Documentary • History

Music

5
0.2
Cinema16: American Short Films
7.5
0.7
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002

Cinematography, Director, Editor, Writer

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Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

1993

Documentary

Director, Director of Photography, Book

6.1
0.2
Season of Strangers
0.2
The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night

1958

Fantasy • Music

Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer

5.9
0.2
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists

1951

Music

Writer, Director, Producer

6
0.1
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence

1949

Documentary

Director, Writer, Cinematography

5.5
0.4
Medusa
Medusa

1949

Director

0.1
The Private Life of a Cat
The Private Life of a Cat

1946

Documentary

Producer, Director

7.1
0.5
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946

Fantasy

Director

6.9
0.3
A Study in Choreography for Camera
5.9
0.3
At Land
At Land

1944

Fantasy

Writer, Director

7.3
0.6
Witch's Cradle
Witch's Cradle

1944

Fantasy • Horror

Director

6.6
0.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon

1943

Fantasy • Mystery

Director, Editor, Writer

7.7
1.1

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