Maya Deren
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.
15 directing credits · 8 acting credits
Directing · 15
Cinema16: American Short Films
2006
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
At Land
1944
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
The Very Eye of Night
1958
The Private Life of a Cat
1946
Ensemble for Somnambulists
1951
Witch's Cradle
1944
A Study in Choreography for Camera
1945
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
1993
Medusa
1949
Meditation on Violence
1949
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
1945
Season of Strangers
1959
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
