
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


