Maya Deren

Director

Born: April 29, 1917 (44 years old)

Died: October 13, 1961

Place of birth: 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.

Filmography (11)

• Meshes of the Afternoon (1943, ★ 7.6)
• In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2002, ★ 7.4)
• Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946, ★ 6.9)
• At Land (1944, ★ 7.2)
• The Private Life of a Cat (1946, ★ 7.2)
• Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993, ★ 6.2)
• Witch's Cradle (1944, ★ 6.7)
• A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945, ★ 5.9)
• Meditation on Violence (1949, ★ 5.6)
• The Very Eye of Night (1958, ★ 5.9)
• Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951, ★ 6)