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Personal Info

Gender

Female

Birthday

1917-04-29 (107 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyiv, Ukraine

Maya Deren

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

Acting

2012

Maya Deren, Take Zero as Herself

2011

Maya Deren's Sink as Herself (archival footage)

2002

In the Mirror of Maya Deren as Herself

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

1986

Invocation: Maya Deren as Herself (archive footage)

1946

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1944

1943

Meshes of the Afternoon as The Woman

Sound

2023

Vever (For Barbara) as Sound

2012

Maya Deren, Take Zero as Music

Directing

2006

Cinema16: American Short Films as Director

2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films as Director

1993

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti as Director

1975

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes as Director

1959

Season of Strangers as Director

1958

The Very Eye of Night as Director

1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists as Director

1949

Meditation on Violence as Director

Medusa as Director

1946

Ritual in Transfigured Time as Director

The Private Life of a Cat as Director

1945

A Study in Choreography for Camera as Director

1944

At Land as Director

Witch's Cradle as Director

1943

Meshes of the Afternoon as Director

Editing

2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films as Editor

1958

The Very Eye of Night as Editor

1943

Meshes of the Afternoon as Editor

Writing

2024

Alter Ego Film Project as Original Film Writer

2023

Vever (For Barbara) as Writer

2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films as Writer

1993

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti as Book

1958

The Very Eye of Night as Writer

1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists as Writer

1949

Meditation on Violence as Writer

1944

At Land as Writer

1943

Meshes of the Afternoon as Writer

Production

1951

Ensemble for Somnambulists as Producer

1946

The Private Life of a Cat as Producer

Crew

2002

Maya Deren - Experimental Films as Cinematography

1958

The Very Eye of Night as Cinematography

1949

Meditation on Violence as Cinematography

Camera

1993

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti as Director of Photography