Person

Maya Deren

Directing · 1917–1961 · Kyiv, Ukraine

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.

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  Maya Deren's Sink

  Herself (archival footage)

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  Meshes of the Afternoon

  The Woman

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  Witch's Cradle

  Director

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  Cinema16: American Short Films

  Director

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  Vever (For Barbara)

  Sound

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  In the Mirror of Maya Deren

  Herself

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  The Private Life of a Cat

  Producer

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  Ensemble for Somnambulists

  Director

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  Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

  Herself (archive footage)

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  Meditation on Violence

  Director

• 2024Alter Ego Film ProjectOriginal Film Writer
• 2023Vever (For Barbara)Sound
• 2012Maya Deren, Take ZeroHerself
• 2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmHerself (archive footage)
• 2011Maya Deren's SinkHerself (archival footage)
• 2006Cinema16: American Short FilmsDirector
• 2002In the Mirror of Maya DerenHerself
• 2002Maya Deren - Experimental Films
• 1993Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of HaitiDirector
• 1986Invocation: Maya DerenHerself (archive footage)
• 1959Season of StrangersDirector
• 1958The Very Eye of NightDirector
• 1951Ensemble for SomnambulistsDirector
• 1949Meditation on ViolenceDirector
• 1949MedusaDirector
• 1946The Private Life of a CatProducer
• 1946Ritual in Transfigured Time
• 1945A Study in Choreography for CameraDirector
• 1945A Study in Choreography for Camera - OuttakesDirector
• 1944At Land
• 1944Witch's CradleDirector
• 1943Meshes of the AfternoonThe Woman