Maya Deren

Maya Deren

Directing
Born 1917-04-29 - Died 1961-10-13Kyiv, 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.

Movies (9)

Meshes of the Afternoon
7.6

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943Movie7.6
Maya Deren's Sink
4.5

Maya Deren's Sink

2011Movie4.5
At Land
7.3

At Land

1944Movie7.3
Maya Deren, Take Zero
5.0

Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012Movie5.0
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
6.8

Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

2011Movie6.8
Ritual in Transfigured Time
6.9

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946Movie6.9
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
7.5

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

2002Movie7.5
Invocation: Maya Deren
6.3

Invocation: Maya Deren

1986Movie6.3
Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002Movie