Maya Deren

Directing
BirthdayApr 29, 1917 (44 years old)
DeathdayOct 13, 1961
Place of birthKyiv, Ukraine
GenderFemale

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

The Woman

Jan 1, 1943

Jan 1, 1944

Herself

Mar 15, 2002

Herself (archive footage)

Apr 24, 1986

Herself (archival footage)

Jan 5, 2011

Herself

Jan 30, 2012

The Woman

Jan 1, 1943

Jan 1, 1944

Herself

Mar 15, 2002

Herself (archive footage)

Apr 24, 1986

Herself (archival footage)

Jan 5, 2011

Acting


Participated in 21 movies, 0 TV series

2024

Original Film Writer


2023

Sound, Writer


2012

Herself, Music


2011

Herself (archival footage)




2002

Cinematography, Director, Editor, Writer


1993

Director, Director of Photography, Book


1986

Herself (archive footage)



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