Maya Deren

Directing

Born: 1917-04-29

Died: 1961-10-13

From: Kyiv, Ukraine

Gender: Female

Popularity: 0.2

Also Known As

Eleonora Derenkowsky

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.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

1946

Maya Deren

Also Known As

Biography

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 0 nominated

Acting7 titles

Meshes of the Afternoon

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

At Land

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Invocation: Maya Deren

Maya Deren's Sink

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Directing15 titles

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

Meshes of the Afternoon

Cinema16: American Short Films

At Land

The Private Life of a Cat

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Witch's Cradle

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

A Study in Choreography for Camera

The Very Eye of Night

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Meditation on Violence

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Medusa

Season of Strangers

Writing9 titles

Meshes of the Afternoon

At Land

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Ensemble for Somnambulists

The Very Eye of Night

Meditation on Violence

Vever (For Barbara)

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Alter Ego Film Project

Production2 titles

The Private Life of a Cat

Ensemble for Somnambulists

Camera1 title

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Sound1 title

Vever (For Barbara)

Editing3 titles

Meshes of the Afternoon

The Very Eye of Night

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

Crew3 titles

The Very Eye of Night

Meditation on Violence

Maya Deren - Experimental Films