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Maya Deren
Actor · Director · Writer· 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.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
22 credits across 5 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film | Herself (archive footage) | Film |
| 2006 | Cinema16: American Short Films | Director | Film |
| 2002 | In the Mirror of Maya Deren | Herself | Film |
| 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti | Director | Film |
| 1958 | The Very Eye of Night | Director | Film |
| 1958 | The Very Eye of Night | Writer | Film |
| 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | Director | Film |
| 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | Writer | Film |
| 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | Producer | Film |
| 1949 | Meditation on Violence | Director | Film |
| 1949 | Meditation on Violence | Writer | Film |
| 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time | Film | |
| 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time | Director | Film |
| 1946 | The Private Life of a Cat | Producer | Film |
| 1945 | A Study in Choreography for Camera | Director | Film |
| 1944 | At Land | Film | |
| 1944 | At Land | Director | Film |
| 1944 | Witch's Cradle | Director | Film |
| 1944 | At Land | Writer | Film |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | The Woman | Film |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | Director | Film |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | Writer | Film |
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