Actor

Maya Deren

1943–present1917–1961DocumentaryFantasyHistoryMystery

World Builder

Also directed 15 films ↗Also wrote 9 screenplays ↗

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Filmography

2012Maya Deren, Take ZeroHerself5.0 2011Maya Deren's SinkHerself (archival footage)4.5 2002In the Mirror of Maya DerenHerself7.5 2002Maya Deren - Experimental Films 1986Invocation: Maya DerenHerself (archive footage)6.3 1946Ritual in Transfigured Time6.9 1944

About

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.

As Director

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1943Meshes of the Afternoon 1944At Land 1993Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti 1944Witch's Cradle 1945A Study in Choreography for Camera 1949Meditation on Violence

As Screenwriter

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1944At Land 2002Maya Deren - Experimental Films 1951Ensemble for Somnambulists 1949Meditation on Violence 1943Meshes of the Afternoon 2024Alter Ego Film Project

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