Maya Deren
Known for Directing
- Born
- April 29, 1917
- Birthplace
- Kyiv, Ukraine
- Died
- October 13, 1961 (aged 44)
- 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.
Latest
Alter Ego Film ProjectOriginal Film Writer2024
Vever (For Barbara)Sound2023Rating: 5.0 out of 10- Maya Deren, Take ZeroMusic2012Rating: 5.0 out of 10
Cinema16: American Short FilmsDirector2006Rating: 7.5 out of 10
Maya Deren - Experimental FilmsDirector2002
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of HaitiDirector1993Rating: 6.1 out of 10
Season of StrangersDirector1959
The Very Eye of NightDirector1958Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Ensemble for SomnambulistsDirector1951Rating: 6.0 out of 10
Meditation on ViolenceDirector1949Rating: 5.8 out of 10
MedusaDirector1949Rating: 4.0 out of 10
The Private Life of a CatCo-Director1946Rating: 7.2 out of 10
Ritual in Transfigured TimeDirector1946Rating: 6.8 out of 10
A Study in Choreography for CameraDirector1945Rating: 5.9 out of 10
A Study in Choreography for Camera - OuttakesDirector1945Rating: 8.0 out of 10
At LandDirector1944Rating: 7.2 out of 10
Witch's CradleDirector1944Rating: 6.7 out of 10
Meshes of the AfternoonDirector1943Rating: 7.6 out of 10
Known for
- Meshes of the AfternoonDirector1943Rating: 7.6 out of 10
- At LandDirector1944Rating: 7.2 out of 10
- A Study in Choreography for CameraDirector1945Rating: 5.9 out of 10
- Ritual in Transfigured TimeDirector1946Rating: 6.8 out of 10
- Witch's CradleDirector1944Rating: 6.7 out of 10
- The Very Eye of NightDirector1958Rating: 6.0 out of 10
- Meditation on ViolenceDirector1949Rating: 5.8 out of 10
- The Private Life of a CatCo-Director1946Rating: 7.2 out of 10
- Ensemble for SomnambulistsDirector1951Rating: 6.0 out of 10
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of HaitiDirector1993Rating: 6.1 out of 10
- Cinema16: American Short FilmsDirector2006Rating: 7.5 out of 10
- MedusaDirector1949Rating: 4.0 out of 10
Filmography
22 titles
