
Maya Deren
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.
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
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Alter Ego Film Project
Original Film Writer
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Director
Season of Strangers
Director
The Very Eye of Night
Director
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Director
Medusa
Director
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director
At Land
Director
Witch's Cradle
Director
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director