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.
Filmography
Alter Ego Film Project2024 · Original Film Writer
Vever (For Barbara)2023 · Sound, Writer
Maya Deren, Take Zero2012 · Music
Cinema16: American Short Films2006 · Director
Maya Deren - Experimental Films2002 · Cinematography, Director, Editor, Writer
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti1993 · Director, Director of Photography, Book
Season of Strangers1959 · Director
The Very Eye of Night1958 · Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer
Ensemble for Somnambulists1951 · Writer, Director, Producer
Meditation on Violence1949 · Director, Writer, Cinematography
Medusa1949 · Director
The Private Life of a Cat1946 · Producer, Director
Ritual in Transfigured Time1946 · Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera1945 · Director
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes1945 · Director
At Land1944 · Writer, Director
Witch's Cradle1944 · Director
Meshes of the Afternoon1943 · Director, Editor, Writer