Directing
Maya Deren
1917 · Kyiv, Ukraine
22 films
Bio
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
Maya Deren's Sink
Herself (archival footage)
At Land
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Woman
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
Alter Ego Film Project
Original Film Writer
Witch's Cradle
Director
Meditation on Violence
Director
Medusa
Director
Vever (For Barbara)
Sound
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
Herself (archive footage)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself