Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthdate
1917-04-29
Day of Death
1961-10-13
Place of Birth
Kyiv, Ukraine
Maya Deren
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.
Filmography (8)
No Image
⭐ 5.0
Role:
Herself
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012
⭐ 4.5
Role:
Herself (archival footage)
Maya Deren's Sink
2011
⭐ 7.5
Role:
Herself
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002
⭐ 0
Role:
Unknown
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
⭐ 6.3
Role:
Herself (archive footage)
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986
⭐ 6.9
Role:
Unknown
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
⭐ 7.3
Role:
Unknown
At Land
1944
⭐ 7.6
Role:
The Woman