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Maya Deren

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.

Born

Apr 29, 1917

Kyiv, Ukraine

Died

Oct 13, 1961

Known For

Directing

Movies

8 acting

35 crew

Popularity

0.2

Known For

Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943 as The Woman
★ 7.6
Maya Deren's Sink
Maya Deren's Sink
2011 as Herself (archival footage)
★ 4.5
Invocation: Maya Deren
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986 as Herself (archive footage)
★ 6.3
At Land
★ 7.3
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002 as Herself
★ 7.5
movie
Maya Deren, Take Zero
2012 as Herself
★ 5.0