Maya Deren
Born 4/29/1917 (109 yrs)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Directing
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.
Known For(7 works)
Meshes of the Afternoon
19437.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943
Maya Deren's Sink
20114.5
Maya Deren's Sink
2011
At Land
19447.3
At Land
1944
Ritual in Transfigured Time
19466.9
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946
Invocation: Maya Deren
19866.3
Invocation: Maya Deren
1986
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
20027.5
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
2002
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
20020.0
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002