Maya Deren
DirectingApril 29, 1917— October 13, 1961 (age 44)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Also Known As
Eleonora Derenkowsky
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.
Movies
(8 total)
Meshes of the Afternoon
19437.6
as The Woman
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
20027.4
as Herself
Invocation: Maya Deren
19865.0
as Herself (archive footage)
Maya Deren's Sink
20114.5
as Herself (archival footage)
