Maya Deren
Directing
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
Directing15
movieSeason of Strangers
1959
Director
movieThe Very Eye of Night
1958
Director
movieMeditation on Violence
1949
Director
movieMedusa
1949
Director
movieAt Land
1944
Director
movieWitch's Cradle
1944
Director
movieMeshes of the Afternoon
1943
Director
Writing9
movieAlter Ego Film Project
2024
Original Film Writer
movieAt Land
1944
Writer
Acting8
movieMaya Deren's Sink
2011
Herself (archival footage)
movieInvocation: Maya Deren
1986
Herself (archive footage)
movieMeshes of the Afternoon
1943
The Woman
Crew3
movieMaya Deren - Experimental Films
2002
Cinematography
movieThe Very Eye of Night
1958
Cinematography
movieMeditation on Violence
1949
Cinematography
Editing3
Production2
Sound2
Camera1
movieDivine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
1993
Director of Photography