Known For
Directing
Known Credits
8
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 29, 1917 (109 years old)
Place of Birth
Kyiv, Ukraine
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.
| 2024 | Alter Ego Film Project...Original Film Writer | |
| 2023 | Vever (For Barbara)...Writer | |
| 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films...Writer | |
| 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti...Book | |
| 1958 | The Very Eye of Night...Writer | |
| 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists...Writer | |
| 1949 | Meditation on Violence...Writer | |
| 1944 | At Land...Writer | |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon...Writer |
| 2023 | Vever (For Barbara)...Sound | |
| 2012 | Maya Deren, Take Zero...Music |
| 2006 | Cinema16: American Short Films...Director | |
| 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films...Director | |
| 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti...Director | |
| 1959 | Season of Strangers...Director | |
| 1958 | The Very Eye of Night...Director | |
| 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists...Director | |
| 1949 | Meditation on Violence...Director | |
| 1949 | Medusa...Director | |
| 1946 | The Private Life of a Cat...Director | |
| 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time...Director | |
| 1945 | A Study in Choreography for Camera...Director | |
| 1945 | A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes...Director | |
| 1944 | Witch's Cradle...Director | |
| 1944 | At Land...Director | |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon...Director |
| 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films...Cinematography | |
| 1958 | The Very Eye of Night...Cinematography | |
| 1949 | Meditation on Violence...Cinematography |
| 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films...Editor | |
| 1958 | The Very Eye of Night...Editor | |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon...Editor |
| 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti...Director of Photography |
| 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists...Producer | |
| 1946 | The Private Life of a Cat...Producer |
| 2012 | Maya Deren, Take Zeroas Herself | |
| 2011 | Maya Deren's Sinkas Herself (archival footage) | |
| 2002 | In the Mirror of Maya Derenas Herself | |
| 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Filmsas | |
| 1986 | Invocation: Maya Derenas Herself (archive footage) | |
| 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Timeas | |
| 1944 | At Landas | |
| 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoonas The Woman |
