Maya Deren

Director

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: April 29, 1917 in Kyiv, Ukraine

Died: October 13, 1961 (Age 44)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
In the Mirror of Maya Deren Movie Available on 2 streaming services.	7.1	Actress	Herself	2002
Invocation: Maya Deren Movie	6.2	Actress	Herself (archive footage)	1986
Maya Deren's Sink Movie	6.7	Actress	Herself (archival footage)	2011
Meshes of the Afternoon Short Film Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Actress	The Woman	1943
At Land Short Film Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Actress		1944
Ritual in Transfigured Time Short Film	6.8	Actress		1946
The Private Life of a Cat Short Film	7.1	Actress	Narrator	1946
Maya Deren, Take 0 Short Film	7.1	Actress	Herself	2012
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti Movie	6.5	Directing	Director, Book, Director of Photography	1993
Season of Strangers Movie		Directing	Director	1959
Alter Ego Film Project Movie		Writing	Original Film Writer	2024
Cinema16: American Short Films Movie	7.5	Directing	Director	2006
A Study in Choreography for Camera Short Film	6.2	Directing	Director	1945
At Land Short Film Available on 2 streaming services.	7.4	Directing	Director, Writer	1944
Ensemble for Somnambulists Short Film	5.9	Directing	Director, Producer, Writer	1951
Meditation on Violence Short Film	5.7	Directing	Director, Writer, Cinematography	1949
Meshes of the Afternoon Short Film Available on 2 streaming services.	7.9	Directing	Director, Editor, Writer	1943
Ritual in Transfigured Time Short Film	6.8	Directing	Director	1946
The Private Life of a Cat Short Film	7.1	Directing	Producer, Director	1946
The Very Eye of Night Short Film	6	Directing	Director, Editor, Writer, Cinematography	1955
Witch's Cradle Short Film	6.5	Directing	Director	1944
Maya Deren, Take 0 Short Film	7.1	Sound	Music	2012
Vever Short Film	5.9	Writing	Writer, Sound	2018
Medusa Short Film	5.2	Directing	Director	1949
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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