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Maya Deren
Born 1917-04-29Kyiv, 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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Maya Deren, Take ZeroHerselfFree Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmHerself (archive footage)Maya Deren's SinkHerself (archival footage)In the Mirror of Maya DerenHerselfMaya Deren - Experimental FilmsRoleInvocation: Maya DerenHerself (archive footage)Ritual in Transfigured TimeRoleAt LandRoleMeshes of the AfternoonThe Woman