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Maya Deren
Directing
Born April 29, 1917 · Kyiv, Ukraine
Died October 13, 1961
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.
Awards & recognition
- Guggenheim Fellowship · 1946
Filmography6 titles
Meshes of the Afternoon
1943as The Woman
1943as The Woman
At Land
1944Director, Writer
1944Director, Writer
The Private Life of a Cat
1946Director, Producer
1946Director, Producer
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946Director
1946Director
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
1993Book, Director, Director of Photography
1993Book, Director, Director of Photography
Meditation on Violence
1949Cinematography, Director, Writer
1949Cinematography, Director, Writer