Maya Deren

Directing

Born April 29, 1917 · Kyiv, Ukraine

15 films as director · Active 1943–2006

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 pro…

Known for

Meshes of the Afternoon

1943

Maya Deren's Sink

2011

At Land

1944

Ritual in Transfigured Time

1946

Invocation: Maya Deren

1986

In the Mirror of Maya Deren

2002

Maya Deren, Take Zero

2012

Maya Deren - Experimental Films

2002

Directed(15)

2006Cinema16: American Short Films★ 7.5

2002Maya Deren - Experimental Films

1993Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti★ 6.3

1959Season of Strangers

1958The Very Eye of Night★ 6.0

1951Ensemble for Somnambulists★ 6.0

1949Meditation on Violence★ 5.7

1949Medusa

1946Ritual in Transfigured Time★ 6.9

1946The Private Life of a Cat★ 7.2

1945A Study in Choreography for Camera★ 6.0

1945A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes★ 8.0

1944At Land★ 7.3

1944Witch's Cradle★ 6.7

1943Meshes of the Afternoon★ 7.6

Acting(8)

2012Maya Deren, Take ZeroHerself

Film

2011Maya Deren's SinkHerself (archival footage)

Film

2002In the Mirror of Maya DerenHerself

Film