Maya Deren
Age: N/A | From: Kyiv, Ukraine
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Eleonora Derenkowsky
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Kyiv, Ukraine
Homepage: http://www.mayaderen.org/
Movie Involvements: 37
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Meshes of the Afternoon
(1943) Writer
At Land
(1944) Writer
Ritual in Transfigured Time
(1946) Director
The Private Life of a Cat
(1946) Producer
A Study in Choreography for Camera
(1945) Director
The Very Eye of Night
(1958) Writer
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
(1985) Book
Witch's Cradle
(1944) DirectorActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Herself | |
| 2002 | Herself | |
| N/A | ||
| 1986 | Herself (archive footage) | |
| 1946 | Narrator | |
| N/A | ||
| 1944 | N/A | |
| 1943 | The Woman | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Sound | |
| 2012 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Writer | |
| 2002 | Writer | |
| 1985 | Book | |
| 1958 | Writer | |
| 1951 | Writer | |
| 1949 | Writer | |
| 1944 | Writer | |
| 1943 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Director | |
| 2002 | Director | |
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1959 | Director | |
| 1958 | Director | |
| 1951 | Director | |
| 1949 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1946 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1945 | Director | |
| 1944 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1943 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Crew
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Cinematography | |
| 1958 | Cinematography | |
| 1949 | Cinematography | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Editing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Editor | |
| 1958 | Editor | |
| 1943 | Editor | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Producer | |
| 1946 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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