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Maya Deren

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.


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Born:
Apr 29, 1917 In Kyiv, Ukraine
Movie/TV Credits:
7
First Appeared:
In the movie Meshes of the Afternoon 1943-01-01
Latest Project:
Movie Maya Deren, Take Zero 2012-01-30
Known For
Poster of Maya Deren, Take Zero
Poster of The Private Life of a Cat
Poster of Ritual in Transfigured Time
Poster of Meshes of the Afternoon
Filmography
Movie Maya Deren, Take Zero Herself 2012-01-30
Movie In the Mirror of Maya Deren Herself 2002-03-15
Movie Invocation: Maya Deren Herself (archive footage) 1986-04-24
Movie Ritual in Transfigured Time 1946-10-22
Movie The Private Life of a Cat Narrator 1946-12-22
Movie At Land 1944-01-01
Movie Meshes of the Afternoon The Woman 1943-01-01