Maya Deren
Directing
Born April 29, 1917 in Kyiv, 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.
Filmography
Alter Ego Film Project
Vever (For Barbara)
Maya Deren's Sink
Herself (archival footage)
Cinema16: American Short Films
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Herself
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Invocation: Maya Deren
Herself (archive footage)
Season of Strangers
The Very Eye of Night
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Meditation on Violence
Medusa
The Private Life of a Cat
Ritual in Transfigured Time
A Study in Choreography for Camera
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
At Land
Witch's Cradle
Meshes of the Afternoon
The Woman