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.
2024Alter Ego Film ProjectMovieOriginal Film Writer2023Vever (For Barbara)MovieSound · Writer
2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental FilmMovieas Herself (archive footage)
2011Maya Deren's SinkMovieas Herself (archival footage)2006Cinema16: American Short FilmsMovieDirector
2002In the Mirror of Maya DerenMovieas Herself2002Maya Deren - Experimental FilmsMovieCinematography · Director · Editor · Writer1993Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of HaitiMovieDirector · Director of Photography · Book
1986Invocation: Maya DerenMovieas Herself (archive footage)1959Season of StrangersMovieDirector1958The Very Eye of NightMovieDirector · Editor · Cinematography · Writer1951Ensemble for SomnambulistsMovieWriter · Director · Producer1949Meditation on ViolenceMovieDirector · Writer · Cinematography1949MedusaMovieDirector1946The Private Life of a CatMovieProducer · Co-Director1946Ritual in Transfigured TimeMovieDirector1945A Study in Choreography for CameraMovieDirector1945A Study in Choreography for Camera - OuttakesMovieDirector1944At LandMovieWriter · Director