About
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.
Known for
Ritual in Transfigured TimeMovie • 1946
Meshes of the AfternoonMovie • 1943
The Private Life of a CatMovie • 1946
Meditation on ViolenceMovie • 1949
At LandMovie • 1944
Ensemble for SomnambulistsMovie • 1951
Witch's CradleMovie • 1944
The Very Eye of NightMovie • 1958
A Study in Choreography for CameraMovie • 1945