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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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Directing

1943

[ ] Meshes of the Afternoon (Director)

1944

[ ] At Land (Director)
[ ] Witch's Cradle (Director)

1945

[ ] A Study in Choreography for Camera (Director)
[ ] A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes (Director)

1946

[ ] Ritual in Transfigured Time (Director)
[ ] The Private Life of a Cat (Director)

1949

[ ] Meditation on Violence (Director)
[ ] Medusa (Director)

1951

[ ] Ensemble for Somnambulists (Director)

1958

[ ] The Very Eye of Night (Director)

1959

[ ] Season of Strangers (Director)

1993

[ ] Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (Director)

2002

[ ] Maya Deren - Experimental Films (Director)

2006

[ ] Cinema16: American Short Films (Director)

Sound

2012

[ ] Maya Deren, Take Zero (Music)

2023

[ ] Vever (For Barbara) (Sound)

Editing

1943

[ ] Meshes of the Afternoon (Editor)

1958

[ ] The Very Eye of Night (Editor)

2002

[ ] Maya Deren - Experimental Films (Editor)

Writing

1943

[ ] Meshes of the Afternoon (Writer)

1944

[ ] At Land (Writer)

1949

[ ] Meditation on Violence (Writer)

1951

[ ] Ensemble for Somnambulists (Writer)

1958

[ ] The Very Eye of Night (Writer)

1993

[ ] Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (Book)

2002

[ ] Maya Deren - Experimental Films (Writer)

2023

[ ] Vever (For Barbara) (Writer)

2024

[ ] Alter Ego Film Project (Original Film Writer)

Production

1946

[ ] The Private Life of a Cat (Producer)

1951

[ ] Ensemble for Somnambulists (Producer)

Crew

1949

[ ] Meditation on Violence (Cinematography)

1958

[ ] The Very Eye of Night (Cinematography)

2002

[ ] Maya Deren - Experimental Films (Cinematography)

Camera

1993

[ ] Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (Director of Photography)

Actor

1943

[ ] Meshes of the Afternoon (The Woman)

1944

[ ] At Land (????)

1946

[ ] Ritual in Transfigured Time (????)

1986

[ ] Invocation: Maya Deren (Herself (archive footage))

2002

[ ] In the Mirror of Maya Deren (Herself)
[ ] Maya Deren - Experimental Films (????)

2011

[ ] Maya Deren's Sink (Herself (archival footage))

2012

[ ] Maya Deren, Take Zero (Herself)