Maya Deren
Birthday: 1917-04-29
Place of Birth: Kyiv, Ukraine
Biography: 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.
Movies
Meshes of the Afternoon
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality...
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In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movemen...
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Ritual in Transfigured Time
A social event choreographed in the manner of a dance, illuminated by concepts drawn from Greek lege...
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Maya Deren - Experimental Films
The collected shorts of Maya Deren the "Mother of the trance film" who worked completely outside the...
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Maya Deren, Take Zero
This documentary interweaves celluloid and voice recordings by Maya Deren, and colleagues who knew h...
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At Land
A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented ve...
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Invocation: Maya Deren
Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmma...
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Maya Deren's Sink
Maya Deren's Sink, a 30 minute experimental film, is an evocative tribute to the mother of avantgard...
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