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.
Cast
Crew

Vever (For Barbara)
Sound, Writer

Meshes of the Afternoon
Director, Editor, Writer

At Land
Writer, Director

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Director, Director of Photography, Book

Witch's Cradle
Director

A Study in Choreography for Camera
Director

Meditation on Violence
Director, Writer, Cinematography

The Very Eye of Night
Director, Editor, Cinematography, Writer

Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director

The Private Life of a Cat
Producer, Director

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Cinematography, Director, Editor, Writer

Ensemble for Somnambulists
Writer, Director, Producer

Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Music

Alter Ego Film Project
Original Film Writer

Medusa
Director

Season of Strangers
Director

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
Director


