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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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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- Born29 April 1917
- Died13 October 1961 (aged 44)
- BirthplaceKyiv, Ukraine
- Known forDirecting
- GenderFemale
- Also known asEleonora Derenkowsky
- Popularity0.7TMDB score
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Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)·At Land (1944)·Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)·Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2002)