Directed credits
13
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Maya Deren
Directing
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Directed movies: 13Directed series: 0All crew credits: 17
TMDB ID: 96813
IMDb ID: nm0220305
Known for: Directing
Born: April 29, 1917
Died: October 13, 1961
Age: 44
Place of birth: Kyiv, Ukraine
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1943 - 2024
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.6
Wikidata: Q450382
Also known as
Eleonora Derenkowsky
Frequent jobs
Director (13)Cinematography (1)Original Film Writer (1)Producer (1)Sound (1)
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.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Maya Deren.
7.5
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
2006 Movie
6.2
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Director
1993 Movie
Season of Strangers
Director
1959 Movie
5.9
The Very Eye of Night
Director
1958 Movie
6.0
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Director
1951 Movie
5.6
Meditation on Violence
Director
1949 Movie
Medusa
Director
1949 Movie
6.9
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Director
1946 Movie
5.9
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Director
1945 Movie
8.0
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
Director
1945 Movie
7.2
At Land
Director
1944 Movie
6.6
Witch's Cradle
Director
1944 Movie
7.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director
1943 Movie
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Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Maya Deren.
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Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Maya Deren.
7.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
Director
1943 Movie
4.5
Maya Deren's Sink
as Herself (archival footage)
2011 Movie
7.2
At Land
Director
1944 Movie
7.5
Cinema16: American Short Films
Director
2006 Movie
7.2
The Private Life of a Cat
Producer
1946 Movie
5.9
The Very Eye of Night
Director
1958 Movie
5.9
A Study in Choreography for Camera
Director
1945 Movie
6.6
Witch's Cradle
Director
1944 Movie
5.6
Meditation on Violence
Director
1949 Movie
5.0
Vever (For Barbara)
Sound
2023 Movie
5.0
Invocation: Maya Deren
as Herself (archive footage)
1986 Movie
6.0
Ensemble for Somnambulists
Director
1951 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Maya Deren.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Maya Deren.
4.5
Maya Deren's Sink
as Herself (archival footage)
2011 Movie
7.4
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
as Herself
2002 Movie
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
2002 Movie
5.0
Invocation: Maya Deren
as Herself (archive footage)
1986 Movie
6.9
Ritual in Transfigured Time
1946 Movie
7.2
At Land
1944 Movie
7.6
Meshes of the Afternoon
as The Woman
1943 Movie