Maya Deren

Maya Deren (April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961), born Eleanora Derenkowskaia (Russian: Элеоно́ра Деренко́вская), 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.

Born:

Apr 29, 1917 In Kiev, Russian Republic (now Ukraine)

Movie/TV Credits:

7

First Appeared:

In the movie Meshes of the Afternoon 1943-01-01

Latest Project:

Movie Maya Deren, Take Zero 2012-01-30