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.
Meshes of the Afternoon
(The Woman)
In the Mirror of Maya Deren
(Herself)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren, Take Zero
(Herself)
At Land
Invocation: Maya Deren
(Herself (archive footage))
Maya Deren's Sink
(Herself (archival footage))
Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film
(Herself (archive footage))
Vever (For Barbara)
(Sound)
Meshes of the Afternoon
(Director)
Meshes of the Afternoon
(Editor)
At Land
(Writer)
At Land
(Director)
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
(Director)
Witch's Cradle
(Director)
A Study in Choreography for Camera
(Director)
Meditation on Violence
(Director)
The Very Eye of Night
(Director)
Ritual in Transfigured Time
(Director)
The Private Life of a Cat
(Producer)
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
(Cinematography)
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
(Director)
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
(Editor)
Maya Deren - Experimental Films
(Writer)
Ensemble for Somnambulists
(Writer)
Ensemble for Somnambulists
(Director)
Ensemble for Somnambulists
(Producer)
Cinema16: American Short Films
(Director)
Maya Deren, Take Zero
(Music)
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
(Director of Photography)
Meditation on Violence
(Writer)
Meditation on Violence
(Cinematography)
Meshes of the Afternoon
(Writer)
Alter Ego Film Project
(Original Film Writer)
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
(Book)
Medusa
(Director)
Season of Strangers
(Director)
Vever (For Barbara)
(Writer)
The Very Eye of Night
(Editor)
The Very Eye of Night
(Cinematography)
The Very Eye of Night
(Writer)
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
(Director)
The Private Life of a Cat
(Co-Director)