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:

3

First Appeared:

In the movie At Land 1944-01-01

Latest Project:

Movie In the Mirror of Maya Deren 2002-03-15