Maya Deren
Known for Directing
Details
Birthday: April 29, 1917
Deathday: October 13, 1961
Place of birth: Kyiv, Ukraine
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.
Actress
2011
1944
Director
1959
1949
1944
1944
Writer
2023
1944