Apr 29, 1917 - Kyiv, Ukraine
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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| Movie | 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | The Woman | |
| Movie | 2002 | In the Mirror of Maya Deren | Herself | |
| Movie | 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time | ||
| Movie | 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films | ||
| Movie | 2012 | Maya Deren, Take Zero | Herself | |
| Movie | 1944 | At Land | ||
| Movie | 1986 | Invocation: Maya Deren | Herself (archive footage) | |
| Movie | 2011 | Maya Deren's Sink | Herself (archival footage) |
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| Movie | 2023 | Vever (For Barbara) | Sound | Sound |
| Movie | 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1944 | At Land | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1944 | At Land | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1944 | Witch's Cradle | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1945 | A Study in Choreography for Camera | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1949 | Meditation on Violence | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1958 | The Very Eye of Night | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1946 | The Private Life of a Cat | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2002 | Maya Deren - Experimental Films | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | Producer | Production |
| Movie | 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2006 | Cinema16: American Short Films | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2012 | Maya Deren, Take Zero | Music | Sound |
| Movie | 1946 | The Private Life of a Cat | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti | Director of Photography | Camera |
| Movie | 1949 | Meditation on Violence | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1949 | Meditation on Violence | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 2024 | Alter Ego Film Project | Original Film Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1993 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti | Book | Writing |
| Movie | 1959 | Season of Strangers | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 1949 | Medusa | Director | Directing |
| Movie | 2023 | Vever (For Barbara) | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1958 | The Very Eye of Night | Cinematography | Crew |
| Movie | 1958 | The Very Eye of Night | Editor | Editing |
| Movie | 1958 | The Very Eye of Night | Writer | Writing |
| Movie | 1975 | A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes | Director | Directing |
