Maya Deren

Maya Deren

Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)

Maya Deren was a Russian-born American experimental filmmaker and important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, writer, and photographer.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 11 films (1943–1959) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 10 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1943 Meshes of the afternoon Maya Deren 14 min 0:14:00 16mm B&W sound
1943 Meshes of the afternoon a film by Maya Deren and Alexander Hamid [sic]. 14 16mm B&W sound
1943 Meshes of the afternoon. Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid 488 16mm sound
1944 At land American Federation of Arts 15 16mm B&W silent
1944 The Private Life Of A Cat McGraw-Hill Films 22 min 16mm B&W sound
1945 Study In Choreography For Camera (1945, silent) Maya Deren
1946 A Study In Choreography For Camera Grove Press-Cinema 16 Film Lib 3 min 16mm B&W sound
1946 Ritual in transfigured time American Federation of Arts. 0:22:00 16mm B&W silent
1946 Ritual in transfigured time Maya Deren 1946 Genre:Feature films
1959 The Very eye of night American Federation of Arts 15 16mm B&W sound
Study in Choreography for Camera Maya Deren 11 16mm B&W