Maya Deren
Personal Info
Known For Director
Gender Female
Birthday 1917-04-29
Deathday 1961-10-13 (44 years old)
Place of Birth Kyiv, Ukraine
Also Known As Eleonora Derenkowsky
Maya Deren
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.
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Director
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Writer
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Actor
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as The Woman
Editor
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Crew
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Sound
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Producer
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Camera
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