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Overview
Date of Birth:
Date of Death:
Mini Biography:
Maya Deren came to the USA in 1922 as Eleanora Derenkowsky. Together... more
Trivia:
In 1986, the American Film Institute created the Maya Deren Award to honor... more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Fall Preview: Repertory Calendar
(From IFC. 5 August 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
Film-Makers’ Cooperative Threatened With Eviction
(From Spout. 5 February 2009, 3:19 PM, PST)
(From IFC. 5 August 2009, 11:17 AM, PDT)
Film-Makers’ Cooperative Threatened With Eviction
(From Spout. 5 February 2009, 3:19 PM, PST)
Filmography
Director:
- Cinema16: American Short Films (2006) (V)
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1985) (original footage)
- The Very Eye of Night (1958)
- Meditation on Violence (1948)
- Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
- A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
- At Land (1944)
- Witch's Cradle (1944)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Writer:
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1985) (book)
- Maeva (1961) (writer)
... aka Maeva, Portrait of a Tahitian Girl (USA: alternative title)
... aka Pagan Hellcat (USA: alternative title)
... aka Portrait of a Wahine (USA: alternative title)
... aka Wahine (USA: alternative title) - The Very Eye of Night (1958) (writer)
- Meditation on Violence (1948) (writer)
- At Land (1944) (writer)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) (writer)
Cinematographer:
- Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1985) (original footage)
- The Very Eye of Night (1958)
- Meditation on Violence (1948)
Actress:
- Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
- At Land (1944)
- Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) .... The Woman
Archive Footage:
- Im Spiegel der Maya Deren (2002) .... Herself
- Invocation: Maya Deren (1987) (voice) .... Herself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Diving Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti. A book that proceeded the documentary. The title is still considered one of the most useful on Haitian Vodou.
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Publicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies | 7 Print Biographies
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