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Maya Deren

Born: 29 April 1917, Kiev
Died: 13 October 1961, Queens, New York

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Highlighted works

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Maya Deren's radical techniques immerse the viewer in the euphoria of Vodou rituals and rites.

Filmography

2001

IM SPIEGEL DER MAYA DEREN

[Subject of Film]
2000

Water for Maya

[Subject of Film]
1988

Invocation - Maya Deren

[Subject of Film]
1986

The Collected Experimental Films of Maya Deren

[Subject of Film]
1980

Avant-garde Film at M.O.M.I.

Director of included clip
1977

Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

Director
1975

Out-takes from Maya Deren's Study in Choreography for Camera

Film maker
1958

The Very Eye of Night

Director
Producer
Conceived
Photography
Editor
1948

Meditation on Violence

Film maker
1946

Ritual in Transfigured Time

Film maker
cast member
1945

A Study in Choreography for Camera

Film maker
1945

The Private Life of a Cat

Photography
narrator
1945

Pas De Deux

on-screen participant
1944

At Land

Film Maker
cast member
1943

Witch's Cradle

Film maker
1943

Meshes of the Afternoon

A film by
[the woman]

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