About:
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.

• Known For
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  Meshes of the Afternoon
  as
  The Woman
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  In the Mirror of Maya Deren
  as
  Herself
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  Ritual in Transfigured Time
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  Maya Deren - Experimental Films
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  Maya Deren, Take Zero
  as
  Herself