Maya Deren

Known for Directing

Born

April 29, 1917

Died

October 13, 1961 (44 years old)

Place of Birth

Kyiv, Ukraine

Also Known As

Eleonora Derenkowsky

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.