Maya Deren
Maya Deren (; born Eleonora Derenkovskaya, Ukrainian: Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська; May 12 [O.S. April 29] 1917 – October 13, 1961) was a Ukrainian-born (Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, now Ukraine) American experimental filmmaker and important part 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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Artist details
- Type
- Person
- Area
- United States
- Born
- April 29th, 1917
- Died
- October 13th, 1961
- Labels
- Elektra