Maya Deren
Birth date
April 29, 1917
Death date
October 13, 1961
Place of birth
Kyiv, Ukraine
Profession
Directing
Age
44 years
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.
Also known as
Eleonora Derenkowsky
