Maya Deren

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.

Details

KnownAs: Eleonora Derenkowsky -

Birthday: 29/04/1917

PlaceOfBirth: Kyiv, Ukraine

Deathday: 13/10/1961

Gender: 1

Homepage: http://www.mayaderen.org/

Suosio: 1.559