Maya Deren
(1917-1961)
American experimental filmmaker
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Maya Deren (April 29, 1917 – October 13, 1961), born Eleonora Derenkowska (Ukrainian: Елеоно́ра Деренко́вська), was a Ukrainian-born American experimental filmmaker and important promoter 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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Eleanora Derenkovskaya 29 April 1917 Kiev, Ukraine
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13 October 1961 (aged 44) New York City, New York, USA
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