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Maya Deren
Maya Deren was not an actor but a pioneering experimental filmmaker and choreographer. Born in Ukraine in 1917, she emigrated to the United States with her family and became influential in the avant-garde film movement in the 1940s and 1950s. Her most notable works include Meshes of the Afternoon and At Land. She died in 1961 at the age of 44.
Titles credited to Maya Deren
Meshes of the Afternoon
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her da...
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Im Spiegel der Maya Deren
Documentary about the life of avant-garde filmmaker Maya Deren, who led the independent film movement of the 1940s.
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