Maya Deren
Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)
1.57body-of-work score · ranked #608 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 29, 1917 · Kyiv
- Died
- October 13, 1961 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States, Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Ukrainian People's Republic
- Work
- film director, dancer, film editor, choreographer
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1943 · United States · silent
Sight & Sound 2022 critics' poll #16 · Sight & Sound 2022 directors' poll #62 · National Film Registry (inducted 1990)
1.463 citations - 20.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 10 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1943Meshes of the Afternoon
- 1944At Land
- 1944The Private Life of a Cat
- 1946A Study in Choreography for Camera
- 1946Ritual in Transfigured Time
- 1949Meditation on Violence
- 1951Ensemble of Somnambulists
- 1958The Very Eye of Night
- 1959Season of Strangers
- 1985Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti