Portrait of Maya Deren

Directing

Maya Deren

Career

Active from 1943 to 2023, with a break from 1960 to 1992, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Maya Deren Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Family Dynamics
    0.8, average 4.8
  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Crime
    0.6, average 3.6
  • Adrenaline
    1.8, average 4.8

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Experimental Film 4
  • Avant-Garde 4
  • Visual Poetry 3
  • Surrealist 2
  • Non-Linear Narrative 2
  • Silent Film 2
  • Dreamlike 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

18
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles
Alter Ego Film Project
Alter Ego Film Project (2024)

Original Film Writer

Vever (For Barbara)
Vever (For Barbara) (2023)

Sound, Writer

2010s

1 title
Maya Deren, Take Zero
Maya Deren, Take Zero (2012)

Music

2000s

2 titles
Cinema16: American Short Films
Cinema16: American Short Films (2006)

Director

Maya Deren - Experimental Films
Maya Deren - Experimental Films (2002)

Cinematography, Writer

1990s

1 title ยท average score 71
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti
Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993)
GoodWatch score 71

Director of Photography, Director

1950s

3 titles ยท average score 62
Season of Strangers
Season of Strangers (1959)

Director

The Very Eye of Night
The Very Eye of Night (1958)
GoodWatch score 64

Director, Editor

Ensemble for Somnambulists
Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
GoodWatch score 60

Producer, Director

1940s

9 titles ยท average score 70
Meditation on Violence
Meditation on Violence (1949)
GoodWatch score 58

Cinematography, Director

Medusa
Medusa (1949)

Director

Ritual in Transfigured Time
Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
GoodWatch score 73

Director

The Private Life of a Cat
The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
GoodWatch score 72

Producer, Co-Director

A Study in Choreography for Camera
A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes
A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes (1945)

Director

At Land
At Land (1944)
GoodWatch score 76

Director, Writer

Witch's Cradle
Witch's Cradle (1944)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

Meshes of the Afternoon
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
GoodWatch score 89

as The Woman