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Maya Deren

    May 12, 1917 – October 13, 1961

    Maya Deren was an American avant-garde filmmaker and film theorist who defined the dreamlike and psychological landscape of cinema. Her work explores themes of obsession, dreams, and internal psychological states through innovative cinematic techniques and visual storytelling. Deren pioneered an artistry that sought to express poetic and abstract concepts on screen, pushing the boundaries of film as an art form. Her influential ideas and unique approach continue to inspire filmmakers and artists seeking new ways to articulate the human experience through motion pictures.

    Poetik des Films
    Choreographie für eine Kamera
    Der Tanz des Himmels mit der Erde
    Divine Horsemen
    Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film
    • 2004
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      Until now, Maya Deren's essays on the art and craft of filmmaking have not been available in a comprehensive volume equally handy for students, film enthusiasts, and scholars. Essential Collected Writings on Film contains all of Deren's essays on her own films as well as more general essays on film theory, the relation of film to dance, various technical aspects of film production, the distinction between amateur and professional filmmaking, and the famous 1946 chapbook titled "An Anagram of Ideas on Art, Form and Film," which has been reset here for the first time. There are hard-to-find articles written for magazines and art journals, as well as lectures, Q&A sessions, program notes, and manifestoes. This book will be particularly welcomed by the large audience that saw Martina Kudlacek's documentary, "In the Mirror of Maya Deren," during its theatrical release in the U.S. and Europe in 2002.

      Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film
    • 1953

      This is the classic, intimate study, movingly written with the special insight of direct encounter, which was first published in 1953 by the fledgling Thames & Hudson firm in a series edited by Joseph Campbell. Maya Deren's Divine Horsemen is recognized throughout the world as a primary source book on the culture and spirituality of Haitian Voudoun. The work includes all the original photographs and illustrations, glossary, appendices and index. It includes the original Campbell foreword along with the foreword Campbell added to a later edition.

      Divine Horsemen