Filmography
Year | Title | Format | Length | Cast | Notes |
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1943 | The Witch's Cradle | 16 mm | 13 minutes | Marcel Duchamp, Pajorita Matta | B&W; unfinished |
1943 | Meshes of the Afternoon | 16 mm | 14 minutes | Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Co-directed with Alexander Hammid; B&W; music by Teiji Itō added in 1959 |
1944 | At Land | 16 mm | 15 minutes | John Cage, Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | B&W |
1945 | A Study in Choreography for Camera | 16 mm | 3 minutes | Talley Beatty | B&W |
1946 | Ritual in Transfigured Time | 16 mm | 14 minutes | Rita Christiani, Maya Deren | B&W; silent |
1947 | The Private Life of a Cat | 16 mm | 29 minutes | Collaboration with Alexander Hammid | |
1948 | Meditation on Violence | 16 mm | 13 minutes | Chao-li Chi | music by Teiji Itō |
1949 | Medusa | 16 mm | 10 minutes | Jean Erdman | unfinished |
1951 | Ensemble for Somnambulists | 16 mm | 7 minutes | Toronto Film Society workshop; unreleased | |
1958 | The Very Eye of Night | 16 mm | 15 minutes | In collaboration with Metropolitan Opera Ballet School; assistant director: Harrison Starr III; music by Teiji Itō | |
1959 | Season of Strangers | 16 mm | 58 minutes | Also known as Haiku Film Project; unfinished | |
1985 | Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti | 16 mm | John Genke (voice), Joan Pape (voice) | Original footage shot by Deren (1947–1954); reconstruction by Teiji and Cherel Itō |
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