Maya Deren - Filmography

Filmography

Year Title Format Length Cast Notes
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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