Maya Deren
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Maya Deren
A self-described ‘artist magician’, Ukrainian-born director Maya Deren (1917–61) transformed 20th-century cinema with hallucinatory visions of dreams, dance, witchcraft and ritual. Using editing, multiple exposures, slow-motion and jump cutting, Deren’s oneiric works have influenced generations of filmmakers, musicians, dancers and visual artists.