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Maya Deren
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Maya Deren was a Russian-born American experimental filmmaker and important part of the avant-garde in the 1940s and 1950s. Deren was also a choreographer, dancer, film theorist, poet, lecturer, write
Deren in the film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), her debut
Deren in the film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), her debut
Deren in a still from the film At Land (1944)
Deren in a still from the film At Land (1944)
Still from A Study in Choreography for Camera
Still from A Study in Choreography for Camera
Alexandr Hackenschmied
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Alexandr Hackenschmied, born Alexander Siegfried George Hackenschmied, known later as Alexander Hammid, was a Czech-American photographer, film director, cinematographer and film editor. He immigrated
Maya Deren
…innovating through carefully planned films with specific conceptual aims. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), her collaboration with her husband at the time, Alexander Hammid, has been one of the most influential experimental films in American cinema history. Deren went on to make several more films, including but not limited…
Alexander Hammid in a screenshot of the short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Alexander Hammid in a screenshot of the short film Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)