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Maya Deren

Director · 21 credits · 13 in highly-rated films

Best known for Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

Frequent collaborators: Alexander Hammid

Best Maya Deren movies by genre

Directed movies (14 total, ranked by score)

  1. Meshes of the Afternoon

    1943 · ★ 7.6 (443 votes)

    Mystery, Fantasy

    1

  2. At Land

    1944 · ★ 7.3 (109 votes)

    Fantasy

    2

  3. Witch's Cradle

    1944 · ★ 6.7 (42 votes)

    Fantasy, Horror

    3

  4. Ritual in Transfigured Time

    1946 · ★ 6.9 (68 votes)

    Fantasy

    4

  5. Meditation on Violence

    1949 · ★ 5.7 (34 votes)

    Documentary

    5

  6. The Very Eye of Night

    1958 · ★ 6.0 (40 votes)

    Music, Fantasy

    6

  7. Medusa

    1949

    7

  8. Cinema16: American Short Films

    2006 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    8

  9. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti

    1993 · ★ 6.3 (18 votes)

    Documentary

    9

  10. Ensemble for Somnambulists

    1951 · ★ 6.0 (19 votes)

    Music

    10

  11. A Study in Choreography for Camera

    1945 · ★ 5.9 (73 votes)

    Music

    11

  12. A Study in Choreography for Camera - Outtakes

    1945

    12

  13. Maya Deren - Experimental Films

    2002

    13

  14. Season of Strangers

    1959

    14

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.