Photo: Maya Deren (1917–1961) (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

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Ukrainian-born American avant-garde filmmaker (1917–1961)

Also known as: Deren, Eleanora Derenkowskaia, Eleanora Derenkowsky, Eleanora Solomonovna Derenkovskaya, Eleonora Derenkowsky, Майя Дерен

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