Zeitgeist Films | In the Mirror of Maya Deren
Martina Kudlácek
Film Info
2002
104 mins
Color and B&W
Austria / Switzerland / Germany
In English
35mm
Aspect ratio: 1:1.33
Sound: Dolby Digital
Martina Kudlácek

Born 1965 in Vienna, Austria. Received an MFA degree in Documentary Film Directing at the Film and TV Academy FAMU in Prague, Czech Republic and many of her films have won awards in the Czech Republic. IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN, her first international success, won the Vienna Film Prize 2001 at the Viennale in Austria and Dance Screen Award for Best Documentary 2002 in Monaco. She is currently working on a film about the American pioneer avant-garde filmmaker and Warhol superstar Marie Menken. Kudlácek also works as a researcher for Anthology Film Archives, assisting in preservation projects with the director and filmmaker Jonas Mekas.

Filmography (selection)

1994 POSITIVITA (POSITIVITY) (Super-16/Betacam, Col, 40 Min., 1994)
1995 MAELSTRÖM DER MELANCHOLIE (MAELSTROM OF MELANCHOLY) (30 Mins)
1995 L'AMOUR FOU / LUDVIK SVAB (MAD LOVE / LUDVIK SVAB) (50 Mins)
1996 AIMLESS WALK / ALEXANDER HAMMID (48 Mins)
1992-7 DIE LETZTEN HELDEN (THE LAST HEROES) (40 Mins)
2001 IN THE MIRROR OF MAYA DEREN (104 Mins)
2003 NOTES ON MARIE MENKEN (in production)