Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 20, 1942
Place of Birth
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
39 titles
Meredith Monk
Biography
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.
Known For
Filmography
Monk in Pieces
Self
Evolver
Music
Rotation
Director
Offering Shrine
Director
Songs of Ascension
Hand Mandala
Director
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Self
Hand Reflection
Director
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Herself
Trees' Migration
Music
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
Self
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Original Music Composer
Notre Musique
Music
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Self
Uhri - elokuva metsästä
Original Music Composer
Meredith
Self
Faces
Director
Meredith Monk
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
Herself
Book of Days
Madwoman
Pearls
Music
Turtle Dreams
Director
Uncle Meat
Red Face Girl
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
Herself
Turtle Dreams
Paris
Paris Couple
Ellis Island
Director
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Self
Ellis Island
Director
16 Millimeter Earrings
Herself
Quarry
Child
Quarry
Director
A portrait of Meredith Monk
Institutional Quality
Ball Bearing
Cinematography
Children
Director
16 Millimeter Earrings
Director
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)