Known For
Directing
Born
Jan 25, 1951
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Credits
89 titles
Bill Viola
Biography
A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola's work explores the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. Since 1970 he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances and pieces for television. Works include Hatsu Yume (First Dream), The Passing, and installations Room for St. John of the Cross, The Messenger and The Quintet of the Astonished, recently shown at the National Gallery, London in "Encounters, New Art from Old". A 25-year survey exhibition of his work organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art recently traveled to 6 institutions in the USA and Europe. MacArthur Fellow.
Known For
Filmography
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Director
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
Self
Mary
Writer
Martyrs: Earth
Director
Martyrs: Water
Director
Martyrs: Fire
Director
Martyrs: Air
Director
Martyrs
Director
Inverted Birth
Director
What Is Cinema?
Self
The Dreamers
Director
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
Director
The Encounter
Director
Walking on the Edge
Director
Traveling on Foot
Director
A Phrase from Chris
Director
The Innocents
Director
Three Women
Director
Ocean Without a Shore
Director
Poem B (The Guest House)
Director
Basin of Tears
Director
Ablutions
Director
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
Idea
Fire Woman
Director
The Tristan Project
Director
The Raft
Writer
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
Self
Emergence
Director
Going Forth By Day
(segment "The Voyage")
Fire Birth
Director
The Path
Director
The Voyage
Gatekeeper
The Silent Sea
Director
Four Hands
Director
Catherine's Room
Director
Surrender
Director
The Quintet of the Astonished
Director
Anima
Director
Ascension
Director
Eternal Return
Director
The Crossing
Director
Interval
Director
The Veiling
Director
Trovoada
Self (voice)
The Greeting
Director
Déserts
Director
The Passing
Director
The Sleepers
Director
Heaven and Earth
Director
Slowly Turning Narrative
Director