Meredith Monk
Director
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.
Filmography
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
as Self 2018
Book of Days
as Madwoman 1989
Uncle Meat
as Red Face Girl 1987
Institutional Quality
1969
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self 1979
16 Millimeter Earrings
as Herself 1979
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966
Songs of Ascension
2019
Quarry
as Child 1978
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
as Herself 2013
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
as Herself 1983
Turtle Dreams
1983
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self 2001
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
as Herself 1993
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Paris
as Paris Couple 1982