Biography
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century.  His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.
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Filmography
all 181
Movies 174
self 45
TV Shows 7
Writer 4
Composer
Ciela (2024)
Movie
Composer
The Pigeon Tunnel (2023)
Movie
Music
Once Within a Time (2023)
Movie
Music
You, Me, and Movies (2023)
Movie
Self
A Place Called Music (2022)
Movie
Music
An Unwillingness (2022)
Movie
Self - composer
Amelinda (2022)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Alice (2022)
Movie
Self
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious (2022)
Movie
Music
LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE (2021)
Movie
Music
War and the Weather (2021)
Movie
Sound
In the Penal Colony (2021)
Movie
Composer
The Fall of the House of Usher (2021)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Philip Glass: Akhnaten (2020)
Movie
Self
The Vasulka Effect (2020)
Movie
Composer
The Land of Azaba (2020)
Movie
Music
Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective (2020)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Tales from the Loop (2020)
TV
Writer
Philip Glass: Akhnaten (2019)
Movie
Composer
Descent into the Maelstrom (2019)
Movie
Composer
Universal Machine (2019)
Movie
Composer
Samurai Marathon (2019)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 (2018)
Movie
Composer
Taniel (2018)
Movie
Composer
Jane (2017)
Movie
Music
The Juniper Tree (2017)
Movie
Self
The Last Dalai Lama? (2017)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Crônica da Demolição (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Uncle Howard (2017)
Movie
Composer
Karenina & I (2017)
Movie
Self
Trophy (2017)
Movie
Music
Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos (2016)
Movie
Composer
Fantastic Four (2015)
Movie
5.52
Music
Leviathan (2014)
Movie
5.67
Composer
Remembering the Artist: Robert De Niro, Sr. (2014)
Movie
Self
What Difference Does It Make? (2014)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Writer
Einstein on the Beach (2014)
Movie
Composer
Journey of Hanuman (2013)
Movie
Composer
November 22, 1963 (2013)
Movie
Composer
Glass: The Perfect American (2013)
Movie
Composer
Visitors (2013)
Movie
Composer
Re: Awakenings (2013)
Movie
Composer
The Apostle (2012)
Movie
Composer
Besa: The Promise (2012)
Movie
Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies (2012)
Movie
Self / Music
Lucinda Childs' Dance (2011)
Movie
Writer
Philip Glass: Satyagraha (2011)
Movie
Composer
Rebirth (2011)
Movie
Composer
Elena (2011)
Movie
4
Composer
They Were There (2011)
Movie
Composer
Glass: Kepler (2011)
Movie
Self
Music (2010)
Movie
Composer
Mr. Nice (2010)
Movie
Composer
Astral City: A Spiritual Journey (2010)
Movie
Self - Musician
Dancing Across Borders (2010)
Movie
Music
Trans-Action (2010)
Movie
Composer
Regrets (2009)
Movie
Music
These Vagabond Shoes (2009)
Movie
In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde (2009)
Movie
Composer
Transcendent Man (2009)
Movie
Self
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)
Movie
Composer
Objects and Memory (2008)
Movie
Self
Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet (2008)
Movie
Making Mishima (2008)
Movie
Songs
The Song (2008)
Movie
Self
Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008)
Movie
6
Composer
Animals in Love (2007)
Movie
Self
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)
Movie
Performer
Paul Simon and Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2007)
Movie
Composer
Hard-Hearted (2007)
Movie
Composer
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Movie
5.75
Composer
No Reservations (2007)
Movie
Self
Chuck Close (2007)
Movie
Composer
Notes on a Scandal (2006)
Movie
7.25
Self
The Harry Smith Project Live (2006)
Movie
Composer
The Illusionist (2006)
Movie
6.17
Composer
White Shadows (2006)
Movie
Composer
The Seeds (2006)
Movie
Composer
Abused (2006)
Movie
Self
Absolute Wilson (2006)
Movie
Composer
A Crude Awakening (2006)
Movie
Composer
Roving Mars (2006)
Movie
Composer
Neverwas (2005)
Movie
Composer
The Giant Buddhas (2005)
Movie
Composer
The Moustache (2005)
Movie
Self
Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005)
Movie
Self
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (2005)
Movie
Self
Philip Glass: Looking Glass (2005)
Movie
Self
The Culture Show (2004)
TV
Composer
Undertow (2004)
Movie
Composer
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
Movie
Composer
The Origins of AIDS (2004)
Movie
Composer
Taking Lives (2004)
Movie
8
Composer
Secret Window (2004)
Movie
5.18
Composer
Sweets to the Sweet: The 'Candyman' Mythos (2004)
Movie
Composer
Clive Barker: Raising Hell (2004)
Movie
Composer
The Fog of War (2003)
Movie
6
Music
Wildfire (2003)
Movie
Composer
The Hours (2002)
Movie
6.75
Composer
The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf (2002)
Movie
Self
Impact of Progress (2002)
Movie
Self
Essence of Life (2002)
Movie
Composer
Naqoyqatsi (2002)
Movie
4.92
Composer
The Baroness and the Pig (2002)
Movie
Himself (Interviewee)
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch (2002)
Movie
Music
The Man in the Bath (2001)
Movie
Composer
Diaspora (2001)
Movie
Actor
A Brief History of Errol Morris (1999)
Movie
Composer
The Eden Myth (1999)
Movie
Composer
Pointy Teeth for Pointy People (1999)
Movie
Self
The Source (1999)
Movie
Keyboard Artist / Original Music Composer / Music
The Truman Show (1998)
Movie
8.33
Composer
Kundun (1997)
Movie
Composer
Bent (1997)
Movie
6
Self
No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (1997)
Movie
Self
Sessions at West 54th (1997)
TV
Self
Classic Albums (1997)
TV
Self
Perfect Moment (1997)
Movie
Self
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland (1997)
Movie
Original Music Composer
Mama General (1997)
Movie
Composer
The Secret Agent (1996)
Movie
6
Self
New York Composers: Searching for a New Music (1996)
Movie
Composer
Evidence (1995)
Movie
Composer
Jenipapo (1995)
Movie
Composer
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche (1995)
Movie
Composer
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
Movie
5.02
Music
Untitled: New Blue (1995)
Movie
Composer
La mort de Molière (1994)
Movie
Composer
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama (1993)
Movie
Composer
La Légende (1993)
Movie
Composer
Anima Mundi (1993)
Movie
Composer
Sara (1993)
Movie
Composer
Candyman (1992)
Movie
5.06
Composer
Mirror of the Planet (1992)
Movie
Composer
A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1992)
Movie
Composer
A Brief History of Time (1991)
Movie
Composer
Mindwalk (1990)
Movie
Composer
The Church (1989)
Movie
6
Music Arranger
Continuum: 1. Initiation (1989)
Movie
Music Arranger
Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 (1989)
Movie
Composer
The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Movie
1
Composer
Powaqqatsi (1988)
Movie
4.62
Composer
Monolithe (1987)
Movie
Self
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987)
Movie
Composer
Hamburger Hill (1987)
Movie
Self
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera (1986)
Movie
Actor
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July (1986)
Movie
Music
In the Upper Room (1986)
Movie
Composer
Dead End Kids (1986)
Movie
Self
Bye Bye Kipling (1986)
Movie
Self
Tea with Tosh (1986)
TV
Composer
A Perfect Couple (1986)
Movie
Self - Composer
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1985)
Movie
Composer
Empire City (1985)
Movie
Composer
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Movie
Composer
High Wire (1984)
Movie
Actor
Four American Composers: Philip Glass (1983)
Movie
Music
ACT III (1983)
Movie
Composer
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)
Movie
4.83
Writer
Philip Glass: Satyagraha (1983)
Movie
Composer
Vivre est une solution (1980)
Movie
Music
Geometry of Circles (1980)
Movie
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
TV
Composer
North Star: Mark di Suvero (1978)
Movie
Music
Carolyn danse (1977)
Movie
Self - Musical Guest
Saturday Night Live (1975)
TV
6.36
What Maisie Knew (1975)
Movie
Self
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley (1974)
Movie
Music
Anxious Automation (1971)
Movie
Composer
End of the Art World (1971)
Movie
Music
Marco (1970)
Movie
Music
Izy Boukir (1970)
Movie
Composer
Inquiring Nuns (1968)
Movie
Hands Scraping (1968)
Movie
Music Supervisor
Chappaqua (1966)
Movie
Self
John Cage: Man and Myth
Movie
Self
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
Movie
Self
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
Movie
Self
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
Movie
Composer
Wonderfully Made: LGBTQ+R(eligion)
Movie
Music
NEOOONOWWW
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.27
Based on 2.99 Million movie and tv ratings over time
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Information
Known ForSound
GenderMale
Birthday1937-01-31 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States of America
ReligionBuddhism
ChildrenMarlowe Glass, Juliet Glass
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsPhilip Morris Glass
AwardsChevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Glenn Gould Prize, BAFTA Award for Best Original Music, Praemium Imperiale, Fulbright Program, Fulbright Scholarship, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, James Parks Morton Interfaith Award
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