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. 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
all 30
Movies 30
self 8
Director 5
Narrator 1
Writer 1
Evolver (2022)
Songs of Ascension (2019)
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 (2013)
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice (2009)
Book of Days (1989)
Pearls (1988)
Uncle Meat (1987)
Turtle Dreams (1987)
Plainsong (1983)
Turtle Dreams (1983)
Paris (1982)
Ellis Island (1981)
Quarry (1978)
Ball Bearing (1968)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1942-11-20 (82 years old)
MotherAudrey Marsh
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsBessie Award, MacArthur Fellows Program, Guggenheim Fellowship, Courage Award for the Arts, Officer of Arts and Letters
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