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 27
Movies 27
self 8
Director 7
Writer 1
Composer
Evolver (2022)
Movie
Director / Music
Songs of Ascension (2019)
Movie
Self
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)
Movie
Herself / Editor / Music
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 (2013)
Movie
Self - Composer / Performer
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice (2009)
Movie
Composer
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor (2009)
Movie
Herself
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)
Movie
Composer
Uhri - elokuva metsästä (1998)
Movie
Meredith Monk (1994)
Movie
Self
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros (1993)
Movie
Director
Book of Days (1989)
Movie
Music
Pearls (1988)
Movie
Director
Turtle Dreams (1987)
Movie
Herself
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk (1983)
Movie
Composer
Plainsong (1983)
Movie
Original Music Composer / Choreographer / Scenario Writer / Creator
Turtle Dreams (1983)
Movie
Actress
Four American Composers: Philip Glass (1983)
Movie
Paris Couple / Director / Music
Paris (1982)
Movie
Director
Ellis Island (1981)
Movie
Self
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (1980)
Movie
Herself
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)
Movie
Actress
16 Millimeter Earrings (1979)
Movie
Child / Director / Original Music Composer / Choreographer / Writer
Quarry (1978)
Movie
Actress
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley (1974)
Movie
A portrait of Meredith Monk (1974)
Movie
Institutional Quality (1969)
Movie
6
Director / Cinematography
Ball Bearing (1968)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForCrew
GenderFemale
Birthday1942-11-20 (81 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
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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