Meredith Monk
Acting
Born: 1942-11-20 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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 G
🎬 Movies (30)
Monk in Pieces
2025
Self
Evolver
2023
Music
Offering Shrine
2021
Director
Rotation
2021
Director
Songs of Ascension
2019
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
Self
Hand Mandala
2018
Director
Hand Reflection
2016
Director
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013
Herself
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
2009
Self
Trees' Migration
2009
Music
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009
Original Music Composer
Notre Musique
2004
Music
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001
Self
Meredith
1995
Self
Meredith Monk
1994
Faces
1994
Director
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
Herself
Book of Days
1989
Madwoman
Pearls
1988
Music
Uncle Meat
1987
Red Face Girl
Turtle Dreams
1987
Director
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983
Herself
Turtle Dreams
1983
Paris
1982
Paris Couple
Ellis Island
1981
Director
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
Self
16 Millimeter Earrings
1979
Herself
Ellis Island
1979
Director