Meredith Monk
Acting
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 ...
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Filmography (16 movies)
Monk in Pieces
2025
Songs of Ascension
2019
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
Book of Days
1989
Uncle Meat
1987
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983
Turtle Dreams
1983
Paris
1982
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
16 Millimeter Earrings
1979
Quarry
1978
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966