- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1942
- Place of Birth
- Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Meredith Monk
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 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
movieMonk in Pieces
2025 · Self
movieEvolver
2023 · Music
movieOffering Shrine
2021 · Director
movieRotation
2021 · Director, Choreographer
movieSongs of Ascension
2019 · , Director, Music
movieHand Mandala
2018 · Director
movieFeminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018 · Self
movieHand Reflection
2016 · Director
movieMeredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013 · Herself, Music, Editor
movieTrees' Migration
2009 · Music
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
movieMeredith Monk: Inner Voice
2009 · Self
movieA Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009 · Original Music Composer
movieNotre Musique
2004 · Music
movieMerce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001 · Self
Meredith
movieMeredith
1995 · Self
movieFaces
1994 · Director
Meredith Monk
movieMeredith Monk
1994
movieThe Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993 · Herself
movieBook of Days
1989 · Madwoman, Director, Screenplay, Music
moviePearls
1988 · Music
movieUncle Meat
1987 · Red Face Girl
movieTurtle Dreams
1987 · Director
movieFour American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983 · Herself
movieTurtle Dreams
1983 · , Original Music Composer, Creator, Choreographer, Scenario Writer
movieParis
1982 · Paris Couple, Director, Music
Ellis Island
movieEllis Island
1981 · Director, Music, Vocals
movieMaking Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
movieFried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979 · Self
movieEllis Island
1979 · Director, Choreographer
movie16 Millimeter Earrings
1979 · Herself, Original Music Composer, Choreographer, Creator
movieQuarry
1978 · Child, Writer, Original Music Composer, Choreographer, Director
movieQuarry
1975 · Director
movieA portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
Institutional Quality
movieInstitutional Quality
1969
Ball Bearing
movieBall Bearing
1968 · Director, Cinematography
movieChildren
1967 · Director
movie16 Millimeter Earrings
1966 · Director
movieWater Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966