- Known For
- Sound
- Born
- January 31, 1937
- Place of Birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Philip Glass
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.
Filmography
movieIstanbul: Chronopolis
2026 · Music
movieNova '78
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieConcert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieCHIMALMA
2025 · Music
movieLadies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieYuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieCarolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieVanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure
2025 · Original Music Composer
movieAnhedonia
2024 · Songs
movieThe Pigeon Tunnel
2023 · Original Music Composer
movieOnce Within a Time
2023 · Original Music Composer
You, Me, and Movies
movieYou, Me, and Movies
2023 · Music
movieKlaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris
2023 · Original Music Composer
movieDobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023
2023 · Original Music Composer
movieA Place Called Music
2022 · Self
movieAlice
2022 · Original Music Composer
movieRobert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022 · Self
movieLETTERS FROM A DISTANCE
2021 · Music
movieWar and the Weather
2021 · , Music
tv100 Foot Wave
2021 · Original Music Composer
In the Penal Colony
movieIn the Penal Colony
2021 · Sound
moviePhilip Glass: Akhnaten
2020 · Original Music Composer
Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective
moviePhilip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective
2020 · Music
tvTales from the Loop
2020 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
2019 · Music, Writer
movieUniversal Machine
2019 · Music
movieSamurai Marathon
2019 · Original Music Composer
movieParis Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2
2018 · Original Music Composer
movieTaniel
2018 · Musical
movieJane
2017 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Juniper Tree
2017 · Music
movieThe Last Dalai Lama?
2017 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieCrônica da Demolição
2017 · Original Music Composer
movieTrophy
2017 · Himself
Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos
movieGlass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos
2016 · Music
movieFantastic Four
2015 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Viking of Sixth Avenue
2015 · Self
movieLeviathan
2014 · Music
movieWhat Difference Does It Make?
2014 · Self
movieEinstein on the Beach
2014 · Original Music Composer, Writer
November 22, 1963
movieNovember 22, 1963
2013 · Music
movieGlass: The Perfect American
2013 · Original Music Composer
movieVisitors
2013 · Music
Glass: Spuren der Verirrten
movieGlass: Spuren der Verirrten
2013 · Music
movieRe: Awakenings
2013 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Apostle
2012 · Original Music Composer
movieBesa: The Promise
2012 · Original Music Composer
moviePaul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 · Self
movieLucinda Childs' Dance
2011 · Self, Music
moviePhilip Glass: Satyagraha
2011 · Music, Writer
movieRebirth
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieElena
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieThey Were There
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieGlass: Kepler
2011 · Original Music Composer
movieMusic
2010 · Self
movieMr. Nice
2010 · Original Music Composer
movieAstral City: A Spiritual Journey
2010 · Original Music Composer
movieTrans-Action
2010 · Music
These Vagabond Shoes
movieThese Vagabond Shoes
2009 · Music
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
movieRichard Serra: Man of Steel
2008 · Self
movieWild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008 · Self
Objects and Memory
movieObjects and Memory
2008 · Music
movieMaking Mishima
2008
movieThe Song
2008 · Songs
moviePatti Smith: Dream of Life
2008 · Self
movie365 Day Project
2007 · Self
movieAnimals in Love
2007 · Music
movieCassandra's Dream
2007 · Original Music Composer
movieGlass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieHard-Hearted
2007 · Music
movieNo Reservations
2007 · Music, Original Music Composer
movieNotes on a Scandal
2006 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Harry Smith Project Live
2006 · Self
Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
moviePhil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
2006
movieThe Illusionist
2006 · Original Music Composer
movieRoving Mars
2006 · Original Music Composer
Refuge
movieRefuge
2006 · Self
Un leader in ascolto
movieUn leader in ascolto
2006 · Original Music Composer
movieNeverwas
2005 · Music, Original Music Composer
movieThe Giant Buddhas
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Moustache
2005 · Original Music Composer
movieKiki and Herb Reloaded
2005 · Self
movieThe Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005 · Self
moviePhilip Glass: Looking Glass
2005 · Himself
tvThe Culture Show
2004 · Self
movieUndertow
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Origins of AIDS
2004 · Music
movieTaking Lives
2004 · Original Music Composer
movieSecret Window
2004 · Original Music Composer
Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
moviePowaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
2003 · self
movieThe Fog of War
2003 · Original Music Composer
movieWildfire
2003 · Music
movieThe Hours
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieEssence of Life
2002 · Interviewee, Thanks
movieImpact of Progress
2002 · Self
movieNaqoyqatsi
2002 · Music
movieThe Baroness and the Pig
2002 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
2002 · Self - Interviewee
movieThe Man in the Bath
2001 · Music
movieIn the Ocean
2001
A Brief History of Errol Morris
movieA Brief History of Errol Morris
1999 · Self
movieThe Eden Myth
1999 · Music
moviePointy Teeth for Pointy People
1999 · Music
movieThe Source
1999 · Self, Sound
movieThe Truman Show
1998 · Keyboard Artist, Additional Music
movieKundun
1997 · Original Music Composer
movieBent
1997 · Original Music Composer
tvClassic Albums
1997 · Self
moviePerfect Moment
1997 · Self, Original Music Composer
movieClassic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
1997 · Self
Mama General
movieMama General
1997 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Secret Agent
1996 · Original Music Composer
movieEvidence
1995 · Original Music Composer
movieThe Interview
1995 · Original Music Composer
movieCandyman: Farewell to the Flesh
1995 · Original Music Composer
movieUntitled: New Blue
1995 · Music
movieLa mort de Molière
1994 · Music
tvThe Himalayas
1994 · Music
movieCompassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama
1993 · Music
movieSara
1993 · Music
movieCandyman
1992 · Original Music Composer
movieMirror of the Planet
1992 · Original Music Composer
A Walk Through Prospero's Library
movieA Walk Through Prospero's Library
1992 · Music
movieMindwalk
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieA Brief History of Time
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieAnima Mundi
1991 · Original Music Composer
movieCloset Land
1991 · Music Supervisor
movieJohn Cage: Man and Myth
1990 · Self
movieThe Church
1989 · Music
Continuum: 1. Initiation
movieContinuum: 1. Initiation
1989 · Music Arranger
movieContinuum: Parts 1 & 2
1989 · Music Arranger
movieThe Thin Blue Line
1988 · Music
moviePowaqqatsi
1988 · Music
movieMonolithe
1987 · Music
movieRobert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
movieHamburger Hill
1987 · Original Music Composer
movieMallorca
1987 · Music
movieA Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
1986 · Himself
movieBye Bye Kipling
1986 · Self
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
movieThe Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986 · , Music
movieIn the Upper Room
1986 · Music
tvTea with Tosh
1986 · Self
movieA Perfect Couple
1986 · Music
movieEinstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985 · composer (himself)
movieMishima: A Life in Four Chapters
1985 · Original Music Composer
movieEmpire City
1985 · Original Music Composer
movieFour American Composers: Philip Glass
1983 · Himself
movieACT III
1983 · Music
movieKoyaanisqatsi
1983 · Original Music Composer
moviePhilip Glass: Satyagraha
1983 · Writer, Music
movieVivre est une solution
1980 · Music
movieGeometry of Circles
1980 · Music
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self
movieNorth Star: Mark di Suvero
1978 · Music
movieCarolyn I
1977 · Music
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
tvMusic with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
1976 · Self
tvSaturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Musical Guest
movieWhat Maisie Knew
1975
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
movieMusic with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974 · Self
movieAnxious Automation
1971 · Music
movieEnd of the Art World
1971 · Music
movieNew Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
1971 · Self
movieIsy Boukir
1970 · Music
movieInquiring Nuns
1968 · Original Music Composer
Railroaded
movieRailroaded
1968 · Music
movieHands Scraping
1968
movieChappaqua
1966 · Music Supervisor
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
movieThe Making of "Once Within a Time"
— · Self
movieThe Lost Ones
— · Sound