
Robert Wilson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 4, 1941
- Died
- July 31, 2025 (aged 83)
- Birthplace
- Waco, Texas, USA
Biography
Robert Wilson is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright. Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer.
Known For

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Einstein on the Beach

Absolute Wilson

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic

The Black Rider

Video 50

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

Adam's Passion

Voom Portraits

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Photos
Filmography

Händel / Mozart: Der Messias
Movie · Director

Turandot
Movie · Director, Stage Director

Le Trouvère
Movie · Director

A Winter Fable
Movie · Director

Verdi: La Traviata
Movie · Director, Stage Director

Adam's Passion
Movie · Director

Einstein on the Beach
Movie · Director

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Movie · Director, Stage Director

Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Movie · Director

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Teatro alla Scala
Movie · Director

Voom Portraits
Movie · Director

Les Fables
Movie · Director

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Movie · Director

Alceste
Movie · Director
Glass: Corvo Branco
Movie · Stage Director

La mort de Molière
Movie · Director

The Black Rider
Movie · Director
La femme à la cafetière
Movie · Director

Stations
Movie · Director

Deafman Glance
Movie · Director

Video 50
Movie · Director

The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera
Movie · Director

