Meredith Monk
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1942 (age 83)
- Birthplace
- 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 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.
Known For
Filmography
Monk in Pieces
Movie · as Self
Songs of Ascension
Movie
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Movie · as Self
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Movie · as Herself
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
Movie · as Self
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Movie · as Self
Meredith
Movie · as Self
Meredith Monk
Movie
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
Movie · as Herself
Book of Days
Movie · as Madwoman
Uncle Meat
Movie · as Red Face Girl
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
Movie · as Herself
Turtle Dreams
Movie
Paris
Movie · as Paris Couple
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Movie
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Movie · as Self
16 Millimeter Earrings
Movie · as Herself
Quarry
Movie · as Child
A portrait of Meredith Monk
Movie
Institutional Quality
Movie
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
Movie