Meredith Monk
Born: 1942-11-20 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
- Monk in Pieces as Self
2023
- Evolver ... (Music)
2021
- Rotation ... (Director)
- Offering Shrine ... (Director)
2019
2018
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking? as Self
- Hand Mandala ... (Director)
2016
- Hand Reflection ... (Director)
2013
- Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 as Herself
2009
- Trees' Migration ... (Music)
- Meredith Monk: Inner Voice as Self
- A Horse Is Not a Metaphor ... (Original Music Composer)
2004
- Notre Musique ... (Music)
2001
1995
- Meredith as Self
1994
- Meredith Monk
- Faces ... (Director)
1993
1989
- Book of Days as Madwoman
1988
- Pearls ... (Music)
1987
- Uncle Meat as Red Face Girl
- Turtle Dreams ... (Director)
1983
1982
- Paris as Paris Couple
1981
- Ellis Island ... (Director)
1979
- Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds as Self
- Ellis Island ... (Director)
- 16 Millimeter Earrings as Herself
1978
- Quarry as Child
1975
- Quarry ... (Director)
1968
- Ball Bearing ... (Cinematography)
1967
- Children ... (Director)