Meredith Monk
Acting
1942-11-20 · Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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
Monk in Pieces
2025 · Movie
Evolver
2023 · Movie
Rotation
2021 · Movie
Offering Shrine
2021 · Movie
Songs of Ascension
2019 · Movie
Hand Mandala
2018 · Movie
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018 · Movie
Hand Reflection
2016 · Movie
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013 · Movie
Trees' Migration
2009 · Movie
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
2009 · Movie
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009 · Movie
Notre Musique
2004 · Movie
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001 · Movie
Meredith
1995 · Movie
Faces
1994 · Movie
Meredith Monk
1994 · Movie
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993 · Movie
Book of Days
1989 · Movie
Pearls
1988 · Movie
Turtle Dreams
1987 · Movie
Uncle Meat
1987 · Movie
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983 · Movie
Turtle Dreams
1983 · Movie
Paris
1982 · Movie
Ellis Island
1981 · Movie
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980 · Movie
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979 · Movie
Ellis Island
1979 · Movie
16 Millimeter Earrings
1979 · Movie
Quarry
1978 · Movie
Quarry
1975 · Movie
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974 · Movie
Institutional Quality
1969 · Movie
Ball Bearing
1968 · Movie
Children
1967 · Movie
16 Millimeter Earrings
1966 · Movie
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966 · Movie