Robert Wilson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 4, 1941, Waco, Texas, USA
- Died
- July 31, 2025
- Movies
- 38
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.
Best-Known Movies
7.7
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
2007
6.7
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
2007
8.3
Einstein on the Beach
2014
6.4
Absolute Wilson
2006
6.5
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
2012
7.5
The Black Rider
1990
5.7
Video 50
1978
9.0
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985
9.0
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
8.5
Adam's Passion
2015
Filmography
| 2025 | The King is Dead | |
| 2022 | Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious | Self |
| 2015 | The Lost Paradise | Himself |
| 2012 | Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic | Self |
| 2012 | BAM150 | Self |
| 2010 | Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet | Himself |
| 2009 | The Art of Time | Self |
| 2007 | Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens | Self - Visual Artist |
| 2007 | Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis | Self |
| 2006 | Absolute Wilson | |
| 1994 | La mort de Molière | Molière |
| 1990 | The Black Rider | Himself |
| 1987 | Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars | |
| 1985 | Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera | director (himself) |
| 1978 | Video 50 | |
| 1973 | The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2020 | Händel / Mozart: Der Messias | Director |
| 2020 | Turandot | Director |
| 2019 | Le Trouvère | Director |
| 2017 | A Winter Fable | Director |
| 2016 | Verdi: La Traviata | Director |
| 2015 | Adam's Passion | Director |
| 2014 | Einstein on the Beach | Director |
| 2012 | Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande | Director |
| 2009 | Shakespeare’s Sonnets | Director, Writer |
| 2009 | L'Orfeo | Director |
| 2007 | Voom Portraits | Director |
| 2005 | Les Fables | Director |
| 2000 | Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice | Director |
| 1999 | Alceste | Director |
| 1994 | La mort de Molière | Director, Writer |
| 1990 | The Black Rider | Director |
| 1989 | La femme à la cafetière | Director |
| 1987 | Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars | Producer |
| 1982 | Stations | Director, Writer |
| 1981 | Deafman Glance | Director |
| 1978 | Video 50 | Director |
| 1973 | The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera | Director, Writer |
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