Meredith Monk
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1942, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
- Movies
- 37
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 2025 | Monk in Pieces | Self |
| 2019 | Songs of Ascension | |
| 2018 | Feminists: What Were They Thinking? | Self |
| 2013 | Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 | Herself |
| 2009 | Meredith Monk: Inner Voice | Self |
| 2001 | Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance | Self |
| 1995 | Meredith | Self |
| 1994 | Meredith Monk | |
| 1993 | The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros | Herself |
| 1989 | Book of Days | Madwoman |
| 1987 | Uncle Meat | Red Face Girl |
| 1983 | Four American Composers: Meredith Monk | Herself |
| 1983 | Turtle Dreams | |
| 1982 | Paris | Paris Couple |
| 1980 | Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers | |
| 1979 | Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds | Self |
| 1979 | 16 Millimeter Earrings | Herself |
| 1978 | Quarry | Child |
| 1974 | A portrait of Meredith Monk | |
| 1969 | Institutional Quality | |
| 1966 | Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ) |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 2021 | Offering Shrine | Director |
| 2021 | Rotation | Director |
| 2019 | Songs of Ascension | Director |
| 2018 | Hand Mandala | Director |
| 2016 | Hand Reflection | Director |
| 1994 | Faces | Director |
| 1989 | Book of Days | Director, Screenplay |
| 1987 | Turtle Dreams | Director |
| 1982 | Paris | Director |
| 1981 | Ellis Island | Director |
| 1979 | Ellis Island | Director |
| 1978 | Quarry | Writer, Director |
| 1975 | Quarry | Director |
| 1968 | Ball Bearing | Director |
| 1967 | Children | Director |
| 1966 | 16 Millimeter Earrings | Director |
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