Meredith Monk
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 33
Movies (33)
Monk in Pieces2025Self
Rotation2021Directing
Offering Shrine2021Directing
Songs of Ascension2019
Hand Mandala2018Directing
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?2018Self
Hand Reflection2016Directing
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 19802013Herself- Meredith Monk: Inner Voice2009Self
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance2001Self- Meredith1995Self
Faces1994Directing- Meredith Monk1994
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros1993Herself
Book of Days1989Madwoman
Uncle Meat1987Red Face Girl
Turtle Dreams1987Directing
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk1983Herself
Turtle Dreams1983
Paris1982Paris Couple- Ellis Island1981Directing
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers1980- Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds1979Self
Ellis Island1979Directing
16 Millimeter Earrings1979Herself
Quarry1978Child
Quarry1975Directing
A portrait of Meredith Monk1974- Institutional Quality1969
- Ball Bearing1968Directing