Meredith Monk

Acting·Nov 20, 1942·Queens, New York City, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
Monk in Pieces2025 · Self	Self
Offering Shrine2021 · Director	Director
Rotation2021 · Director	Director
Songs of Ascension2019 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
Hand Mandala2018 · Director	Director
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?2018 · Self	Self
Hand Reflection2016 · Director	Director
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 19802013 · Herself	Herself
MMeredith Monk: Inner Voice2009 · Self	Self
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance2001 · Self	Self
MMeredith1995 · Self	Self
Faces1994 · Director	Director
MMeredith Monk1994 · Actor	Actor
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros1993 · Herself	Herself
Book of Days1989 · Madwoman, Director, Screenplay	Madwoman, Director, Screenplay
Uncle Meat1987 · Red Face Girl	Red Face Girl
Turtle Dreams1987 · Director	Director
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk1983 · Herself	Herself
Turtle Dreams1983 · Actor	Actor
Paris1982 · Paris Couple, Director	Paris Couple, Director
EEllis Island1981 · Director	Director
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers1980 · Actor	Actor
FFried Shoes Cooked Diamonds1979 · Self	Self
Ellis Island1979 · Director	Director
16 Millimeter Earrings1979 · Herself	Herself
Quarry1978 · Child, Writer, Director	Child, Writer, Director
Quarry1975 · Director	Director
A portrait of Meredith Monk1974 · Actor	Actor
IInstitutional Quality1969 · Actor	Actor
BBall Bearing1968 · Director	Director
Children1967 · Director	Director
16 Millimeter Earrings1966 · Director	Director
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)1966 · Actor	Actor