Meredith Monk

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1942-11-20 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Meredith Monk

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 Wor...

Production

1987

Turtle Dreams

as Director

1981

Ellis Island

as Director

1989

Book of Days

as Director

1978

Quarry

as Writer

1978

Quarry

as Choreographer

1978

Quarry

as Original Music Composer

2019

2019

1968

Ball Bearing

as Director

1968

Ball Bearing

as Cinematography

1983

Turtle Dreams

as Choreographer

1983

Turtle Dreams

as Original Music Composer

1983

Turtle Dreams

as Creator

1983

Turtle Dreams

as Scenario Writer

1979

16 Millimeter Earrings

as Choreographer

1979

16 Millimeter Earrings

as Original Music Composer

2023

Evolver

as Music

1989

Book of Days

as Screenplay

1989

Book of Days

as Music

1981

Ellis Island

as Music

1981

Ellis Island

as Vocals

1978

Quarry

as Director

2009

A Horse Is Not a Metaphor

as Original Music Composer

1982

Paris

as Director

1982

Paris

as Music

1988

Pearls

as Music

2004

1966

1994

Faces

as Director

1967

Children

as Director

1975

Quarry

as Director

1979

Ellis Island

as Director

1979

Ellis Island

as Choreographer

2018

Hand Mandala

as Director

2016

Hand Reflection

as Director

2021

Offering Shrine

as Director

2021

Rotation

as Director

2021

Rotation

as Choreographer

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