Meredith Monk
Acting
21
Acting Credits
16
Directed
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 G...
Known For
Filmography
Monk in Pieces
2025
as Self
Songs of Ascension
2019
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
as Self
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013
as Herself
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
2009
as Self
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001
as Self
Meredith
1995
as Self
Meredith Monk
1994
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
as Herself
Book of Days
1989
as Madwoman
Uncle Meat
1987
as Red Face Girl
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983
as Herself
Turtle Dreams
1983
Paris
1982
as Paris Couple
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
as Self
16 Millimeter Earrings
1979
as Herself
Quarry
1978
as Child
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
Institutional Quality
1969
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966