Meredith Monk
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.
Acting
Movie
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
as Self
2018
Movie
Book of Days
as Madwoman
1989
Movie
Uncle Meat
as Red Face Girl
1987
Movie
Institutional Quality
1969
Movie
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
Movie
16 Millimeter Earrings
as Herself
1979
Movie
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
2001
Movie
Monk in Pieces
as Self
2025
Movie
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966
Movie
Songs of Ascension
2019
Movie
Quarry
as Child
1978
Movie
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
as Herself
2013
Movie
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
as Herself
1983
Movie
Turtle Dreams
1983
Movie
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
Movie
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
as Herself
1993
Movie
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Movie
Paris
as Paris Couple
1982
Movie
Meredith Monk
1994
Movie
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
as Self
2009
Movie
Meredith
as Self
1995
Crew
Movie
Notre Musique
Music
2004
Movie
Book of Days
Director
1989
Movie
Ellis Island
Director
1981
Movie
A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
Original Music Composer
2009
Movie
16 Millimeter Earrings
Original Music Composer
1979
Movie
Turtle Dreams
Director
1987
Movie
Quarry
Writer
1978
Movie
Songs of Ascension
Director
2019
Movie
Ball Bearing
Director
1968
Movie
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Music
2013
Movie
Turtle Dreams
Original Music Composer
1983
Movie
Evolver
Music
2023