Meredith Monk
Known for: Acting
Born: November 20, 1942
Place of birth: Queens, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
38 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
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Monk in Pieces
2025
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Evolver
2023
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Offering Shrine
2021
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Rotation
2021
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Songs of Ascension
2019
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Hand Mandala
2018
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Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
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Hand Reflection
2016
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Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013
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Trees' Migration
2009NR
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
2009
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A Horse Is Not a Metaphor
2009
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Notre Musique
2004
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Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
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Meredith
1995
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Faces
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Meredith Monk
1994
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The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
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Book of Days
1989
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Pearls
1988
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Uncle Meat
1987
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Turtle Dreams
1987
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Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983
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Turtle Dreams
1983
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Paris
19826.0
Ellis Island
1981
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Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
19807.7
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979
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Ellis Island
1979
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16 Millimeter Earrings
1979
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Quarry
1978
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Quarry
1975
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A portrait of Meredith Monk
19747.0
Institutional Quality
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Ball Bearing
1968
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Children
1967
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16 Millimeter Earrings
1966
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Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966