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 World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.
Movie Appearances
Songs of Ascension
2019
Quarry
as Child
1978
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
as Self
1979
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
as Herself
2013
Uncle Meat
as Red Face Girl
1987
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
as Herself
1983
16 Millimeter Earrings
as Herself
1979
Turtle Dreams
1983
Book of Days
as Madwoman
1989
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
2001
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
Institutional Quality
1969
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
as Self
2018
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
as Herself
1993
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Paris
as Paris Couple
1982
Meredith Monk
1994
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
as Self
2009
Monk in Pieces
as Self
2025
Meredith
as Self
1995