
Meredith Monk
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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.
Known for
Credits

Turtle Dreams (1983)
Actor

Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)
as Self

Paris (1982)
as Paris Couple

Quarry (1978)
as Child
Meredith (1995)
as Self
Institutional Quality (1969)
Actor

Monk in Pieces (2025)
as Self

Four American Composers: Meredith Monk (1983)
as Herself

Book of Days (1989)
as Madwoman
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)
as Self

Uncle Meat (1987)
as Red Face Girl

Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ) (1966)
Actor
Meredith Monk (1994)
Actor

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)
as Self
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice (2009)
as Self

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros (1993)
as Herself

16 Millimeter Earrings (1979)
as Herself

Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 (2013)
as Herself

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (1980)
Actor

A portrait of Meredith Monk (1974)
Actor

Songs of Ascension (2019)
Actor




