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
Feminists: What Were They Thinking? (2018)
as Self
Turtle Dreams (1983)
Actor
Monk in Pieces (2025)
as Self
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers (1980)
Actor
Quarry (1978)
as Child
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds (1979)
as Self
Paris (1982)
as Paris Couple
Meredith Monk (1994)
Actor
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk (1983)
as Herself
Book of Days (1989)
as Madwoman
Institutional Quality (1969)
Actor
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)
as Self
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ) (1966)
Actor
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
A portrait of Meredith Monk (1974)
Actor
Meredith (1995)
as Self
16 Millimeter Earrings (1979)
as Herself
Uncle Meat (1987)
as Red Face Girl
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980 (2013)
as Herself
Songs of Ascension (2019)
Actor