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.
21 movies
Monk in Pieces
2025·8.0
Songs of Ascension
2019·0.0
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018·7.5
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013·0.0
Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
2009·0.0
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001·10.0
Meredith
1995·0.0
Meredith Monk
1994·0.0
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993·0.0
Book of Days
1989·8.3
Uncle Meat
1987·6.3
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983·0.0
Turtle Dreams
1983·0.0
Paris
1982·0.0
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980·0.0
Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
1979·7.7
16 Millimeter Earrings
1979·10.0
Quarry
1978·0.0
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974·0.0
Institutional Quality
1969·7.0
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966·6.0