
Acting
Meredith Monk
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.
Filmography

Monk in Pieces
Film · 2025

Songs of Ascension
Film · 2019

Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Film · 2018

Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
Film · 2013

Meredith Monk: Inner Voice
Film · 2009

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
Film · 2001

Meredith
Film · 1995

Meredith Monk
Film · 1994

The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
Film · 1993

Book of Days
Film · 1989

Uncle Meat
Film · 1987

Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
Film · 1983

Turtle Dreams
Film · 1983

Paris
Film · 1982

Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
Film · 1980

Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds
Film · 1979

16 Millimeter Earrings
Film · 1979

Quarry
Film · 1978

A portrait of Meredith Monk
Film · 1974

Institutional Quality
Film · 1969

Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
Film · 1966