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Bill Viola
Biography
A pioneer in the medium of video art, Bill Viola's work explores the spiritual and perceptual side of human experience. Since 1970 he has created videotapes, architectural video installations, sound environments, electronic music performances and pieces for television. Works include Hatsu Yume (First Dream), The Passing, and installations Room for St. John of the Cross, The Messenger and The Quintet of the Astonished, recently shown at the National Gallery, London in "Encounters, New Art from Old". A 25-year survey exhibition of his work organized by The Whitney Museum of American Art recently traveled to 6 institutions in the USA and Europe. MacArthur Fellow.
Personal Info
Known For
Directing
Birthday
January 25, 1951
Age
75 years old
Place of Birth
Queens, New York, USA
Popularity Score
0.2
Filmography
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Director
2018Movie
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
Self
2017Movie
Mary
Writer
2016Movie
Mary
Director
2016Movie
Inverted Birth
Director
2014Movie
Martyrs
Director
2014Movie
Martyrs: Water
Director
2014Movie
Martyrs: Earth
Director
2014Movie
Martyrs: Air
Director
2014Movie
Martyrs: Fire
Director
2014Movie
What Is Cinema?
Self
2013Movie
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
Director
2013Movie
The Dreamers
Director
2013Movie
The Encounter
Director
2012Movie
Walking on the Edge
Director
2012Movie
Traveling on Foot
Director
2012Movie
A Phrase from Chris
Director
2011Movie
Three Women
Director
2008Movie
The Innocents
Director
2008Movie
Ocean Without a Shore
Director
2007Movie
Poem B (The Guest House)
Director
2006Movie
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
Idea
2005Movie
Fire Woman
Director
2005Movie
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
Director
2005Movie
Ablutions
Director
2005Movie
Basin of Tears
Director
2005Movie
The Raft
Writer
2004Movie
The Tristan Project
Director
2004Movie
The Raft
Director
2004Movie
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
Self
2003Movie
Emergence
Director
2003Movie
The Voyage
Gatekeeper
2002Movie
Going Forth By Day
(segment "The Voyage")
2002Movie
Going Forth By Day
Director
2002Movie
Fire Birth
Director
2002Movie
The Path
Director
2002Movie
The Voyage
Director
2002Movie
Going Forth By Day
Writer
2002Movie
Going Forth By Day
Cinematography
2002Movie
Going Forth By Day
Editor
2002Movie
The Silent Sea
Director
2002Movie
Surrender
Director
2001Movie
Catherine's Room
Director
2001Movie
Four Hands
Director
2001Movie
Eternal Return
Director
2000Movie
Ascension
Director
2000Movie
Anima
Director
2000Movie
The Quintet of the Astonished
Director
2000Movie
The Crossing
Director
1996Movie
Trovoada
Self (voice)
1995Movie
The Veiling
Director
1995Movie
The Greeting
Director
1995Movie
Interval
Director
1995Movie
Déserts
Director
1994Movie
Déserts
Editor
1994Movie
Déserts
Director of Photography
1994Movie
Déserts
Writer
1994Movie
The Passing
Director
1992Movie
Slowly Turning Narrative
Director
1992Movie
The Nantes Triptych
Director
1992Movie
Heaven and Earth
Director
1992Movie
The Sleepers
Director
1992Movie
The Stopping Mind
Director
1990Movie
Angel's Gate
Director of Photography
1989Movie
Angel's Gate
Idea
1989Movie
Angel's Gate
Editor
1989Movie
Angel's Gate
Director
1989Movie
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
Himself
1986Movie
Silent Life
Director
1986Movie
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
Director
1986Movie
Sodium Vapor
Director
1986Movie
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
Producer
1986Movie
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
Cinematography
1986Movie
Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
Director
1984Movie
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983Movie
Anthem
Director
1983Movie
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Writer
1983Movie
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Director
1983Movie
Anthem
Writer
1983Movie
Ancient of Days
Director
1982Movie
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Director
1981Movie
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Writer
1981Movie
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Director of Photography
1981Movie
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Producer
1981Movie
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Editor
1981Movie
Vegetable Memory
Director
1980Movie
The Reflecting Pool
Performer
1979Movie
Moonblood
Director
1979Movie
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
Director
1979Movie
The Reflecting Pool
Director
1979Movie
The Reflecting Pool
Director of Photography
1979Movie
The Reflecting Pool
Writer
1979Movie
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
Director
1979Movie
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
Creator
1979Movie
Memories Of Ancestral Power
Director
1977Movie
Guadalcanal Requiem
Director of Photography
1977Movie
The Wheel of Becoming
Director
1977Movie
The Morning After the Night of Power
Director
1977Movie
Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
Director
1977Movie
Sweet Light
Director
1977Movie
He Weeps for You
Director
1977Movie
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976Movie
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
Director of Photography
1976Movie
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
Idea
1976Movie
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
Editor
1976Movie
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
Director
1976Movie
Truth Through Mass Individuation
Director
1976Movie
The Space Between the Teeth
Director
1976Movie
Four Songs
Director
1976Movie
Junkyard Levitation
Director
1976Movie
Songs of Innocence
Director
1976Movie
Return
1975Movie
A Non-Dairy Creamer
Director
1975Movie
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
Director
1975Movie
A Million Other Things (2)
Director
1975Movie
Red Tape: Collected Works
Director
1975Movie
Return
Director
1975Movie
The Semi-Circular Canals
Director
1975Movie
Return
Writer
1975Movie
Information
Director
1973Movie
Processing the Signal
Himself
—Movie
The Deluge
—Movie
The Crossing
Director
—Movie