Bill Viola

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Bill Viola

Directing 75 January 25, 1951

Queens, New York, USA

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…

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What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

6.4 2013 Movie
The Reflecting Pool

The Reflecting Pool

5.3 1979 Movie
The Passing

The Passing

5.5 1992 Movie
Trovoada

Trovoada

1995 Movie
Ancient of Days

Ancient of Days

7.1 1982 Movie
Anthem

Anthem

6.3 1983 Movie
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

6.7 1986 Movie
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)

Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)

6.3 1979 Movie
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

Hatsu Yume (First Dream)

6.4 1981 Movie
Migration (for Jack Nelson)

Migration (for Jack Nelson)

6.0 1976 Movie
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

5.2 2017 Movie
Going Forth By Day

Going Forth By Day

2002 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2018
    Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Movie Director

  2. 2017
    Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

    Movie Self

  3. 2016
    Mary

    Movie Director

  4. 2014
    Martyrs: Earth

    Movie Director

  5. 2014
    Martyrs: Water

    Movie Director

  6. 2014
    Martyrs: Fire

    Movie Director

  7. 2014
    Martyrs: Air

    Movie Director

  8. 2014
    Martyrs

    Movie Director

  9. 2014
    Inverted Birth

    Movie Director

  10. 2013
    What Is Cinema?

    Movie Self

  11. 2013
    The Dreamers

    Movie Director

  12. 2013
    Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity

    Movie Director

  13. 2012
    The Encounter

    Movie Director

  14. 2012
    Walking on the Edge

    Movie Director

  15. 2012
    Traveling on Foot

    Movie Director

  16. 2011
    A Phrase from Chris

    Movie Director

More credits
  1. 2008
    The Innocents

    Movie Director

  2. 2008
    Three Women

    Movie Director

  3. 2007
    Ocean Without a Shore

    Movie Director

  4. 2006
    Poem B (The Guest House)

    Movie Director

  5. 2005
    Basin of Tears

    Movie Director

  6. 2005
    Ablutions

    Movie Director

  7. 2005
    Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)

    Movie Idea

  8. 2005
    Fire Woman

    Movie Director

  9. 2004
    The Tristan Project

    Movie Director

  10. 2004
    The Raft

    Movie Writer

  11. 2003
    Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

    Movie Self

  12. 2003
    Emergence

    Movie Director

  13. 2002
    Going Forth By Day

    Movie (segment "The Voyage")

  14. 2002
    Fire Birth

    Movie Director

  15. 2002
    The Path

    Movie Director

  16. 2002
    The Voyage

    Movie Gatekeeper

  17. 2002
    The Silent Sea

    Movie Director

  18. 2001
    Four Hands

    Movie Director

  19. 2001
    Catherine's Room

    Movie Director

  20. 2001
    Surrender

    Movie Director

  21. 2000
    The Quintet of the Astonished

    Movie Director

  22. 2000
    Anima

    Movie Director

  23. 2000
    Eternal Return

    Movie Director

  24. 2000
    Ascension

    Movie Director