BILL VIOLA

Bill Viola
Bill Viola
Gender: Male
Known for: Directing
Birthday: January 25, 1951
Place of Birth: Queens, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

Production

TBA·
The Crossing
Director
2018·
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Director
2016·
Mary
Writer, Director
2014·
Martyrs: Air
Director
2014·
Martyrs: Water
Director
2014·
Martyrs: Earth
Director
2014·
Martyrs: Fire
Director
2014·
Martyrs
Director
2014·
Inverted Birth
Director
2013·
The Dreamers
Director
2013·
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
Director
2012·
Traveling on Foot
Director
2012·
Walking on the Edge
Director
2012·
The Encounter
Director
2011·
A Phrase from Chris
Director
2008·
The Innocents
Director
2008·
Three Women
Director
2007·
Ocean Without a Shore
Director
2006·
Poem B (The Guest House)
Director
2005·
Basin of Tears
Director
2005·
Ablutions
Director
2005·
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
Director, Idea
2005·
Fire Woman
Director
2004·
The Raft
Director, Writer
2004·
The Tristan Project
Director
2003·
Emergence
Director
2002·
Going Forth By Day
Editor, Cinematography, Writer, Director
2002·
The Voyage
Director
2002·
Fire Birth
Director
2002·
The Path
Director
2001·
Four Hands
Director
2001·
Catherine's Room
Director
2001·
Surrender
Director
2000·
Anima
Director
2000·
The Quintet of the Astonished
Director
2000·
Ascension
Director
2000·
Eternal Return
Director
1996·
The Crossing
Director
1995·
Interval
Director
1995·
The Greeting
Director
1995·
The Veiling
Director
1994·
Déserts
Director of Photography, Writer, Editor, Director
1992·
The Sleepers
Director
1992·
Heaven and Earth
Director
1992·
The Nantes Triptych
Director
1992·
Slowly Turning Narrative
Director
1992·
The Passing
Director
1990·
The Stopping Mind
Director
1989·
Angel's Gate
Director, Editor, Idea, Director of Photography
1986·
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
Cinematography, Producer, Director
1986·
Sodium Vapor
Director
1986·
Silent Life
Director
1984·
Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
Director
1983·
Anthem
Writer, Director
1983·
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Director, Writer
1982·
Ancient of Days
Director
1981·
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor, Director
1980·
Vegetable Memory
Director
1979·
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
Creator, Director
1979·
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
Director
1979·
The Reflecting Pool
Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
1979·
Moonblood
Director
1977·
He Weeps for You
Director
1977·
Sweet Light
Director
1977·
The Morning After the Night of Power
Director
1977·
Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
Director
1977·
The Wheel of Becoming
Director
1977·
Guadalcanal Requiem
Director of Photography
1977·
Memories Of Ancestral Power
Director
1976·
Four Songs
Director
1976·
Truth Through Mass Individuation
Director
1976·
Songs of Innocence
Director
1976·
Junkyard Levitation
Director
1976·
The Space Between the Teeth
Director
1976·
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
Director, Idea, Editor, Director of Photography
1975·
Return
Writer, Director
1975·
A Non-Dairy Creamer
Director
1975·
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles
Director
1975·
The Semi-Circular Canals
Director
1975·
Red Tape: Collected Works
Director
1975·
A Million Other Things (2)
Director
1973·
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