Philip Glass
Department: Sound
Biography
Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.
Known For
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
1997
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
1971
Hands Scraping
1968
A Brief History of Errol Morris
1999
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
1983
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
The Source
1999
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985
What Difference Does It Make?
2014
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022
A Place Called Music
2022
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
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Richard Serra: Man of Steel
2008
The Truman Show
1998
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
2002
365 Day Project
2007
Philip Glass: Looking Glass
2005
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008
What Maisie Knew
1975
Essence of Life
2002
Impact of Progress
2002
Perfect Moment
1997
In the Ocean
2001
Bye Bye Kipling
1986
Trophy
2017
Music
2010
Kiki and Herb Reloaded
2005
The Last Dalai Lama?
2017
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
1986
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
Lucinda Childs' Dance
2011
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012
Making Mishima
2008
War and the Weather
2021
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
2015
Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
2003
John Cage: Man and Myth
1990
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025
Nova '78
2025
Saturday Night Live
1975
Tea with Tosh
1986
The Culture Show
2004
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
Classic Albums
1997
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
1976