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Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Born: 1937-01-31 • Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Filmography
Nova '78 poster
Nova '78
2025 • Self (archive footage)
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music poster
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
2025 • Self (archive footage)
A Place Called Music poster
A Place Called Music
2022 • Self
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious poster
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
2022 • Self
War and the Weather poster
War and the Weather
2021
The Last Dalai Lama? poster
The Last Dalai Lama?
2017 • Self
Trophy poster
Trophy
2017 • Himself
The Viking of Sixth Avenue poster
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
2015 • Self
What Difference Does It Make? poster
What Difference Does It Make?
2014 • Self
Paul Simon: Under African Skies poster
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
2012 • Self
Lucinda Childs' Dance poster
Lucinda Childs' Dance
2011 • Self
Music poster
Music
2010 • Self
No Image
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
2008 • Self
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell poster
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
2008 • Self
Making Mishima poster
Making Mishima
2008
Patti Smith: Dream of Life poster
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
2008 • Self
365 Day Project poster
365 Day Project
2007 • Self
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts poster
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
2007 • Self
The Harry Smith Project Live poster
The Harry Smith Project Live
2006 • Self
Kiki and Herb Reloaded poster
Kiki and Herb Reloaded
2005 • Self
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter poster
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
2005 • Self
Philip Glass: Looking Glass poster
Philip Glass: Looking Glass
2005 • Himself
No Image
Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
2003 • self
Essence of Life poster
Essence of Life
2002 • Interviewee
Impact of Progress poster
Impact of Progress
2002 • Self
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch poster
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
2002 • Himself (Interviewee)
In the Ocean poster
In the Ocean
2001
No Image
A Brief History of Errol Morris
1999 • Self
The Source poster
The Source
1999 • Self
The Truman Show poster
The Truman Show
1998 • Keyboard Artist
Perfect Moment poster
Perfect Moment
1997 • Self
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland poster
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
1997 • Self
John Cage: Man and Myth poster
John Cage: Man and Myth
1990 • Self
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars poster
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera poster
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
1986 • Himself
No Image
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
No Image
Bye Bye Kipling
1986 • Self
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera poster
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
1985 • composer (himself)
Four American Composers: Philip Glass poster
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
1983 • Himself
What Maisie Knew poster
What Maisie Knew
1975
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Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974 • Self
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971 poster
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
1971 • Self
Hands Scraping poster
Hands Scraping
1968
No Image
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
— • Self