Bill Viola

male

Born on January 25, 1951 (74 years old)

From Queens, New York, USA

Known for Directing

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.

Cast Credits

2017
- Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
  as
  Self
  2017
2013
- What Is Cinema?
  as
  Self
  2013
2003
- Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
  as
  Self
  2003
2002
- The Voyage
  as
  Gatekeeper
  2002
- Going Forth By Day
  as
  (segment "The Voyage")
  2002
1986
- I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
  as
  Himself
  1986
1983
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  Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
  1983
1979
- The Reflecting Pool
  as
  Performer
  1979
1975
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  Return
  1975

Crew Credits

2018
- Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
  as
  Director
  2018
2016
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  Mary
  as
  Writer
  2016
- no image
  Mary
  as
  Director
  2016
2014
- Inverted Birth
  as
  Director
  2014
- Martyrs
  as
  Director
  2014
- Martyrs: Water
  as
  Director
  2014
- Martyrs: Earth
  as
  Director
  2014
- Martyrs: Air
  as
  Director
  2014
- Martyrs: Fire
  as
  Director
  2014
2013
- Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
  as
  Director
  2013
- The Dreamers
  as
  Director
  2013
2012
- The Encounter
  as
  Director
  2012
- Walking on the Edge
  as
  Director
  2012
- Traveling on Foot
  as
  Director
  2012
2011
- A Phrase from Chris
  as
  Director
  2011
2008
- Three Women
  as
  Director
  2008
- The Innocents
  as
  Director
  2008
2007
- Ocean Without a Shore
  as
  Director
  2007
2006
- Poem B (The Guest House)
  as
  Director
  2006
2005
- Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
  as
  Idea
  2005
- Fire Woman
  as
  Director
  2005
- Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
  as
  Director
  2005
- Ablutions
  as
  Director
  2005
- Basin of Tears
  as
  Director
  2005
2004
- The Raft
  as
  Writer
  2004
- The Tristan Project
  as
  Director
  2004
- The Raft
  as
  Director
  2004
2003
- Emergence
  as
  Director
  2003
2002
- Going Forth By Day
  as
  Director
  2002
- Fire Birth
  as
  Director
  2002
- The Path
  as
  Director
  2002
- The Voyage
  as
  Director
  2002
- Going Forth By Day
  as
  Writer
  2002
- Going Forth By Day
  as
  Cinematography
  2002
- Going Forth By Day
  as
  Editor
  2002
2001
- Surrender
  as
  Director
  2001
- Catherine's Room
  as
  Director
  2001
- Four Hands
  as
  Director
  2001
2000
- Eternal Return
  as
  Director
  2000
- Ascension
  as
  Director
  2000
- Anima
  as
  Director
  2000
- The Quintet of the Astonished
  as
  Director
  2000
1996
- The Crossing
  as
  Director
  1996
1995
- The Veiling
  as
  Director
  1995
- The Greeting
  as
  Director
  1995
- Interval
  as
  Director
  1995
1994
- Déserts
  as
  Director
  1994
- Déserts
  as
  Editor
  1994
- Déserts
  as
  Director of Photography
  1994
- Déserts
  as
  Writer
  1994
1992
- The Passing
  as
  Director
  1992
- Slowly Turning Narrative
  as
  Director
  1992
- The Nantes Triptych
  as
  Director
  1992
- Heaven and Earth
  as
  Director
  1992
- The Sleepers
  as
  Director
  1992
1990
- The Stopping Mind
  as
  Director
  1990
1989
- no image
  Angel's Gate
  as
  Director of Photography
  1989
- no image
  Angel's Gate
  as
  Idea
  1989
- no image
  Angel's Gate
  as
  Editor
  1989
- no image
  Angel's Gate
  as
  Director
  1989
1986
- Silent Life
  as
  Director
  1986
- I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
  as
  Director
  1986
- no image
  Sodium Vapor
  as
  Director
  1986
- I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
  as
  Producer
  1986
- I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
  as
  Cinematography
  1986
1984
- Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
  as
  Director
  1984
1983
- Anthem
  as
  Director
  1983
- no image
  Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
  as
  Writer
  1983
- no image
  Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
  as
  Director
  1983
- Anthem
  as
  Writer
  1983
1982
- Ancient of Days
  as
  Director
  1982
1981
- Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
  as
  Director
  1981
- Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
  as
  Writer
  1981
- Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
  as
  Director of Photography
  1981
- Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
  as
  Producer
  1981
- Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
  as
  Editor
  1981
1980
- no image
  Vegetable Memory
  as
  Director
  1980
1979
- Moonblood
  as
  Director
  1979
- Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
  as
  Director
  1979
- The Reflecting Pool
  as
  Director
  1979
- The Reflecting Pool
  as
  Editor
  1979
- The Reflecting Pool
  as
  Director of Photography
  1979
- The Reflecting Pool
  as
  Writer
  1979
- no image
  Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
  as
  Director
  1979
- Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
  as
  Creator
  1979
1977
- no image
  Memories Of Ancestral Power
  as
  Director
  1977
- Guadalcanal Requiem
  as
  Director of Photography
  1977
- no image
  The Wheel of Becoming
  as
  Director
  1977
- no image
  The Morning After the Night of Power
  as
  Director
  1977
- Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
  as
  Director
  1977
- no image
  Sweet Light
  as
  Director
  1977
- He Weeps for You
  as
  Director
  1977
1976
- Migration (for Jack Nelson)
  as
  Director of Photography
  1976
- Migration (for Jack Nelson)
  as
  Idea
  1976
- Migration (for Jack Nelson)
  as
  Editor
  1976
- Migration (for Jack Nelson)
  as
  Director
  1976
- no image
  Truth Through Mass Individuation
  as
  Director
  1976
- The Space Between the Teeth
  as
  Director
  1976
- no image
  Four Songs
  as
  Director
  1976
- no image
  Junkyard Levitation
  as
  Director
  1976
- no image
  Songs of Innocence
  as
  Director
  1976
1975
- no image
  A Non-Dairy Creamer
  as
  Director
  1975
- no image
  Playing Soul Music to My Freckles
  as
  Director
  1975
- no image
  A Million Other Things (2)
  as
  Director
  1975
- Red Tape: Collected Works
  as
  Director
  1975
- no image
  Return
  as
  Director
  1975
- The Semi-Circular Canals
  as
  Director
  1975
- no image
  Return
  as
  Writer
  1975
1973
- Information
  as
  Director
  1973

Bill Viola

Biography

Cast Credits

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

What Is Cinema?

Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

The Voyage

Going Forth By Day

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

The Reflecting Pool

Return

Crew Credits

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

Mary

Mary

Inverted Birth

Martyrs

Martyrs: Water

Martyrs: Earth

Martyrs: Air

Martyrs: Fire

Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity

The Dreamers

The Encounter

Walking on the Edge

Traveling on Foot

A Phrase from Chris

Three Women

The Innocents

Ocean Without a Shore

Poem B (The Guest House)

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

Fire Woman

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

Ablutions

Basin of Tears

The Raft

The Tristan Project

The Raft

Emergence

Going Forth By Day

Fire Birth

The Path

The Voyage

Going Forth By Day

Going Forth By Day

Going Forth By Day

Surrender

Catherine's Room

Four Hands

Eternal Return

Ascension

Anima

The Quintet of the Astonished

The Crossing

The Veiling

The Greeting

Interval

Déserts

Déserts

Déserts

Déserts

The Passing

Slowly Turning Narrative

The Nantes Triptych

Heaven and Earth

The Sleepers

The Stopping Mind

Angel's Gate

Angel's Gate

Angel's Gate

Angel's Gate

Silent Life

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

Sodium Vapor

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers

Anthem