Bill Viola
Known for DirectingBorn 1951-01-25 (age 75)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 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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The Voyage
2002 · Movie
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A Phrase from Chris
2011 · Movie
A Non-Dairy Creamer
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A Non-Dairy Creamer
1975 · Movie
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Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005 · Movie
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Fire Woman
2005 · Movie
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Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003 · Movie
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The Path
2002 · Movie
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Ancient of Days
1982 · Movie
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Guadalcanal Requiem
1977 · Movie
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The Space Between the Teeth
1976 · Movie
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
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Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
1975 · Movie
Return
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Return
1975 · Movie
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What Is Cinema?
2013 · Movie
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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986 · Movie
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Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981 · Movie
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Anthem
1983 · Movie
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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979 · Movie
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Ocean Without a Shore
2007 · Movie
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Déserts
1994 · Movie
Angel's Gate
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Angel's Gate
1989 · Movie
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Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
1984 · Movie
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Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976 · Movie
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Information
1973 · Movie
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The Passing
1992 · Movie
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Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017 · Movie
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The Reflecting Pool
1979 · Movie
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983 · Movie
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Emergence
2003 · Movie
Sweet Light
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Sweet Light
1977 · Movie
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018 · Movie
Mary
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Mary
2016 · Movie
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Inverted Birth
2014 · Movie
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Martyrs
2014 · Movie
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Martyrs: Earth
2014 · Movie
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Martyrs: Air
2014 · Movie
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Martyrs: Fire
2014 · Movie
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Martyrs: Water
2014 · Movie
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Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013 · Movie
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The Dreamers
2013 · Movie
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The Encounter
2012 · Movie
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Walking on the Edge
2012 · Movie
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Traveling on Foot
2012 · Movie
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Three Women
2008 · Movie
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The Innocents
2008 · Movie
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Poem B (The Guest House)
2006 · Movie
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Ablutions
2005 · Movie
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Basin of Tears
2005 · Movie
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The Raft
2004 · Movie