Robert Wilson

Known for

Directing

Born

October 4, 1941

Birthplace

Waco, Texas, USA

Died

July 31, 2025 (aged 83)

Biography

Robert Wilson is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright. Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer.

Best known work

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

2007

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

2007

Einstein on the Beach

2014

Absolute Wilson

2006

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic

2012

The Black Rider

1990

Video 50

1978

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

1985

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

1987

Adam's Passion

2015

Filmography

2025
The King is Dead
2022
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
as Self
2020
Händel / Mozart: Der Messias
Director
2020
Turandot
Director, Stage Director, Lighting Design
2019
Le Trouvère
Director
2017
A Winter Fable
Sound, Director
2016
Verdi: La Traviata
Director, Lighting Design, Stage Director
2015
The Lost Paradise
as Himself
2015
Adam's Passion
Director, Set Designer, Author
2014
Einstein on the Beach
Set Designer, Director
2012
Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic
as Self
2012
BAM150
as Self
2012
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Director, Stage Director
2010
Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet
as Himself
2009
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Director, Production Design, Writer
2009
The Art of Time
as Self
2009
L'Orfeo
Director, Lighting Director, Set Designer
2007
Voom Portraits
Director
2007
Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
as Self - Visual Artist
2007
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2006
Absolute Wilson
2005
Les Fables
Director
2000
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice
Director
1999
Alceste
Director
1998
Glass: Corvo Branco
Stage Director, Lighting Design