
Known for
Acting
Born
November 20, 1942 (age 83)
Birthplace
Queens, New York City, New York, USA
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal o...
2025
as Self
2023
Music
2021
Director
2021
Director, Choreographer
2019
Director, Music
2018
Director
2018
2016
Director
2013
as Herself, Music, Editor
2009
Music
2009
as Self
2009
Original Music Composer
2004
Music
2001
1998
Original Music Composer
1995
as Self
1994
Director
1994
1993
1989
as Madwoman, Director, Screenplay, Music
1988
Music
1987
as Red Face Girl
1987
Director
1983
as Herself
1983
Original Music Composer, Creator, Choreographer, Scenario Writer