Philip Glass

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

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Tales from the Loop

(2020) Original Music Composer

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The Truman Show

(1998) Original Music Composer

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No Reservations

(2007) Music

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Fantastic Four

(2015) Original Music Composer

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The Illusionist

(2006) Original Music Composer

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Candyman

(1992) Music

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Undertow

(2004) Original Music Composer

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Taking Lives

(2004) Original Music Composer

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2022	Self	A Place Called Music 2022-10-28 Movie
	Self	Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious 2022-01-16 Movie
2021	N/A	War and the Weather 2021-08-11 Movie
2017	Self	The Last Dalai Lama? 2017-06-19 Movie
	Self (archive footage)	Uncle Howard 2017-03-10 Movie
	Himself	Trophy 2017-01-20 Movie
2014	Self	What Difference Does It Make? 2014-02-17 Movie
2012	Self	Paul Simon: Under African Skies 2012-05-11 Movie
2011	Self	Lucinda Childs' Dance 2011-12-01 Movie
2010	Self	Music 2010-10-15 Movie
2009	N/A	In The Ocean – A Film About the Classical Avant Garde 2009-06-03 Movie
2008	Self	Richard Serra: Man of Steel 2008-11-25 Movie
	Self	Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell 2008-09-26 Movie
	N/A	Making Mishima 2008-08-01 Movie
	Self	Patti Smith: Dream of Life 2008-04-02 Movie
2007	Self	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts 2007-09-07 Movie
2006	Self	The Harry Smith Project Live 2006-11-07 Movie
2005	Self	Kiki and Herb Reloaded 2005-04-09 Movie
	Self	The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter 2005-03-03 Movie
	Himself	Philip Glass: Looking Glass 2005-01-01 Movie
2004	Self	The Culture Show 2004-11-11 TV Show
2002	Interviewee	Essence of Life 2002-09-17 Movie
	Self	Impact of Progress 2002-09-17 Movie
	Himself (Interviewee)	The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch 2002-05-01 Movie
1999	Self	A Brief History of Errol Morris 1999-09-01 Movie
	Self	The Source 1999-01-23 Movie
1998	Keyboard Artist	The Truman Show 1998-06-04 Movie
1997	Self	Classic Albums 1997-04-14 TV Show
	Himself	Perfect Moment 1997-03-21 Movie
	Self	Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland 1997-01-01 Movie
1987	N/A	Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars 1987-09-14 Movie
1986	Himself	A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera 1986-10-08 Movie
	N/A	The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July 1986-09-03 Movie
	Self	Tea with Tosh 1986-01-01 TV Show
	Self	Bye Bye Kipling 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	composer (himself)	Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera 1985-10-14 Movie
1983	Himself	Four American Composers: Philip Glass 1983-08-03 Movie
1978	Self	The Kennedy Center Honors 1978-12-28 TV Show
1975	Self - Musical Guest	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
	N/A	What Maisie Knew 1975-05-20 Movie
1974	Himself	Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley 1974-06-07 Movie
1968	N/A	Hands Scraping 1968-01-01 Movie
	Self	New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971 Movie
	Self	The Making of "Once Within a Time" Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv

Sound

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2024	Songs	Anhedonia 2024-05-20 Movie
2023	Original Music Composer	The Pigeon Tunnel 2023-10-20 Movie
	Music	Once Within a Time 2023-10-13 Movie
	Music	You, Me, and Movies 2023-05-06 Movie
2022	Music	An Unwillingness 2022-06-13 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Alice 2022-02-23 Movie
2021	Music	LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE 2021-10-29 Movie
	Music	War and the Weather 2021-08-11 Movie
	Sound	In the Penal Colony 2021-04-13 Movie
2020	Original Music Composer	Philip Glass: Akhnaten 2020-11-20 Movie
	Music	Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective 2020-07-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Tales from the Loop 2020-04-03 TV Show
2019	Music	Philip Glass: Akhnaten 2019-11-23 Movie
	Music	Universal Machine 2019-04-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Samurai Marathon 2019-02-22 Movie
2018	Original Music Composer	Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 2018-10-27 Movie
2017	Original Music Composer	Jane 2017-12-28 Movie
	Music	The Juniper Tree 2017-08-01 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Last Dalai Lama? 2017-06-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Crônica da Demolição 2017-05-11 Movie
2016	Music	Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos 2016-05-19 Movie
2015	Original Music Composer	Fantastic Four 2015-08-05 Movie
2014	Music	Leviathan 2014-09-24 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Einstein on the Beach 2014-01-07 Movie
2013	Music	November 22, 1963 2013-11-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Glass: The Perfect American 2013-10-29 Movie
	Music	Visitors 2013-09-08 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Re: Awakenings 2013-04-01 Movie
2012	Music	The Apostle 2012-10-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Besa: The Promise 2012-07-19 Movie
2011	Music	Lucinda Childs' Dance 2011-12-01 Movie
	Music	Philip Glass: Satyagraha 2011-11-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Rebirth 2011-08-31 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Elena 2011-06-06 Movie
	Original Music Composer	They Were There 2011-01-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Glass: Kepler 2011-01-01 Movie
2010	Original Music Composer	Mr. Nice 2010-10-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Astral City: A Spiritual Journey 2010-09-03 Movie
	Music	Trans-Action 2010-01-01 Movie
2009	Music	These Vagabond Shoes 2009-07-23 Movie
2008	Music	Objects and Memory 2008-09-08 Movie
	Songs	The Song 2008-07-11 Movie
2007	Music	Animals in Love 2007-12-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts 2007-09-07 Movie
	Music	Hard-Hearted 2007-06-19 Movie
	Music	Cassandra's Dream 2007-06-18 Movie
	Music	No Reservations 2007-06-15 Movie
2006	Original Music Composer	Notes on a Scandal 2006-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Illusionist 2006-08-18 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Roving Mars 2006-01-27 Movie
2005	Music	Neverwas 2005-09-09 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Giant Buddhas 2005-08-05 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Moustache 2005-06-09 Movie
2004	Original Music Composer	Undertow 2004-10-22 Movie
	Music	The Origins of AIDS 2004-05-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Taking Lives 2004-03-19 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Secret Window 2004-03-12 Movie
2003	Original Music Composer	The Fog of War 2003-10-26 Movie
	Music	Wildfire 2003-01-01 Movie
2002	Original Music Composer	The Hours 2002-12-27 Movie
	Music	Naqoyqatsi 2002-09-02 Movie
2001	Music	The Man in the Bath 2001-06-07 Movie
1999	Music	The Eden Myth 1999-06-13 Movie
	Music	Pointy Teeth for Pointy People 1999-06-01 Movie
	Sound	The Source 1999-01-23 Movie
1998	Music	The Truman Show 1998-06-04 Movie
	Original Music Composer	The Truman Show 1998-06-04 Movie
1997	Original Music Composer	Kundun 1997-12-25 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Bent 1997-11-26 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Perfect Moment 1997-03-21 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Mama General 1997-01-01 Movie
1996	Original Music Composer	The Secret Agent 1996-11-08 Movie
1995	Original Music Composer	Evidence 1995-10-02 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Jenipapo 1995-09-10 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh 1995-03-17 Movie
	Music	Untitled: New Blue 1995-01-01 Movie
1994	Music	La mort de Molière 1994-01-17 Movie
1993	Music	Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama 1993-07-07 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Anima Mundi 1993-05-07 Movie
	Music	Sara 1993-02-03 Movie
1992	Original Music Composer	Candyman 1992-10-16 Movie
	Music	A Walk Through Prospero's Library 1992-01-01 Movie
1991	Original Music Composer	A Brief History of Time 1991-10-01 Movie
1990	Original Music Composer	Mindwalk 1990-09-09 Movie
1989	Original Music Composer	The Church 1989-03-10 Movie
	Music Arranger	Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 1989-01-01 Movie
	Music Arranger	Continuum: 1. Initiation 1989-01-01 Movie
1988	Music	The Thin Blue Line 1988-08-28 Movie
	Music	Powaqqatsi 1988-04-29 Movie
1987	Music	Monolithe 1987-10-11 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Hamburger Hill 1987-08-07 Movie
1986	Music	The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July 1986-09-03 Movie
	Music	In the Upper Room 1986-08-28 Movie
	Music	A Perfect Couple 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Original Music Composer	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters 1985-09-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Empire City 1985-07-01 Movie
1983	Music	ACT III 1983-06-20 Movie
	Original Music Composer	Koyaanisqatsi 1983-04-27 Movie
	Music	Koyaanisqatsi 1983-04-27 Movie
	Music	Philip Glass: Satyagraha 1983-01-01 Movie
1980	Music	Vivre est une solution 1980-12-17 Movie
	Music	Geometry of Circles 1980-03-11 Movie
1978	Music	North Star: Mark di Suvero 1978-04-07 Movie
1977	Music	Carolyn danse 1977-06-29 Movie
1971	Music	Anxious Automation 1971-12-31 Movie
	Music	End of the Art World 1971-06-01 Movie
1970	Music	Marco 1970-10-11 Movie
	Music	Izy Boukir 1970-01-01 Movie
1968	Original Music Composer	Inquiring Nuns 1968-11-01 Movie
	Music	Railroaded 1968-05-01 Movie
1966	Music Supervisor	Chappaqua 1966-08-30 Movie
	Music	NEOOONOWWW Movie
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Writing

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2019	Writer	Philip Glass: Akhnaten 2019-11-23 Movie
2018	Musical	Taniel 2018-03-29 Movie
2014	Writer	Einstein on the Beach 2014-01-07 Movie
2011	Writer	Philip Glass: Satyagraha 2011-11-19 Movie
1983	Writer	Philip Glass: Satyagraha 1983-01-01 Movie
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Crew

Year	Role	Movie/Tv
2002	Thanks	Essence of Life 2002-09-17 Movie
Year	Role	Movie/Tv