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Bill Viola

Bill Viola

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/01/1951

Age

74 years old

Place of Birth

Queens, New York, USA

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 (... Read More

Known For

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's

What Is Cinema?

What Is Cinema?

Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart

Going Forth By Day

Going Forth By Day

The Voyage

The Voyage

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

The Reflecting Pool

The Reflecting Pool

Migration (for Jack Nelson)

Migration (for Jack Nelson)

Filmography

Crew

2018

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

as Director

2016

Mary

as Writer

2016

Mary

as Director

2014

Martyrs: Earth

as Director

2014

Martyrs: Water

as Director

2014

Martyrs: Fire

as Director

2014

Martyrs: Air

as Director

2014

Martyrs

as Director

2014

Inverted Birth

as Director

2013

Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Sear...

as Director

2013

The Dreamers

as Director

2012

The Encounter

as Director

2012

Walking on the Edge

as Director

2012

Traveling on Foot

as Director

2011

A Phrase from Chris

as Director

2008

The Innocents

as Director

2008

Three Women

as Director

2007

Ocean Without a Shore

as Director

2006

Poem B (The Guest House)

as Director

2005

Basin of Tears

as Director

2005

Ablutions

as Director

2005

Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Moun...

as Idea

2005

Fire Woman

as Director

2005

Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Moun...

as Director

2004

The Tristan Project

as Director

2004

The Raft

as Writer

2004

The Raft

as Director

2003

Emergence

as Director

2002

Going Forth By Day

as Director

2002

Fire Birth

as Director

2002

Going Forth By Day

as Writer

2002

Going Forth By Day

as Cinematography

2002

Going Forth By Day

as Editor

2002

The Path

as Director

2002

The Voyage

as Director

2001

Four Hands

as Director

2001

Catherine's Room

as Director

2001

Surrender

as Director

2000

The Quintet of the Astonished

as Director

2000

Anima

as Director

2000

Eternal Return

as Director

2000

Ascension

as Director

1996

The Crossing

as Director

1995

The Veiling

as Director

1995

Interval

as Director

1995

The Greeting

as Director

1994

Déserts

as Director

1994

Déserts

as Editor

1994

Déserts

as Director of Photography

1994

Déserts

as Writer

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

1990

The Stopping Mind

as Director

1989

Angel's Gate

as Director of Photography

1989

Angel's Gate

as Idea

1989

Angel's Gate

as Editor

1989

Angel's Gate

as Director

1986

Sodium Vapor

as Director

1986

I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like

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

Silent Life

as Director

1984

Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewer...

as Director

1983

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

as Writer

1983

Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House

as Director

1983

Anthem

as Director

1983

Anthem

as Writer

1982

Ancient of Days

as Director

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

1980

Vegetable Memory

as Director

1979

The Reflecting Pool

as Director

1979

The Reflecting Pool

as Director of Photography

1979

The Reflecting Pool

as Writer

1979

Moonblood

as Director

1979

Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and...

as Director

1979

Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979

as Director

1979

Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and...

as Creator

1977

Memories Of Ancestral Power

as Director

1977

Guadalcanal Requiem

as Director of Photography

1977

The Wheel of Becoming

as Director

1977

The Morning After the Night of Power

as Director

1977

Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers

as Director

1977

Sweet Light

as Director

1977

He Weeps for You

as Director

1976

Truth Through Mass Individuation

as Director

1976

The Space Between the Teeth

as Director

1976

Four Songs

as Director

1976

Junkyard Levitation

as Director

1976

Songs of Innocence

as Director

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

1975

A Non-Dairy Creamer

as Director

1975

Playing Soul Music to My Freckles

as Director

1975

A Million Other Things (2)

as Director

1975

Red Tape: Collected Works

as Director

1975

Return

as Director

1975

The Semi-Circular Canals

as Director

1975

Return

as Writer

1973

Information

as Director