Bill Viola
Director · Actor · WriterA 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR13
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017
Self
What Is Cinema?
2013
Self
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003
Self
The Voyage
2002
Gatekeeper
Going Forth By Day
2002
(segment "The Voyage")
Trovoada
1995
Self (voice)
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986
Himself
- Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983
The Reflecting Pool
1979
Performer
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976
- Return
Return
1975
- Processing the Signal
Processing the Signal
Himself
- The Deluge
The Deluge
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018
Director
- Mary
Mary
2016
Director
Inverted Birth
2014
Director
Martyrs
2014
Director
Martyrs: Earth
2014
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Martyrs: Air
2014
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Martyrs: Fire
2014
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Martyrs: Water
2014
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Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013
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The Dreamers
2013
Director
The Encounter
2012
Director
Walking on the Edge
2012
Director
Traveling on Foot
2012
Director
A Phrase from Chris
2011
Director
Three Women
2008
Director
The Innocents
2008
Director
Ocean Without a Shore
2007
Director
Poem B (The Guest House)
2006
Director
Fire Woman
2005
Director
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005
Director
Ablutions
2005
Director
Basin of Tears
2005
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The Tristan Project
2004
Director
The Raft
2004
Director
Emergence
2003
Director
Going Forth By Day
2002
Director
Fire Birth
2002
Director
The Path
2002
Director
The Voyage
2002
Director
- The Silent Sea
The Silent Sea
2002
Director
Surrender
2001
Director
Catherine's Room
2001
Director
Four Hands
2001
Director
Eternal Return
2000
Director
- Ascension
Ascension
2000
Director
Anima
2000
Director
The Quintet of the Astonished
2000
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The Crossing
1996
Director
The Veiling
1995
Director
The Greeting
1995
Director
Interval
1995
Director
Déserts
1994
Director
The Passing
1992
Director
Slowly Turning Narrative
1992
Director
The Nantes Triptych
1992
Director
Heaven and Earth
1992
Director
The Sleepers
1992
Director
The Stopping Mind
1990
Director
- Angel's Gate
Angel's Gate
1989
Director
Silent Life
1986
Director
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986
Director
- Sodium Vapor
Sodium Vapor
1986
Director
Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
1984
Director
Anthem
1983
Director
- Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983
Director
Ancient of Days
1982
Director
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981
Director
- Vegetable Memory
Vegetable Memory
1980
Director
Moonblood
1979
Director
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979
Director
The Reflecting Pool
1979
Director
- Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
1979
Director
- Memories Of Ancestral Power
Memories Of Ancestral Power
1977
Director
- Sweet Light
Sweet Light
1977
Director
Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
1977
Director
- The Wheel of Becoming
The Wheel of Becoming
1977
Director
- The Morning After the Night of Power
The Morning After the Night of Power
1977
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He Weeps for You
1977
Director
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976
Director
- Truth Through Mass Individuation
Truth Through Mass Individuation
1976
Director
The Space Between the Teeth
1976
Director
Songs of Innocence
1976
Director
- Junkyard Levitation
Junkyard Levitation
1976
Director
- Four Songs
Four Songs
1976
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- Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
1975
Director
- A Non-Dairy Creamer
A Non-Dairy Creamer
1975
Director
The Semi-Circular Canals
1975
Director
- A Million Other Things (2)
A Million Other Things (2)
1975
Director
- Return
Return
1975
Director
Red Tape: Collected Works
1975
Director
Information
1973
Director
- The Crossing
The Crossing
Director
WRITER12
- Mary
Mary
2016
Writer
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005
Idea
The Raft
2004
Writer
Going Forth By Day
2002
Writer
Déserts
1994
Writer
- Angel's Gate
Angel's Gate
1989
Idea
- Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983
Writer
Anthem
1983
Writer
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981
Writer
The Reflecting Pool
1979
Writer
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976
Idea
- Return
Return
1975
Writer
