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A Non-Dairy Creamer
1975
Director
Bill Viola
Also known as: William Viola
Directing
Born:January 25, 1951(age 75)
Birthplace:Queens, New York, USA
Nationality:United States
Education:Syracuse University
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CommunityBiography
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 (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.
Notable Works
Sweet Light
Filmography (86 movies)
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A Phrase from Chris
2011
Director
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Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005
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Fire Woman
2005
Director
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Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003
as Self
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Ancient of Days
1982
Director
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Return
1975
Director
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Playing Soul Music to My Freckles
1975
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The Space Between the Teeth
1976
Director
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I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986
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What Is Cinema?
2013
as Self
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Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981
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Anthem
1983
Director
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Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979
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Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976
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Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
1984
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The Crossing
TBA
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Ocean Without a Shore
2007
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Déserts
1994
Director
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Angel's Gate
1989
Director
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The Reflecting Pool
1979
Director
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Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017
as Self
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Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983
Writer
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The Passing
1992
Director
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Sweet Light
1977
Director
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Emergence
2003
Director
The Voyage
2002
Director
Going Forth By Day
2002
Writer
Processing the Signal
TBA
as Himself
Trovoada
1995
as Self (voice)
A Million Other Things (2)
1975
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Sodium Vapor
1986
Director
Four Songs
1976
Director
Red Tape: Collected Works
1975
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Junkyard Levitation
1976
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Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
1977
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The Wheel of Becoming
1977
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The Morning After the Night of Power
1977
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Songs of Innocence
1976
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The Raft
2004
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Martyrs
2014
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018
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The Encounter
2012
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Truth Through Mass Individuation
1976
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The Innocents
2008
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The Sleepers
1992
Director
Information
1973
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Catherine's Room
2001
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Anima
2000
Director
Four Hands
2001
Director
The Quintet of the Astonished
2000
Director
Ablutions
2005
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Walking on the Edge
2012
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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Basin of Tears
2005
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The Stopping Mind
1990
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Slowly Turning Narrative
1992
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The Nantes Triptych
1992
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The Greeting
1995
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Moonblood
1979
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Vegetable Memory
1980
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Silent Life
1986
Director
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
1979
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The Tristan Project
2004
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The Crossing
1996
Director
He Weeps for You
1977
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Memories Of Ancestral Power
1977
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The Veiling
1995
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Heaven and Earth
1992
Director
Surrender
2001
Director
Inverted Birth
2014
Director
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013
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Three Women
2008
Director
The Dreamers
2013
Director
Fire Birth
2002
Director
The Path
2002
Director
Eternal Return
2000
Director
Mary
2016
Writer
Ascension
2000
Director
Traveling on Foot
2012
Director
Interval
1995
Director
Poem B (The Guest House)
2006
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The Semi-Circular Canals
1975
Director
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