Bill Viola
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jan 25, 1951 (age 75)
- Place of birth
- Queens, New York, USA
- Credits
- 83
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.
Known for
The Reflecting Pool
1979Movie
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
The Passing
1992Movie
Director
Ancient of Days
1982Movie
Director
Anthem
1983Movie
Director, Writer
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986Movie
Director, Producer, Cinematography
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979Movie
Director, Creator
Filmography
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018Movie
Director
Mary
2016Movie
Writer, Director
Martyrs: Earth
2014Movie
Director
Martyrs: Water
2014Movie
Director
Martyrs: Fire
2014Movie
Director
Martyrs: Air
2014Movie
Director
Martyrs
2014Movie
Director
Inverted Birth
2014Movie
Director
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013Movie
Director
The Dreamers
2013Movie
Director
The Encounter
2012Movie
Director
Walking on the Edge
2012Movie
Director
Traveling on Foot
2012Movie
Director
A Phrase from Chris
2011Movie
Director
The Innocents
2008Movie
Director
Three Women
2008Movie
Director
Ocean Without a Shore
2007Movie
Director
Poem B (The Guest House)
2006Movie
Director
Basin of Tears
2005Movie
Director
Ablutions
2005Movie
Director
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005Movie
Idea, Director
Fire Woman
2005Movie
Director
The Tristan Project
2004Movie
Director
The Raft
2004Movie
Writer, Director
Emergence
2003Movie
Director
Going Forth By Day
2002Movie
Director, Writer, Cinematography, Editor
Fire Birth
2002Movie
Director
The Path
2002Movie
Director
The Voyage
2002Movie
Director
The Silent Sea
2002Movie
Director
Four Hands
2001Movie
Director
Catherine's Room
2001Movie
Director
Surrender
2001Movie
Director
The Quintet of the Astonished
2000Movie
Director
Anima
2000Movie
Director
Eternal Return
2000Movie
Director
Ascension
2000Movie
Director
The Crossing
1996Movie
Director
The Veiling
1995Movie
Director
Interval
1995Movie
Director
The Greeting
1995Movie
Director
Déserts
1994Movie
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer
The Passing
1992Movie
Director
Slowly Turning Narrative
1992Movie
Director
The Nantes Triptych
1992Movie
Director
Heaven and Earth
1992Movie
Director
The Sleepers
1992Movie
Director
The Stopping Mind
1990Movie
Director
Angel's Gate
1989Movie
Director of Photography, Idea, Editor, Director
Sodium Vapor
1986Movie
Director
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
1986Movie
Director, Producer, Cinematography
Silent Life
1986Movie
Director
Reverse Television - Portraits of Viewers
1984Movie
Director
Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House
1983Movie
Writer, Director
Anthem
1983Movie
Director, Writer
Ancient of Days
1982Movie
Director
Hatsu Yume (First Dream)
1981Movie
Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
Vegetable Memory
1980Movie
Director
The Reflecting Pool
1979Movie
Director, Director of Photography, Writer
Moonblood
1979Movie
Director
Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)
1979Movie
Director, Creator
Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979
1979Movie
Director
Memories Of Ancestral Power
1977Movie
Director
Guadalcanal Requiem
1977Movie
Director of Photography
The Wheel of Becoming
1977Movie
Director
The Morning After the Night of Power
1977Movie
Director
Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers
1977Movie
Director
Sweet Light
1977Movie
Director
He Weeps for You
1977Movie
Director
Truth Through Mass Individuation
1976Movie
Director
The Space Between the Teeth
1976Movie
Director
Four Songs
1976Movie
Director
Junkyard Levitation
1976Movie
Director
Songs of Innocence
1976Movie
Director
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976Movie
Director of Photography, Idea, Editor, Director
A Non-Dairy Creamer
1975Movie
Director
Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get Lonely
1975Movie
Director
A Million Other Things (2)
1975Movie
Director
Red Tape: Collected Works
1975Movie
Director
Return
1975Movie
Director, Writer
The Semi-Circular Canals
1975Movie
Director
Information
1973Movie
Director
The Crossing
Movie
Director