Bill Viola
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jan 25, 1951 (75 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 (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
| 2017 | Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul'sSelf | |
| 2013 | What Is Cinema?Self | |
| 2003 | Bill Viola: The Eye of the HeartSelf | |
| 2002 | The VoyageGatekeeper | |
| 2002 | Going Forth By Day(segment "The Voyage") | |
| 1995 | TrovoadaSelf (voice) | |
| 1986 | I Do Not Know What It Is I Am LikeHimself | |
| 1983 | Reasons for Knocking at an Empty House | |
| 1979 | The Reflecting PoolPerformer | |
| 1976 | Migration (for Jack Nelson) | |
| 1975 | Return | |
| - | Processing the SignalHimself | |
| - | The Deluge |
| 1986 | I Do Not Know What It Is I Am LikeProducer | |
| 1981 | Hatsu Yume (First Dream)Producer |
| 2018 | Wagner: Tristan und IsoldeDirector | |
| 2016 | MaryDirector | |
| 2014 | Inverted BirthDirector | |
| 2014 | MartyrsDirector | |
| 2014 | Martyrs: FireDirector | |
| 2014 | Martyrs: EarthDirector | |
| 2014 | Martyrs: WaterDirector | |
| 2014 | Martyrs: AirDirector | |
| 2013 | Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for EternityDirector | |
| 2013 | The DreamersDirector | |
| 2012 | The EncounterDirector | |
| 2012 | Walking on the EdgeDirector | |
| 2012 | Traveling on FootDirector | |
| 2011 | A Phrase from ChrisDirector | |
| 2008 | Three WomenDirector | |
| 2008 | The InnocentsDirector | |
| 2007 | Ocean Without a ShoreDirector | |
| 2006 | Poem B (The Guest House)Director | |
| 2005 | Fire WomanDirector | |
| 2005 | Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)Director | |
| 2005 | AblutionsDirector | |
| 2005 | Basin of TearsDirector | |
| 2004 | The Tristan ProjectDirector | |
| 2004 | The RaftDirector | |
| 2003 | EmergenceDirector | |
| 2002 | Going Forth By DayDirector | |
| 2002 | The PathDirector | |
| 2002 | Fire BirthDirector | |
| 2002 | The VoyageDirector | |
| 2001 | SurrenderDirector | |
| 2001 | Catherine's RoomDirector | |
| 2001 | Four HandsDirector | |
| 2000 | Eternal ReturnDirector | |
| 2000 | AscensionDirector | |
| 2000 | The Quintet of the AstonishedDirector | |
| 2000 | AnimaDirector | |
| 1996 | The CrossingDirector | |
| 1995 | The VeilingDirector | |
| 1995 | The GreetingDirector | |
| 1995 | IntervalDirector | |
| 1994 | DésertsDirector | |
| 1992 | The PassingDirector | |
| 1992 | Slowly Turning NarrativeDirector | |
| 1992 | The Nantes TriptychDirector | |
| 1992 | Heaven and EarthDirector | |
| 1992 | The SleepersDirector | |
| 1990 | The Stopping MindDirector | |
| 1989 | Angel's GateDirector | |
| 1986 | Silent LifeDirector | |
| 1986 | I Do Not Know What It Is I Am LikeDirector | |
| 1986 | Sodium VaporDirector | |
| 1984 | Reverse Television - Portraits of ViewersDirector | |
| 1983 | AnthemDirector | |
| 1983 | Reasons for Knocking at an Empty HouseDirector | |
| 1982 | Ancient of DaysDirector | |
| 1981 | Hatsu Yume (First Dream)Director | |
| 1980 | Vegetable MemoryDirector | |
| 1979 | MoonbloodDirector | |
| 1979 | Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)Director | |
| 1979 | The Reflecting PoolDirector | |
| 1979 | Moving Stillness: Mount Rainier 1979Director | |
| 1977 | Memories Of Ancestral PowerDirector | |
| 1977 | The Wheel of BecomingDirector | |
| 1977 | Memory Surfaces and Mental PrayersDirector | |
| 1977 | The Morning After the Night of PowerDirector | |
| 1977 | Sweet LightDirector | |
| 1977 | He Weeps for YouDirector | |
| 1976 | Migration (for Jack Nelson)Director | |
| 1976 | The Space Between the TeethDirector | |
| 1976 | Junkyard LevitationDirector | |
| 1976 | Songs of InnocenceDirector | |
| 1976 | Truth Through Mass IndividuationDirector | |
| 1976 | Four SongsDirector | |
| 1975 | A Million Other Things (2)Director | |
| 1975 | Red Tape: Collected WorksDirector | |
| 1975 | The Semi-Circular CanalsDirector | |
| 1975 | Playing Soul Music to My Freckles So They Won't Get LonelyDirector | |
| 1975 | A Non-Dairy CreamerDirector | |
| 1975 | ReturnDirector | |
| 1973 | InformationDirector | |
| - | The CrossingDirector |
| 2016 | MaryWriter | |
| 2005 | Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)Idea | |
| 2004 | The RaftWriter | |
| 2002 | Going Forth By DayWriter | |
| 1994 | DésertsWriter | |
| 1989 | Angel's GateIdea | |
| 1983 | Reasons for Knocking at an Empty HouseWriter | |
| 1983 | AnthemWriter | |
| 1981 | Hatsu Yume (First Dream)Writer | |
| 1979 | The Reflecting PoolWriter | |
| 1976 | Migration (for Jack Nelson)Idea | |
| 1975 | ReturnWriter |
| 2002 | Going Forth By DayCinematography | |
| 1986 | I Do Not Know What It Is I Am LikeCinematography | |
| 1979 | Chott el-Djerid (A Portrait in Light and Heat)Creator |