Bill Viola
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday25 January 1951 (75 years old)
Place of birthQueens, New York, USA
Known credits89
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 …
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018 · Director
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017 · Self
Mary
2016 · Writer
Mary
2016 · Director
Martyrs: Earth
2014 · Director
Martyrs: Water
2014 · Director
Martyrs: Fire
2014 · Director
Martyrs: Air
2014 · Director
Martyrs
2014 · Director
Inverted Birth
2014 · Director
What Is Cinema?
2013 · Self
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
2013 · Director
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
The Innocents
2008 · Director
Three Women
2008 · Director
Ocean Without a Shore
2007 · Director
Poem B (The Guest House)
2006 · Director
Basin of Tears
2005 · Director
Ablutions
2005 · Director
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005 · Idea
Fire Woman
2005 · Director
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005 · Director
The Tristan Project
2004 · Director
The Raft
2004 · Writer
The Raft
2004 · Director
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
2003 · Self
Emergence
2003 · Director
Going Forth By Day
2002 · (segment "The Voyage")
Going Forth By Day
2002 · Director
Fire Birth
2002 · Director
Going Forth By Day
2002 · Writer
Going Forth By Day
2002 · Cinematography
Going Forth By Day
2002 · Editor
The Path
2002 · Director
The Voyage
2002 · Gatekeeper
The Voyage
2002 · Director
The Silent Sea
2002 · Director
Four Hands
2001 · Director
Catherine's Room
2001 · Director
Surrender
2001 · Director
The Quintet of the Astonished
2000 · Director
Anima
2000 · Director
Eternal Return
2000 · Director
Ascension
2000 · Director
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