Philip Glass

Known for: Sound
Born: January 31, 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Movies: 48

Philip Morris Glass is an American composer. He is one of the most influential music makers of the late 20th century. His music is also often controversially described as minimal music.

Upcoming Philip Glass Movies

The Viking of Sixth Avenue

Release date TBA

Best-Known Movies

8.2

The Truman Show

1998

7.7

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

2025

6.1

Patti Smith: Dream of Life

2008

6.2

Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell

2008

6.8

Trophy

2017

5.6

The Source

1999

7.1

Paul Simon: Under African Skies

2012

6.6

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

2007

7.7

Four American Composers: Philip Glass

1983

8.3

Einstein on the Beach

2014

Filmography

2026	Nova '78	Self (archive footage)
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self (archive footage)
2022	A Place Called Music	Self
2022	Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious	Self
2021	War and the Weather
2017	The Last Dalai Lama?	Self
2017	Trophy	Himself
2014	What Difference Does It Make?	Self
2012	Paul Simon: Under African Skies	Self
2011	Lucinda Childs' Dance	Self
2010	Music	Self
2008	Richard Serra: Man of Steel	Self
2008	Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell	Self
2008	Making Mishima
2008	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Self
2007	365 Day Project	Self
2007	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Self
2006	The Harry Smith Project Live	Self
2006	Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
2006	Refuge	Self
2005	Kiki and Herb Reloaded	Self
2005	The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter	Self
2005	Philip Glass: Looking Glass	Himself
2003	Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress	self
2002	Impact of Progress	Self
2002	Essence of Life	Interviewee
2002	The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch	Self - Interviewee
2001	In the Ocean
1999	A Brief History of Errol Morris	Self
1999	The Source	Self
1999	Laboratorium Anthology
1998	The Truman Show	Keyboard Artist
1997	Perfect Moment	Self
1997	Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland	Self
1990	John Cage: Man and Myth	Self
1987	Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1986	A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera	Himself
1986	Bye Bye Kipling	Self
1986	The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1985	Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera	composer (himself)
1983	Four American Composers: Philip Glass	Himself
1975	What Maisie Knew
1971	New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971	Self
1968	Hands Scraping

Directing, Writing & Producing

2019	The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten	Writer
2014	Einstein on the Beach	Writer
2011	Philip Glass: Satyagraha	Writer
1983	Philip Glass: Satyagraha	Writer

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