Directed credits
61
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Bill Viola
Directing
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Directed movies: 61Directed series: 0All crew credits: 63
TMDB ID: 142840
IMDb ID: nm0899169
Known for: Directing
Born: January 25, 1951
Age: 75
Place of birth: Queens, New York, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1973 - 2018
Years active: 46
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q437616
Frequent jobs
Director (59)Director of Photography (2)Idea (1)Writer (1)
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.
Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Bill Viola.
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Director
2018 Movie
Martyrs: Earth
Director
2014 Movie
Martyrs: Water
Director
2014 Movie
Martyrs: Fire
Director
2014 Movie
Martyrs: Air
Director
2014 Movie
Martyrs
Director
2014 Movie
Inverted Birth
Director
2014 Movie
Man Searching for Immortality/Woman Searching for Eternity
Director
2013 Movie
The Dreamers
Director
2013 Movie
The Encounter
Director
2012 Movie
Walking on the Edge
Director
2012 Movie
Traveling on Foot
Director
2012 Movie
9.0
A Phrase from Chris
Director
2011 Movie
The Innocents
Director
2008 Movie
Three Women
Director
2008 Movie
6.0
Ocean Without a Shore
Director
2007 Movie
Poem B (The Guest House)
Director
2006 Movie
Basin of Tears
Director
2005 Movie
Ablutions
Director
2005 Movie
8.0
Fire Woman
Director
2005 Movie
The Tristan Project
Director
2004 Movie
5.0
Emergence
Director
2003 Movie
Going Forth By Day
Director
2002 Movie
Fire Birth
Director
2002 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Bill Viola.
Trovoada
as Self (voice)
1995 Movie
6.5
What Is Cinema?
as Self
2013 Movie
The Tristan Project
Director
2004 Movie
The Nantes Triptych
Director
1992 Movie
Martyrs
Director
2014 Movie
6.0
Déserts
Director
1994 Movie
Going Forth By Day
Director
2002 Movie
The Raft
Writer
2004 Movie
Eternal Return
Director
2000 Movie
The Dreamers
Director
2013 Movie
The Innocents
Director
2008 Movie
5.2
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
as Self
2017 Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Bill Viola.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Bill Viola.
5.2
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
as Self
2017 Movie
6.5
What Is Cinema?
as Self
2013 Movie
7.3
Bill Viola: The Eye of the Heart
as Self
2003 Movie
Going Forth By Day
as (segment "The Voyage")
2002 Movie
The Voyage
as Gatekeeper
2002 Movie
Trovoada
as Self (voice)
1995 Movie
6.7
I Do Not Know What It Is I Am Like
as Himself
1986 Movie
5.3
The Reflecting Pool
as Performer
1979 Movie
6.0
Migration (for Jack Nelson)
1976 Movie