Director
Bill Viola
75 years · Queens, New York, USA · 69 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 69
Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz
2026 · Self
Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
2018 · Director
Bill Viola: The Road to St. Paul's
2017 · Self
On GuideDoc
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
On Kanopy
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
Fire Woman
2005 · Director
Tristan’s Ascension (The Sound of a Mountain Under a Waterfall)
2005 · Director