Personal Info
Birth date
1937-01-31 (88 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Sound
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as
Philip Morris Glass
Philip Glass
Biography
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.
Filmography
Saturday Night Live
6.96
Overview:
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.The Kennedy Center Honors
7.4
Overview:
The Kennedy Center Honors is an annual honor given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to American culture.The Culture Show
6.2
Overview:
A weekly BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more.Tales from the Loop
6.9
Overview:
The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.The Truman Show
8.1
Overview:
Every second of every day, from the moment he was born, for the last thirty years, Truman Burbank has been the unwitting star of the longest running, most popular documentary-soap opera in history. The picture-perfect town of Seahaven that he calls home is actually a gigantic soundstage. Truman's friends and family - everyone he meets, in fact - are actors. He lives every moment under the unblinking gaze of thousands of hidden TV cameras.Classic Albums
7.7
Overview:
A documentary series about pop and rock albums that are considered the best or most distinctive of a well-known band or musician or that exemplify a stage in the history of music.100 Foot Wave
7.9
Overview:
The decade-long odyssey of surfing pioneer Garrett McNamara, who, after visiting Nazaré, Portugal in hopes of conquering a 100-foot wave, pushed the sport to ever-greater heights and alongside locals helped transform the small fishing village into the world’s preeminent big-wave surfing destination.Fantastic Four
4.429
Overview:
Four young outsiders teleport to a dangerous universe, which alters their physical form in shocking ways. Their lives irrevocably upended, the team must learn to harness their daunting new abilities and work together to save Earth from a former friend turned enemy.The Illusionist
7.296
Overview:
With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.Tea with Tosh
NYR
Overview:
'Tea with Tosh' was a cable public access TV chat show that aired from 1986-87. Hosted by Tosh Berman and featuring guests such as Philip Glass, Russ Tamblyn, Carole Caroompas, and Michael Silverblatt. All 20 episodes are available on Tosh Berman's YouTube channel.No Reservations
6.673
Overview:
Master chef Kate Armstrong runs her life and her kitchen with intimidating intensity. However, a recipe for disaster may be in the works when she becomes the guardian of her young niece while crossing forks with the brash sous-chef who just joined her staff. Though romance blooms in the face of rivalry, Kate needs to look outside the kitchen to find true happiness.Secret Window
6.565
Overview:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.Candyman
6.6
Overview:
The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.Notes on a Scandal
7.1
Overview:
A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her 15-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond platonic friendship.Taking Lives
6.377
Overview:
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.The Hours
7.271
Overview:
The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition.Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters
7.797
Overview:
A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970.Koyaanisqatsi
7.865
Overview:
Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.The Pigeon Tunnel
6.6
Overview:
Academy Award winner Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied life and career of David Cornwell, the former spy known to the literary world as John le Carré.Leviathan
7.4
Overview:
In a Russian coastal town, Kolya is forced to fight the corrupt mayor when he is told that his house will be demolished. He recruits a lawyer friend to help, but the man's arrival brings further misfortune for Kolya and his family.Hamburger Hill
6.563
Overview:
The men of Bravo Company are facing a battle that's all uphill… up Hamburger Hill. Fourteen war-weary soldiers are battling for a mud-covered mound of earth so named because it chews up soldiers like chopped meat. They are fighting for their country, their fellow soldiers and their lives. War is hell, but this is worse. Hamburger Hill tells it the way it was, the way it really was. It's a raw, gritty and totally unrelenting dramatic depiction of one of the fiercest battles of America's bloodiest war. This happened. Hamburger Hill - war at its worst, men at their best.Cassandra's Dream
6.3
Overview:
The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies.Elena
7.185
Overview:
Elena is a woman of a certain age, living in a chic Moscow apartment with her wealthy businessman husband Vladimir. While Vladimir is estranged from his daughter, he does not mask his contempt for Elena's own child, who seems to be in constant need of financial assistance. When Vladimir suddenly falls ill and his volatile, nihilistic daughter comes back into the picture, Elena must hatch a plan for her own survival.Kundun
6.808
Overview:
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.Samurai Marathon
6.019
Overview:
When feudal lord Itakura Katsuakira decides to prepare his samurai troops for the onslaught of modernization by having them compete in a marathon, his independent-minded daughter Yuki secretly joins the race.Astral City: A Spiritual Journey
7.247
Overview:
The selfish Dr. André Luiz dies and awakes in the limbo called "Umbral". After a painful period in the gruesome swamp, he is rescued and brought in a white light to "Nosso Lar" (meaning "Our Home"). He finds a place of harmony, where people live in peace awaitingCandyman: Farewell to the Flesh
5.4
Overview:
Annie, a young schoolteacher struggling to solve the brutal murder of her father, unwittingly summons the "Candyman" to New Orleans, where she learns the secret of his power, and discovers the link that connects them.The Fog of War
7.691
Overview:
Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid military officer, to being the Ford Motor Company's president, to managing the Vietnam War as defense secretary for presidents Kennedy and Johnson.The Church
6
Overview:
In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence, and demonic vengeance.Bent
6.8
Overview:
Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to be Jewish because in the eyes of the Nazis, gays are the lowest form of human being. But it takes a relationship with an openly gay prisoner to teach Max that without the love of another, life is not worth living.Acting
TBAThe Making of "Once Within a Time" as Self
2022A Place Called Music as Self
2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious as Self
2021War and the Weather as Unknown
2017The Last Dalai Lama? as Self
2017Uncle Howard as Self (archive footage)
2017Trophy as Himself
2015The Viking of Sixth Avenue as Unknown
2014What Difference Does It Make? as Self
2012Paul Simon: Under African Skies as Self
2011Lucinda Childs' Dance as Self
2010Music as Self
2008Richard Serra: Man of Steel as Self
2008Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell as Self
2008Making Mishima as Unknown
2008Patti Smith: Dream of Life as Self
2007365 Day Project as Unknown
2007Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts as Self
2006The Harry Smith Project Live as Self
2005Kiki and Herb Reloaded as Self
2005The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter as Self
2005Philip Glass: Looking Glass as Himself
2004The Culture Show (1 Episode) as Self
2003Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress as self
2002Impact of Progress as Self
2002Essence of Life as Interviewee
2002The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch as Himself (Interviewee)
2001In the Ocean as Unknown
1999A Brief History of Errol Morris as Self
1999The Source as Self
1998The Truman Show as Keyboard Artist
1997Classic Albums (1 Episode) as Self
1997Perfect Moment as Self
1997Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland as Self
1987Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars as Unknown
1986A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera as Himself
1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July as Unknown
1986Bye Bye Kipling as Self
1986Tea with Tosh (2 Episodes) as Self
1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera as composer (himself)
1983Four American Composers: Philip Glass as Himself
1978The Kennedy Center Honors (1 Episode) as Self
1975Saturday Night Live (1 Episode) as Self - Musical Guest
1975What Maisie Knew as Unknown
1974Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley as Self
1971New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971 as Self
1968Hands Scraping as Unknown
Sound
2025Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry ... Original Music Composer
2025Koyaanisqatsi Inspired Short Film ... Music
2025Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom ... Original Music Composer
2024Anhedonia ... Songs
2023The Pigeon Tunnel ... Original Music Composer
2023Once Within a Time ... Original Music Composer
2023You, Me, and Movies ... Music
2023Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris ... Original Music Composer
2023Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023 ... Original Music Composer
2022Alice ... Original Music Composer
2021LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE ... Music
2021War and the Weather ... Music
2021100 Foot Wave (5 Episodes) ... Original Music Composer
2021In the Penal Colony ... Sound
2020Philip Glass: Akhnaten ... Original Music Composer
2020Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective ... Music
2020Tales from the Loop (8 Episodes) ... Original Music Composer
2019The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten ... Music
2019Universal Machine ... Music
2019Samurai Marathon ... Original Music Composer
2018Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2 ... Original Music Composer
2017Jane ... Original Music Composer
2017The Juniper Tree ... Music
2017The Last Dalai Lama? ... Original Music Composer
2017Crônica da Demolição ... Original Music Composer
2016Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos ... Music
2015Fantastic Four ... Original Music Composer
2014Leviathan ... Music, Original Music Composer
2014Einstein on the Beach ... Original Music Composer
2013November 22, 1963 ... Music
2013Glass: The Perfect American ... Original Music Composer
2013Visitors ... Music
2013Re: Awakenings ... Original Music Composer
2012The Apostle ... Original Music Composer
2012Besa: The Promise ... Original Music Composer
2011Lucinda Childs' Dance ... Music
2011Philip Glass: Satyagraha ... Music
2011Rebirth ... Original Music Composer
2011Elena ... Original Music Composer
2011They Were There ... Original Music Composer
2011Glass: Kepler ... Original Music Composer
2010Mr. Nice ... Original Music Composer
2010Astral City: A Spiritual Journey ... Original Music Composer
2010Trans-Action ... Music
2009These Vagabond Shoes ... Music
2008Objects and Memory ... Music
2008The Song ... Songs
2007Animals in Love ... Music
2007Cassandra's Dream ... Original Music Composer
2007Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts ... Original Music Composer
2007Hard-Hearted ... Music
2007No Reservations ... Music, Original Music Composer
2006Notes on a Scandal ... Original Music Composer
2006The Illusionist ... Original Music Composer
2006Roving Mars ... Original Music Composer
2006Un leader in ascolto ... Original Music Composer
2005Neverwas ... Music, Original Music Composer
2005The Giant Buddhas ... Original Music Composer
2005The Moustache ... Original Music Composer
2004Undertow ... Original Music Composer
2004The Origins of AIDS ... Music
2004Taking Lives ... Original Music Composer
2004Secret Window ... Original Music Composer
2003The Fog of War ... Original Music Composer
2003Wildfire ... Music
2002The Hours ... Original Music Composer
2002Naqoyqatsi ... Music
2002The Baroness and the Pig ... Original Music Composer
2001The Man in the Bath ... Music
1999The Eden Myth ... Music
1999Pointy Teeth for Pointy People ... Music
1999The Source ... Sound
1998The Truman Show ... Music, Original Music Composer
1997Kundun ... Original Music Composer
1997Bent ... Original Music Composer
1997Perfect Moment ... Original Music Composer
1997Mama General ... Original Music Composer
1996The Secret Agent ... Original Music Composer
1995Evidence ... Original Music Composer
1995The Interview ... Original Music Composer
1995Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh ... Original Music Composer
1995Untitled: New Blue ... Music
1994La mort de Molière ... Music
1993Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama ... Music
1993Anima Mundi ... Original Music Composer
1993Sara ... Music
1992Candyman ... Original Music Composer
1992Mirror of the Planet ... Original Music Composer
1992A Walk Through Prospero's Library ... Music
1991Mindwalk ... Original Music Composer
1991A Brief History of Time ... Original Music Composer
1991Closet Land ... Music Supervisor
1989The Church ... Original Music Composer
1989Continuum: 1. Initiation ... Music Arranger
1989Continuum: Parts 1 & 2 ... Music Arranger
1988The Thin Blue Line ... Music
1988Powaqqatsi ... Music
1987Monolithe ... Music
1987Hamburger Hill ... Original Music Composer
1986The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July ... Music
1986In the Upper Room ... Music
1986A Perfect Couple ... Music
1985Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters ... Original Music Composer
1985Empire City ... Original Music Composer
1983ACT III ... Music
1983Koyaanisqatsi ... Original Music Composer, Music
1983Philip Glass: Satyagraha ... Music
1980Vivre est une solution ... Music
1980Geometry of Circles ... Music
1978North Star: Mark di Suvero ... Music
1977Carolyn I ... Music
1971Anxious Automation ... Music
1971End of the Art World ... Music
1970Marco ... Music
1970Isy Boukir ... Music
1968Inquiring Nuns ... Original Music Composer
1968Railroaded ... Music
1966Chappaqua ... Music Supervisor
Writing
2019The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten ... Writer
2018Taniel ... Musical
2014Einstein on the Beach ... Writer
2011Philip Glass: Satyagraha ... Writer
1983Philip Glass: Satyagraha ... Writer
Crew
2002Essence of Life ... Thanks