Philip Glass Movies

A documentary that explores the challenges that a life in music can bring.

An absurdist comedy short directed and produced by Harrison Engle. Features one of the first film scores by Philip Glass.

Akhnaten is set in Ancient Egypt, and based on the accession to the throne of the pharaoh Amenhotep IV – thought to have been around 1351BC...

This documentary captures the overflowing energy and activity of one today's greatest composers, Philip Glass, and allows us to follow him from New...

A haunting look at children watching television.

This is the debut documentary made by Alexis Krasilovsky, author of "Women Behind The Camera" (Praeger, 1997). Shot on 16mm in 1971, the film covers...

Scenes from the life and work at Anthology Film Archives. Much of the footage in this video was shot by Auguste Varkalis.

The musical journey between Mexican Wixárika musician Daniel Medina and American composer Philip Glass.

An incoherent film diary.

With participation of John Cage, Earle Brown, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma, David Behrman, Max Neuhaus, Morton Subotnik, Phil Corner, Joe Jones, Alvin...

Two nuns travel across Chicago asking people the question, "Are you happy?"

This was filmed at Anthology Film Archives on May 31, 2000. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my...

The documentary traces the life of Luciano Lama, one of the major protagonists of Italian trade union history. From the years of the Resistance to...

A short about the making of Powaqqatsi

Image and music are intertwined in this third collaboration between director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass. The film was produced to...

The film is about looking. I bet that slight variations of few recurrent elements would encourage the viewer to free associate and to fantasize a...

Artist Enid Baxter Ryce created an experimental documentary with a musical score by Philip Glass to portray, in moving images, the history of...

This in-depth look into the powerhouse industries of big-game hunting, breeding and wildlife conservation in the U.S. and Africa unravels the complex...

An audiovisual work by Philip Glass and Peter Greenaway.

A short film directed by Paul Schrader following the story of a painting from Schrader's collection.