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Overview
Date of Birth:
Mini Biography:
Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Glass worked in his father's radio store... more
Trivia:
Was friends with Peter Schickele while at Juilliard. more
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another
10 wins
&
15 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(34 articles)
Halfway House: Hoop Dreams
(From FilmExperience. 11 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
Fright Exclusive Interview: Tony Todd Talks Splatter
(From Icons of Fright. 26 October 2009, 6:44 PM, PDT)
(From FilmExperience. 11 November 2009, 9:00 AM, PST)
Fright Exclusive Interview: Tony Todd Talks Splatter
(From Icons of Fright. 26 October 2009, 6:44 PM, PDT)
Alternate Names:
Phil Glass
US TV Schedule:
Filmography
Jump to filmography as: In Development, Composer, Soundtrack, Music Department, Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Writer, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
In Development: 
- Face Value (details only on IMDbPro)
Composer:
- Mr. Nice (2010) (post-production)
- Transcendent Man (2009)
- Les regrets (2009)
... aka Regrets (International: English title) - What Are You Looking For? (2008)
... aka Ensaios Visuais: What Are You Looking For? (Brazil: complete title)
... aka Think Tank #04: What Are You Looking For? (International: English title: complete title)
... aka What Are You Looking For? (Brazil) - Objects and Memory (2008) (music by)
- Repeat (2007)
- Les animaux amoureux (2007)
... aka Animals in Love (International: English title) - Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007)
... aka Glass (International: English title: short title) - No Reservations (2007)
- Cassandra's Dream (2007)
... aka Le rêve de Cassandre (France) - Kremen (2007)
... aka Кремень (Russia)
... aka Hard-Hearted (International: English title) - Deferred (2007) (V)
- Little Things (2007)
- Notes on a Scandal (2006)
- A Broken Sole (2006)
- Black Box: UFO Secrets (2006) (TV)
- Nasiona (2006)
... aka The Seeds (International: English title) - Abused (2006)
- The Illusionist (2006)
- A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006) (V)
... aka A Crude Awakening (USA: short title)
... aka Ein böses Erwachen - Der Ölcrash (Germany: TV title)
... aka OilCrash (International: English title: short title) - El drama de la memoria (2006)
- Roving Mars (2006)
- The Giant Buddhas (2005)
... aka Im Tal der grossen Buddhas (Switzerland: German title: TV title) - Neverwas (2005)
- Faith's Corner (2005)
- Disparait, v. (2005)
- La moustache (2005) (musical composition by)
... aka The Moustache (Australia: TV title) - Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)
- Secret Window: Secrets Revealed (2004) (V)
- Secret Window: From Book to Film (2004) (V)
- Secret Window: A Look Through It (2004) (V)
- Undertow (2004)
- Taking Lives (2004)
- Secret Window (2004)
- Aztec Legend (2004)
- Clive Barker: Raising Hell (2004) (V)
- Sweets to the Sweet: The Candyman Mythos (2004) (V)
- "Pandemic: Facing AIDS" (2003) TV mini-series
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003)
... aka The Fog of War (USA: short title) - Les origines du SIDA (2003)
... aka The Origins of AIDS (International: English title) - The Hours (2002)
- The Baroness and the Pig (2002)
- Naqoyqatsi (2002)
... aka Naqoyqatsi: Life as War (USA: poster title) - Passage (2002/I)
- The Mind and Times of Virginia Woolf (2002) (V)
- The Man in the Bath (2001)
- L'anima in luce (2001)
- Diaspora (2001)
- Armonie dell'Estasi (2000)
- Le corset (1999)
- The Eden Myth (1999)
- The Source (1999) (TV)
- Sin ceder (1999)
- Fast Track (1998)
- Kundun (1997)
- Ballad of the Skeletons (1997)
- Bent (1997)
- The Secret Agent (1996)
... aka Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent - Départ immédiat (1996)
- Absence Stronger Than Presence (1996)
- Jenipapo (1995)
... aka The Interview (USA) - Journey to Enlightenment (1995) (TV)
... aka Shadow Over Tibet: Stories in Exile
... aka Spirit of Tibet: The Life and World of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Primary Teacher of the Dalai Lama (USA: video box title) - Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh (1995)
... aka Candyman II: Farewell to the Flesh - Evidence (1995)
- Impetus Apaches (1995)
- La mort de Molière (1994) (V)
... aka The Death of Molière (International: English title) - "3000 scénarios contre un virus" (1 episode, 1994)
... aka 3,000 Scenarios to Combat a Virus
- La chambre (1994) TV episode - Compassion in Exile: The Life of the 14th Dalai Lama (1993)
... aka Compassion in Exile (USA: short title) - Candyman (1992)
... aka Clive Barker's Candyman (USA: complete title) - Planetens spejle (1992)
... aka Mirror of the Planet (International: English title) - Anima Mundi (1992)
... aka The Soul of the World - Privé de vieillesse (1992)
- "The Arctic" (1992) TV series
- A Brief History of Time (1991)
- A Walk Through Prospero's Library (1991) (TV)
- Mindwalk (1990)
- La chiesa (1989)
... aka Cathedral of Demons
... aka Demon Cathedral
... aka Demons 3
... aka In the Land of the Demons
... aka The Church - The Thin Blue Line (1988)
- Powaqqatsi (1988)
... aka Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA: poster title) - Monolithe (1987) (TV)
- Hamburger Hill (1987)
- Dead End Kids (1986)
... aka Dead End Kids: A Story of Nuclear Power - The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (1986)
... aka Two Moon July (USA: short title) - Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1986)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
... aka Mishima (USA: short title) - High Wire (1984)
- Four American Composers (1983) (TV)
- Satyagraha (1983) (TV) (from opera "Satyagraha")
- Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
... aka Koyaanisqatsi: Life Out of Balance (USA: poster title) - Mark Di Suvero, Sculptor (1978)
... aka Étoile polaire (France)
... aka North Star: Mark di Suvero (USA) - End of the Art World (1971)
- Marco (1970)
- Inquiring Nuns (1968)
- Dracula (1931) (1999)
Soundtrack:
- "House M.D." (1 episode, 2009)
... aka House (South Africa: English title) (USA: short title)
- Under My Skin (2009) TV episode (writer: "Company: II. -" (uncredited)) - Youth Knows No Pain (2009) (writer: "Knee Play No. 5")
- Watchmen (2009) (writer: "Protest" (Act II, Scene 3), "Something She Has to Do", "Prophecies", "Pruit Igoe")
... aka Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA: IMAX version) - Certainty (2009) (writer: "The Wayside", "The Ropes")
- What Are You Looking For? (2008) (performer: "Metamorphosis 1") ("Metamorphosis 1")
... aka Ensaios Visuais: What Are You Looking For? (Brazil: complete title)
... aka Think Tank #04: What Are You Looking For? (International: English title: complete title)
... aka What Are You Looking For? (Brazil) - Embrión (2008) ("Aria")
... aka Embryo (USA: literal English title) - Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG) ("Pruit Igoe")
... aka GTA IV (International: English title: short title) - Repeat (2007) (writer: "Metamorphosis 2 & 3")
- Absolute Wilson (2006) ("The Civil Wars", "White Raven", "Einstein on the Beach")
- Counting Water (2006) ("Knee Play No. 1")
- "Scrubs" (1 episode, 2006)
- My New God (2006) TV episode (writer: "Koyaanisqatsi") (performer: "Koyaanisqatsi") - The Giant Buddhas (2005) ("Distraught", "Reting's Eyes", "Lord Chamberlain", "Escape to India")
... aka Im Tal der grossen Buddhas (Switzerland: German title: TV title) - "Independent Lens" (1 episode, 2005)
- Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) TV episode (writer: "Knee Play 1") (performer: "Knee Play 1") - Declaring Genius (2004) (writer: "Metamorphosis One") (performer: "Metamorphosis One")
- The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (2003) ("100,000 People" (uncredited), "Target Destruction" (uncredited), "Revolution in the Pentagon" (uncredited), "Low Evil" (uncredited), "Blind Moles" (uncredited), "Behind the Moon" (uncredited), "November 1, 1967" (uncredited), "IBM Punch Cards" (uncredited), "The War to End All Wars" (uncredited), "Statistical Control" (uncredited), "A New Weapon" (uncredited), "Damned if I Don't" (uncredited), "The Family" (uncredited), "Chengtu" (uncredited), "Dominoes" (uncredited), "67 Cities" (uncredited), "Rolling Thunder" (uncredited), "Invitation" (uncredited), "Success" (uncredited), "Data" (uncredited), "Across the World" (uncredited), "5 Weeks" (uncredited), "Norman Morrison" (uncredited), "Snowing" (uncredited), "Gulf of Tonkin" (uncredited))
... aka The Fog of War (USA: short title) - Les invasions barbares (2003) (writer: "Façade") (performer: "Façade")
... aka The Barbarian Invasions (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
... aka Invasion of the Barbarians (International: English title) - "Six Feet Under" (1 episode, 2003)
- Timing & Space (2003) TV episode ("1937: Saint Sebastian (from Mishima)", "1939: Grandmother and Kimitake (from Mishima)") - The Hours (2002) ("Metamorphosis 2", "Satyagraha")
- How to Draw a Bunny (2002) (writer: "String Quartet No. 3 Mishima: Mishima/Closing")
- "Aleph, lectures contades" (1 episode, 2001)
- Michel Tournier (2001) TV episode (writer: "Negro River", "Madeira River") - Condo Painting (2000) (writer: "Compassion In Exile") (performer: "Compassion In Exile")
- One Day in September (1999) (writer: "Facades", "Closing", "Symphony No. 2") (performer: "Facades", "Closing") ("Reting's Eyes")
... aka Ein Tag im September (Germany) - Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi (1998) (writer: "Protest")
... aka Beware of My Love (USA) - The Truman Show (1998) (writer: "The Beginning", "Living Waters", "Anthem - Part 1", "Opening") (performer: "The Beginning", "Living Waters", "Anthem - Part 1", "Opening")
- Derakhte Golabi (1998) (writer: "Mad Rush")
... aka The Pear Tree (International: English title) - 'Merci la vie' (1991) (writer: "Three Truths", "Labyrinth", "What Time Is Grey", "City Walk", "Screens of Memory", "Façades", "Closing", "Metamorphosis Two") (performer: "Three Truths", "Labyrinth", "What Time Is Grey", "City Walk", "Screens of Memory", "Façades", "Closing", "Metamorphosis Two")
... aka Merci la vie (France: poster title) - La chiesa (1989) (writer: "Floe", "Civil Wars")
... aka Cathedral of Demons
... aka Demon Cathedral
... aka Demons 3
... aka In the Land of the Demons
... aka The Church - Breathless (1983) (performer: "Openings")
... aka A Bout de Souffle Made in USA - La belle et la bête (1946) ("La belle et la bête")
... aka Beauty and the Beast (International: English title) (USA)
Music Department:
- When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (2009) (completed) (composer: theme music)
- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (composer: additional music) (1 episode, 2007)
... aka CSI: Las Vegas (South Africa: English title: informal alternative title) (USA: syndication title)
... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title)
... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional title)
... aka Les experts (Canada: French title)
- Meet Market (2007) TV episode (composer: additional music) (uncredited) - Hope (2006/III) (composer: stock music)
- "Night Stalker" (composer: theme) (3 episodes, 2005-2006) (composer: theme music) (1 episode, 2005)
- Timeless (2006) TV episode (composer: theme)
- The Sea (2006) TV episode (composer: theme)
- The Source (2005) TV episode (composer: theme music)
- Malum (2005) TV episode (composer: theme) - The Loss (2005) (composer: additional music)
- Yes (2004/I) (composer: song "Paru River" from "Aguas de Amazonia")
- My Father, Rua Alguem 5555 (2003) (composer: song "Xingu River" from "Aguas de Amazonia")
... aka Josef Mengele - My Father - Rua Alguém 5555 (Brazil: DVD title)
... aka Meu Pai (Brazil: festival title)
... aka Papà Rua Alguem 5555 (Italy)
... aka Rua Alguem 5555: My Father (International: English title) - Haj med luftpost (2001) (TV) (composer: song "The Beginning")
... aka DR-Derude: Haj med luftpost (Denmark: series title) - The Truman Show (1998) (composer: additional music)
- Closet Land (1991) (creative musical supervision)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) (music arranger)
... aka Mishima (USA: short title) - Chappaqua (1966) (music supervisor) (as Phil Glass)
Actor:
- The Goldberg Variations (2010) (post-production) .... Philip
- No Reservations (2007) (uncredited) .... Man at bistro
- "Live from Lincoln Center" .... Composer / ... (1 episode, 2007)
... aka Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center (USA: alternative title)
- A Gala Night at Alice Tully Hall (2007) TV episode .... Composer/Performer - The Truman Show (1998) .... Keyboard Artist
- "VH1 New Visions" (1986) TV series .... Guest Host (1986-1988)
Miscellaneous Crew:
- Powaqqatsi (1988) (script consultant)
... aka Powwaqatsi: Life in Transformation (USA: poster title)
Writer:
- Satyagraha (1983) (TV) (libretto)
Thanks:
- Being John Malkovich (1999) (acknowledgment)
Self:
- "BBC Proms" .... Himself (1 episode, 2009)
- Prom 38: Stravinsky's Rite of Spring (2009) TV episode .... Himself - What Are You Looking For? (2008) .... Himself
... aka Ensaios Visuais: What Are You Looking For? (Brazil: complete title)
... aka Think Tank #04: What Are You Looking For? (International: English title: complete title)
... aka What Are You Looking For? (Brazil) - "9am with David & Kim" .... Himself - Guest (1 episode, 2008)
- Episode dated 14 October 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself - Guest - The Dixie Hummingbirds: 80 Years Young (2008) .... Himself
- Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008) .... Himself
- Patti Smith: Dream of Life (2008) .... Himself
- Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007) .... Himself
... aka Glass (International: English title: short title) - Paul Simon: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2007) (TV) .... Performer
- The Old, Weird America: Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music (2007) .... Himself
- Absolute Wilson (2006) .... Himself
- "Imagine" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
- Chuck Close, Close Up (2005) TV episode .... Himself - Richard Serra: Thinking on Your Feet (2005) (TV) .... Himself
- Kiki and Herb Reloaded (2005) .... Himself
- The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter (2005) .... Himself
- Happy Birthday Oscar Wilde (2004) (TV) .... Himself
- Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress (2002) (V) .... Himself
- Koyaanisqatsi: Essence of Life (2002) (V) .... Himself
- Jonas at the Ocean (2001) .... Himself
- A Brief History of Errol Morris (2000)
- Armonie dell'Estasi (2000)
- The Source (1999) (TV) .... Himself
- The Nova Convention Revisited (1998) (V) .... Himself
... aka The Nova Convention Revisited: William S. Burroughs and the Arts (USA) - "Sessions at West 54th" .... Himself (1 episode, 1997)
- Episode #1.9 (1997) TV episode .... Himself - No More to Say & Nothing to Weep For: An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997 (1997) (TV) .... Himself
... aka An Elegy for Allen Ginsberg (USA: informal title) - Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland (1997) (V) .... Himself
... aka Graceland (USA: short title) - "American Masters" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
- Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995) TV episode .... Himself - The Making of 'A Brief History of Time' (1992) (TV) .... Himself - Composer
- John Cage: Man and Myth (1990) (V) .... Himself
- Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars (1987) .... Himself
- A Composer's Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera (1986) .... Himself
... aka A Composer's Notes (USA: alternative title) - "Saturday Night Live" .... Himself - Musical Guest (1 episode, 1986)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: complete title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 15 (USA: fifteenth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 20 (USA: twentieth season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live 25 (USA: twentiefifth season title)
- George Wendt and Francis Ford Coppola/Philip Glass (1986) TV episode .... Himself - Musical Guest - The Kitchen Presents Two Moon July (1986)
... aka Two Moon July (USA: short title) - Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1986) .... Himself
- Four American Composers (1983) (TV)
- "Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley" (1974) TV mini-series .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
(April 2002): Composed music for "The Elephant Man" play by Bernard Pomerance (Royale Theatre, New York City, New York, USA).
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie | 5 Interviews | 2 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo
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