Philip Glass
Known for: Sound
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
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self - Musical Guest
1975
Film
The Truman Show
Keyboard Artist
1998
Series
The Culture Show
Self
2004
Series
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self
1978
Series
Classic Albums
Self
1997
Film
Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music
Self (archive footage)
2025
Film
Nova '78
Self (archive footage)
2026
Film
The Source
Self
1999
Refuge
Self
2006
Film
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Self
2007
Film
Music
Self
2010
Film
Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious
Self
2022
Film
Paul Simon: Under African Skies
Self
2012
Film
Trophy
Himself
2017
Film
365 Day Project
Self
2007
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television
Self
1976
Film
Patti Smith: Dream of Life
Self
2008
Film
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell
Self
2008
Film
The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter
Self
2005
Film
Hands Scraping
1968
Film
The Last Dalai Lama?
Self
2017
Film
John Cage: Man and Myth
Self
1990
Film
Making Mishima
2008
Film
Perfect Moment
Self
1997
Film
Bye Bye Kipling
Self
1986
Film
Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland
Self
1997
The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July
1986
A Brief History of Errol Morris
Self
1999
Film
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera
composer (himself)
1985
Film
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
1987
The Making of "Once Within a Time"
Self
Film
Kiki and Herb Reloaded
Self
2005
Series
Tea with Tosh
Self
1986
Film
The Harry Smith Project Live
Self
2006
Film
What Maisie Knew
1975
Film
The Viking of Sixth Avenue
Self
2015
Film
What Difference Does It Make?
Self
2014
Film
Philip Glass: Looking Glass
Himself
2005
Film
The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch
Self - Interviewee
2002
Film
Four American Composers: Philip Glass
Himself
1983
Film
In the Ocean
2001
Film
Impact of Progress
Self
2002
Film
Lucinda Childs' Dance
Self
2011
Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles
2006
Film
War and the Weather
2021
Film
A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera
Himself
1986
Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress
self
2003
Film
A Place Called Music
Self
2022
Film
New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971
Self
1971
Film
Essence of Life
Interviewee
2002
Richard Serra: Man of Steel
Self
2008