Philip Glass Movies

Nancy Graves statement, 1971: "Izy Boukir contains footage filmed in the Sahara during eighteen days. I wanted to extend sequences [from earlier...

Soundtrack by Philip Glass

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

Female dancers “clothed” in electronically generated flaming colors reincarnate Thomas Edison’s 1894 hand-tinted film...

Filmmaker Nathan Kornick uses interviews with his friend, Chris Shields, and confessional footage to reflect on the power of movies to help us better...

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...

In this archival documentary, cinematographer John Bailey, production designer Eiko Ishioka, and composer Philip Glass discuss the conception of Paul...

This luminous, visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a...

Christian Frei's documentary traces the tragic tale of the giant Buddhas of Afghanistan's Bamiyan Valley, which stood as monumental landmarks for...

Wild Combination is a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell....

Based on a story by Franz Kafka, this Philip Glass opera is set at the turn of the 20th century on a remote island where a high-ranking visitor...

This take on the famously dark Brothers Grimm fairy tale tells of a Wicked Stepmother who murders her stepson and serves him up in a stew to his...

What does it mean to be an IBMer? Every employee experiences the company in different ways, but the global impact IBM has made on business and...

"Taniel" looks at the last months of poet Taniel Varoujan's life, who was murdered in the Armenian Genocide of 1915. The film's narrative is heard in...

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass talk about their 1982 film "Koyaanisqatsi."

The film is based on the cycle of graphic works of the famous Lithuanian artist Stasys Krasauskas "Birth of a Woman" and is dedicated to the memory...

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

Filmmaker Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass discuss their films "Powaqqatsi" (1988) and "Naqoyqatsi" (2002).