Philip Glass: movies and TV shows

Philip Glass has 186 credits in the archive: 176 films and 10 TV series, from 1966 to 2026. Highest rated: The Truman Show (8.2/10).

Career timeline

1966 – 2026 · busiest year: 2007 (8 credits)

Full filmography

Year	Title	Role	Type	Rating	Age then
2026	Nova '78	Self (archive footage)	Film	—	89
2026	Istanbul: Chronopolis		Film	—	89
2025	Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music	Self (archive footage)	Film	7.7	88
2025	Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure		Film	—	88
2025	Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom		Film	—	88
2025	CHIMALMA		Film	—	88
2025	Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls		Film	—	88
2025	Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête \| Sabine Devieilhe \| Olivier Latry		Film	—	88
2024	Anhedonia		Film	7.0	87
2023	The Pigeon Tunnel		Film	6.7	86
2023	Once Within a Time		Film	4.6	86
2023	Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris		Film	—	86
2023	You, Me, and Movies		Film	—	86
2023	Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023		Film	—	86
2022	Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious	Self	Film	6.0	85
2022	Alice		Film	—	85
2022	A Place Called Music	Self	Film	—	85
2021	100 Foot Wave		TV	7.4	84
2021	War and the Weather		Film	—	84
2021	War and the Weather		Film	—	84
2021	In the Penal Colony		Film	—	84
2021	LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE		Film	7.0	84
2020	Tales from the Loop		TV	7.0	83
2020	Philip Glass: Akhnaten		Film	—	83
2020	Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective		Film	—	83
2019	Samurai Marathon		Film	6.0	82
2019	Universal Machine		Film	—	82
2019	The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten		Film	9.0	82
2019	The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten		Film	9.0	82
2018	Taniel		Film	—	81
2018	Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2		Film	—	81
2017	Jane		Film	7.5	80
2017	The Last Dalai Lama?	Self	Film	—	80
2017	The Last Dalai Lama?		Film	—	80
2017	Trophy	Himself	Film	6.8	80
2017	Crônica da Demolição		Film	6.0	80
2017	The Juniper Tree		Film	—	80
2016	Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos		Film	—	79
2015	Fantastic Four		Film	4.4	78
2014	Leviathan		Film	7.4	77
2014	Einstein on the Beach		Film	8.3	77
2014	Einstein on the Beach		Film	8.3	77
2014	What Difference Does It Make?	Self	Film	5.1	77
2013	Visitors		Film	6.4	76
2013	Glass: The Perfect American		Film	6.0	76
2013	Glass: Spuren der Verirrten		Film	6.0	76
2013	November 22, 1963		Film	7.3	76
2013	Re: Awakenings		Film	6.1	76
2012	Paul Simon: Under African Skies	Self	Film	7.1	75
2012	The Apostle		Film	7.4	75
2012	Besa: The Promise		Film	10.0	75
2011	Elena		Film	7.2	74
2011	Rebirth		Film	7.8	74
2011	Glass: Kepler		Film	—	74
2011	They Were There		Film	5.3	74
2011	Philip Glass: Satyagraha		Film	8.0	74
2011	Philip Glass: Satyagraha		Film	8.0	74
2011	Lucinda Childs' Dance	Self	Film	—	74
2011	Lucinda Childs' Dance		Film	—	74
2010	Astral City: A Spiritual Journey		Film	7.2	73
2010	Mr. Nice		Film	6.1	73
2010	Music	Self	Film	—	73
2010	Trans-Action		Film	4.2	73
2009	These Vagabond Shoes		Film	5.3	72
2008	Patti Smith: Dream of Life	Self	Film	6.1	71
2008	Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell	Self	Film	6.2	71
2008	The Song		Film	—	71
2008	Making Mishima		Film	—	71
2008	Richard Serra: Man of Steel	Self	Film	—	71
2008	Objects and Memory		Film	—	71
2007	No Reservations		Film	6.7	70
2007	No Reservations		Film	6.7	70
2007	Cassandra's Dream		Film	6.3	70
2007	365 Day Project	Self	Film	10.0	70
2007	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts	Self	Film	6.6	70
2007	Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts		Film	6.6	70
2007	Animals in Love		Film	6.9	70
2007	Hard-Hearted		Film	4.8	70
2006	The Illusionist		Film	7.3	69
2006	Notes on a Scandal		Film	7.1	69
2006	Roving Mars		Film	7.2	69
2006	The Harry Smith Project Live	Self	Film	—	69
2006	Refuge	Self	Film	—	69
2006	Un leader in ascolto		Film	—	69
2006	Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles		Film	—	69
2005	Neverwas		Film	6.4	68
2005	Neverwas		Film	6.4	68
2005	The Moustache		Film	6.1	68
2005	Kiki and Herb Reloaded	Self	Film	10.0	68
2005	The Best of Secter & the Rest of Secter	Self	Film	9.0	68
2005	Philip Glass: Looking Glass	Himself	Film	—	68
2005	The Giant Buddhas		Film	7.2	68
2004	The Culture Show	Self	TV	6.6	67
2004	Secret Window		Film	6.6	67
2004	Taking Lives		Film	6.4	67
2004	Undertow		Film	6.1	67
2004	The Origins of AIDS		Film	7.9	67
2003	The Fog of War		Film	7.7	66
2003	Wildfire		Film	—	66
2003	Powaqqatsi: Impact of Progress	self	Film	—	66
2002	The Hours		Film	7.3	65
2002	Naqoyqatsi		Film	6.2	65
2002	The Baroness and the Pig		Film	4.6	65
2002	The Outsider: The Story of Harry Partch	Self - Interviewee	Film	—	65
2002	Impact of Progress	Self	Film	7.0	65
2002	Essence of Life	Interviewee	Film	7.0	65
2002	Essence of Life		Film	7.0	65
2001	In the Ocean		Film	—	64
2001	The Man in the Bath		Film	—	64
1999	The Source	Self	Film	5.6	62
1999	The Source		Film	5.6	62
1999	The Eden Myth		Film	6.0	62
1999	A Brief History of Errol Morris	Self	Film	6.8	62
1999	Pointy Teeth for Pointy People		Film	8.0	62
1998	The Truman Show	Keyboard Artist	Film	8.2	61
1998	The Truman Show		Film	8.2	61
1998	Glass: Corvo Branco		Film	—	61
1997	Classic Albums	Self	TV	7.7	60
1997	Kundun		Film	6.8	60
1997	Bent		Film	6.9	60
1997	Mama General		Film	—	60
1997	Classic Albums: Paul Simon - Graceland	Self	Film	6.4	60
1997	Perfect Moment	Self	Film	9.0	60
1997	Perfect Moment		Film	9.0	60
1996	The Secret Agent		Film	5.6	59
1995	Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh		Film	5.5	58
1995	The Interview		Film	4.3	58
1995	Evidence		Film	6.1	58
1995	Untitled: New Blue		Film	4.7	58
1994	The Himalayas		TV	10.0	57
1994	La mort de Molière		Film	8.0	57
1993	Sara		Film	6.0	56
1993	Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama		Film	8.0	56
1992	Candyman		Film	6.7	55
1992	A Walk Through Prospero's Library		Film	7.0	55
1992	Mirror of the Planet		Film	5.8	55
1991	A Brief History of Time		Film	7.2	54
1991	Closet Land		Film	6.6	54
1991	Mindwalk		Film	6.9	54
1991	Anima Mundi		Film	6.8	54
1990	John Cage: Man and Myth	Self	Film	9.0	53
1989	The Church		Film	6.1	52
1989	Continuum: Parts 1 & 2		Film	—	52
1989	Continuum: 1. Initiation		Film	—	52
1988	The Thin Blue Line		Film	7.7	51
1988	Powaqqatsi		Film	7.2	51
1987	Hamburger Hill		Film	6.6	50
1987	Marias barn		TV	—	50
1987	Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars		Film	9.0	50
1987	Mallorca		Film	—	50
1987	Monolithe		Film	—	50
1986	The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July		Film	8.0	49
1986	The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July		Film	8.0	49
1986	In the Upper Room		Film	—	49
1986	A Perfect Couple		Film	—	49
1986	Tea with Tosh	Self	TV	—	49
1986	Bye Bye Kipling	Self	Film	—	49
1986	A Composer’s Notes: Philip Glass and the Making of an Opera	Himself	Film	10.0	49
1985	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters		Film	7.8	48
1985	Empire City		Film	9.0	48
1985	Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera	composer (himself)	Film	9.0	48
1983	Koyaanisqatsi		Film	7.9	46
1983	Koyaanisqatsi		Film	7.9	46
1983	Four American Composers: Philip Glass	Himself	Film	7.7	46
1983	ACT III		Film	—	46
1983	Philip Glass: Satyagraha		Film	10.0	46
1983	Philip Glass: Satyagraha		Film	10.0	46
1980	Living is a solution		Film	8.5	43
1980	Geometry of Circles		Film	10.0	43
1978	The Kennedy Center Honors	Self	TV	7.4	41
1978	North Star: Mark di Suvero		Film	6.0	41
1977	Carolyn I		Film	—	40
1976	Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television	Self	TV	—	39
1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Musical Guest	TV	6.9	38
1975	What Maisie Knew		Film	6.0	38
1971	Anxious Automation		Film	—	34
1971	End of the Art World		Film	10.0	34
1971	New Music: Sounds and Voices from the Avant-Garde New York 1971	Self	Film	—	34
1970	Isy Boukir		Film	—	33
1968	Inquiring Nuns		Film	8.0	31
1968	Railroaded		Film	—	31
1968	Hands Scraping		Film	8.0	31
1966	Chappaqua		Film	6.2	29
	The Viking of Sixth Avenue	Self	Film	—	—
	The Making of "Once Within a Time"	Self	Film	—	—
	The Lost Ones		Film	—	—

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