
Person
Robert Wilson
Directing · 1941–2025 · Waco, Texas, USA
Biography
Robert Wilson is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright. Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer.
Known for

Adam's Passion
Director

The Black Rider
Creator

Les Fables
Director

Le Trouvère
Director

Alceste
Director
Glass: Corvo Branco
Stage Director

La mort de Molière
Molière

Absolute Wilson
2006

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self - Visual Artist

Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Director
Filmography
- 2025The King is Dead
- 2022Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the MysteriousSelf
- 2020Händel / Mozart: Der MessiasDirector
- 2020TurandotDirector
- 2019Le TrouvèreDirector
- 2017A Winter FableSound
- 2016Verdi: La TraviataDirector
- 2015The Lost ParadiseHimself
- 2015Adam's PassionDirector
- 2014Einstein on the BeachDirector
- 2012Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina AbramovicSelf
- 2012BAM150Self
- 2012Debussy: Pelléas et MélisandeDirector
- 2010Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be QuietHimself
- 2009Shakespeare’s SonnetsDirector
- 2009The Art of TimeSelf
- 2009L'OrfeoDirector
- 2007Voom PortraitsDirector
- 2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensSelf - Visual Artist
- 2007Jack Smith and the Destruction of AtlantisSelf
- 2006Absolute Wilson
- 2005Les FablesDirector
- 2000Gluck: Orphée et EurydiceDirector
- 1999AlcesteDirector
- 1998Glass: Corvo BrancoStage Director
- 1994La mort de MolièreMolière
- 1990The Black RiderCreator
- 1990The Black RiderHimself
- 1989La femme à la cafetièreDirector
- 1987Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
- 1985Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Operadirector (himself)
- 1982StationsDirector
- 1981Deafman GlanceProduction Design
- 1978Video 50
- 1973The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera
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