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Robert Wilson

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Born: October 4, 1941
Died: July 31, 2025
From: 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

Einstein on the Beach

The Black Rider

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

Adam's Passion

Voom Portraits

Filmography

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2026

Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz

Acting (Self)

2025

The King is Dead

2022

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious

Acting (Self)

2020

Händel / Mozart: Der Messias

Directing (Director)

Directing (Director) Directing (Stage Director) Lighting (Lighting Design)

2019

Le Trouvère

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2017

A Winter Fable

Sound Directing (Director)

2016

Verdi: La Traviata

Directing (Director) Lighting (Lighting Design) Directing (Stage Director)

2015

Adam's Passion

Directing (Director) Art (Set Designer) Writing (Author)

The Lost Paradise

Acting (Himself)

2014

Einstein on the Beach

Art (Set Designer) Directing (Director)

2012

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic

Acting (Self)

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Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

Directing (Director) Directing (Stage Director)

2010

Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet

Acting (Himself)

2009

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Directing (Director) Art (Production Design) Writing (Writer)

The Art of Time

Acting (Self)

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Teatro alla Scala

Directing (Director) Lighting (Lighting Director) Art (Set Designer)

2007

Voom Portraits

Directing (Director)

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Acting (Self - Visual Artist)

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Acting (Self)

2006

Absolute Wilson

2005

Directing (Director)

2000

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

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1999

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1998

Glass: Corvo Branco

Directing (Stage Director) Lighting (Lighting Design)

1994

La mort de Molière

Acting (Molière) Directing (Director) Writing (Writer)

1990

The Black Rider

Directing (Director) Art (Production Design) Creating (Creator)

The Black Rider

Acting (Himself)

1989

La femme à la cafetière

Directing (Director)

1987

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

Acting Production (Producer)

1985

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

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