
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

La mort de Molière
Molière

Adam's Passion
Director

The Black Rider
Creator

Les Fables
Director

Alceste
Director

Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Director

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
Self - Visual Artist

Voom Portraits
Director

Video 50
1978

Einstein on the Beach
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
- 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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