Person

Yoko Ono

Acting · Born 1933-02-18 · Tokyo, Japan

Biography

Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a direct influence is still debated). She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.

Known for

Filmography

2026John Lennon: The Last Interview
2026Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYCSelf
2025The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song RebornSelf (archive footage)
2025The Beatles: The Sound of a RevolutionSelf
2025Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last DecadeSelf (archive footage)
2025One to One: John & YokoSelf (archive footage)
2025David Frost Vsself (archive footage)
2024Beatles '64Self (archive footage)
2024Elton John: Never Too LateSelf (archive footage)
2024Daytime RevolutionSelf (archive footage)
2024The Beatles LOVEProducer
2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles SongSelf (archive footage)
2023WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & YokoExecutive Producer
2023Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the WorldSelf (archive footage)
2023The Lost Weekend: A Love StorySelf (archive footage)
2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TVSelf (archive footage)
2022Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon
2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop ConcertSelf (archive footage)
2021The Beatles: Get BackSelf
2021Parkinson at 50Self (archive footage)
20211971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingSelf (archive footage)
2020Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John LennonSelf (archive footage)
2020ZappaSelf (archive footage)
2020Lennon's Last WeekendSelf (archive footage)
2020Tapes
2019Earthquake BirdThanks
2019Other MusicSelf
2019The Last 24 Hours: John LennonSelf
2019Killing John LennonSelf (archive footage)
2018John & Yoko: Above Us Only SkySelf
2018Why Are We Creative?Self
2018Isle of DogsAssistant-Scientist Yoko-ono (voice)
2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and FluxusSelf
2017How the Beatles Changed the WorldSelf (archive footage)
2017I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that FragranceSelf
2017It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & BeyondSelf (archive footage)
2017KyokoSelf (archive footage)
2016WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It)Self
2016Deconstructing the Beatles' White AlbumSelf (archive footage)
2016Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera
2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagneSelf (archive footage)
2015The Last Lennon InterviewSelf (archive footage)
2015The Beatles 1+
2015Bad Girls of Japan
2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant DeadSelf (archive footage)
2014The Term. Beginning of a Big StorySelf (uncredited)
2014The Last ImpresarioSelf
2013Silver SpoonAki's Grandmother (voice)
2013Pussy Riot: A Punk PrayerSelf (archive footage)
2013Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob GruenSelf
2012Inventing David GeffenSelf
2012Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2(voice)
2011Sleepless Nights StoriesSelf
2011George Harrison: Living in the Material WorldSelf
2011The Sun is DownMusic
2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
2010The Day John Lennon DiedSelf
2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?)Self
2010MusicSelf
2010Imagine PeaceMusic
2010LennoNYCSelf
2010John Lennon: Love Is All You NeedSelf (archive footage)
2010Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970Director
2010Ugly BeautySelf
2010The Beatles: The Complete StorySelf (Archive Footage)
2008All Together NowSelf
2008The 60s: The Beatles Decade
2008Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono BandSelf
2008The Universe of Keith HaringSelf
2007365 Day ProjectSelf
2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a LensSelf
2006To John With LoveSelf
2006John & Yoko Bed-InSelf
2006Warhol and MaciunasSelf
2006Greasy Rider
2006John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Songas Herself
2006Friendly FireExecutive Producer
2006The U.S. vs. John LennonSelf
2006Follow My Voice: With the Music of HedwigSelf
2006Torino 2006 Olympic Opening Ceremony
2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video MasterSelf
2005Girls and Boys - Sex and British PopSelf
2005Pink Floyd London '66-'67Self (uncredited)
2004Beatles Biggest SecretsSelf
2004KulturplatzSelf
2004Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John SinclairSelf (archive footage)
2004Art & the 60s
2003Inside John Lennon - UnauthorizedSelf (archive footage)
2003Imagine ImagineSelf
2003Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John LennonSelf (archive footage)
2003Beatles: The JourneySelf (archive footage)
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!Self
2002Bowling for ColumbineThanks
2002Hanratty: The Whole TruthSelf (archive footage)
2001Friday Night with Jonathan RossSelf
2001Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard RockSelf
2001WingspanSelf (archive footage)
2000Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine AlbumSelf
2000John & Yoko's Year of PeaceSelf
1998Sternstunde KunstSelf
1998Not For Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA during the 1970sMusic
1997Happy Birthday to JohnSelf
1997Behind the MusicSelf
1997The ViewSelf
1997Classic AlbumsSelf
1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll CircusSelf - Vocal
1995An Introduction to Harmolodics
1995The Beatles AnthologyThanks
1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
1994BrisantSelf
1994Jonas in the DesertSelf
1993Intimate PortraitSelf (archive footage)
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSelf - Guest
1993The Revenge of the Dead IndiansHerself
1993The Misfits - 30 Years of FluxusSelf
1992Rolling Stone 25: The MTV SpecialSelf
1992The John Lennon Video Collection
1992Mad About YouYoko Ono
1992The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
1990John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying ItSelf
1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy WarholSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships & IntersectionsSelf
1988Imagine: John LennonSelf
1988Michael Jackson: The Legend ContinuesSelf
1987I Am Not a FreakSelf
1986American MastersSelf
1986The John Lennon SketchbookSelf
1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His LifeSelf (archive footage)
1986Vain GloryYōko Ono
1986John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New YorkSelf (archive footage)
1984Yoko Ono: Then and NowSelf
1982Champs-ElyséesSelf
1981The Killing of AmericaSelf (archive footage)
1979Flux-ConcertSelf
1977Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisanteSelf
1976Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol
1975Saturday Night LiveSelf
1972ImagineSelf
1972The One to One ConcertSelf
1972John Lennon - Imagine
1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not HereSelf
1971Yoko and John PartySelf
1971Brazil in Cannes
1971Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom RallySelf
1971The Museum of Modern Art ShowProducer
1971Sweet TorontoSelf
1971ErectionDirector
1971Up Your Legs Forever
1971Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
1971Dynamite ChickenSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970Apotheosis
1970FlyDirector
1970FreedomWoman
1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley ClarkeYoko Ono
1970Did Britain Murder Hanratty?Producer
1970Let It BeSelf (uncredited)
196924 Hours: The World of John and YokoSelf
1969RapeDirector
1969The Beatles: SomethingSelf
1969Self-PortraitWriter
1969Bed PeaceSelf
1968Film No. 5Director
1968Two Virgins
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSelf - Guest
1968Diaries, Notes, and SketchesSelf
1967BottomsDirector
1966EyeblinkSelf
1966OneDirector
1966ShoutDirector of Photography
1966No. 4Self
1965Andy Warhol Screen TestsSelf
1965Satan's BedIto
1965Cut PieceHerself
1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
1964Some Young Peopleherself
1962LoveMusic
—Untitled John Lennon/Yoko Ono ProjectProducer
—Film No. 1 (A Walk to Taj Mahal)Director

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