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Robert Wilson

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American stage director and playwright (1941-2025)

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Robert Wilson was an American director and playwright of experimental theater. He also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer.

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Act IV, Scene 3C "Space Machine" from Einstein on the Beach in Amsterdam, 2013Act IV, Scene 3C "Space Machine" from Einstein on the Beach in Amsterdam, 2013Wilson at the White House in 2023Wilson at the White House in 2023Wilson in 2014Wilson in 2014Endgame at Berliner Ensemble, 2016Endgame at Berliner Ensemble, 2016Exhibition at the Max Ernst Museum, 2018Exhibition at the Max Ernst Museum, 2018

Filmography 2

Day of Triumph1954
I Beheld His Glory1953

Awards 11

2023Praemium Imperiale
2014Artis Bohemiae Amicis Medal
2014Goethe Medal
2013honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University
2009Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg)
1997Berliner Bär
1997Europe Theatre Prize
Steiger Award
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Bessie Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to Robert 6

Joanne DruAlso in Day of Triumph (1954)Robert CornthwaiteAlso in Day of Triumph (1954)Lowell GilmoreAlso in I Beheld His Glory (1953)Tyler McVeyAlso in Day of Triumph (1954)Bill IrwinAlso won Bessie AwardsWolf BiermannAlso won Medaille für Kunst und Wissenschaft (Hamburg)

About this person

Robert Wilson was an American director and playwright of experimental theater. He also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. He is best known for his collaboration with Philip Glass and Lucinda Childs on Einstein on the Beach, and his frequent collaborations with Tom Waits. In 1991, Wilson established The Watermill Center, "a laboratory for performance" on the East End of Long Island, New York, regularly working with opera and theater companies, as well as cultural festivals.

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1941 to 2025 · aged 83
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25 languages

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