Robert Wilson

Directing

Robert Wilson

Born 4 October 1941 · Waco, Texas, USA · Died 31 July 2025 at 83

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

Highlights

Einstein on the Beach2014 · Film · Director
The Black Rider1990 · Film · Director
Absolute Wilson2006 · Film
Voom Portraits2007 · Film · Director
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice2000 · Film · Director
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars1987 · Film

Filmography

Movies

24 films

The King is Dead2025 · Film
Händel / Mozart: Der Messias2020 · Film · Director
Turandot2020 · Film · Director
Le Trouvère2019 · Film · Director
A Winter Fable2017 · Film · Director
Verdi: La Traviata2016 · Film · Director
Adam's Passion2015 · Film · Director
Einstein on the Beach2014 · Film · Director
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande2012 · Film · Director
Shakespeare’s Sonnets2009 · Film · Director
Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Teatro alla Scala2009 · Film · Director
Voom Portraits2007 · Film · Director
Absolute Wilson2006 · Film
Les Fables2005 · Film · Director
Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice2000 · Film · Director
Alceste1999 · Film · Director
La mort de Molière1994 · Film · Molière
The Black Rider1990 · Film · Director
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars1987 · Film
Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera1985 · Film · director (himself)
Stations1982 · Film · Director
Deafman Glance1981 · Film · Director
Video 501978 · Film
The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera1973 · Film