---
name: "Philip Glass"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/philip-glass"
fi1m_id: "philip-glass"
imdb_id: "nm0001275"
tmdb_id: 1551
wikidata_id: "Q189729"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "31 January 1937"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 12
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_over: 11
updated: "2026-10-02T23:58:37.162843+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Philip Glass

## Identity

Philip Glass

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/philip-glass
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** philip-glass
- **IMDb ID:** nm0001275
- **TMDB ID:** 1551
- **Wikidata ID:** Q189729
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189729, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1551

Composer. Born 31 January 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 31 January 1937, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- **Active:** 1983–2017
- **Also known as:** Philip Morris Glass
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 12: 1 acting, 11 crew
- **Frequently works with:** [Errol Morris](https://film.one/person/errol-morris.md), [Robert Fox](https://film.one/person/robert-fox.md), [Scott Rudin](https://film.one/person/scott-rudin.md)
- **BAFTA Film Awards:** 1 BAFTA (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 86 (3), 1990s 81 (3), 2000s 77 (3), 2010s 67 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 77 to 71 across 11 titles
- **Score spread:** 6 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Documentary 4, Crime 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, History 1
- **Screen time:** 20 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $369m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q189729, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001275/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1551

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Jane*](https://film.one/film/jane.md) (78), [*Fantastic Four*](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md) (38)
- **AMC+:** [*The Thin Blue Line*](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md) (90)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Fog of War*](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md) (84)
- **Tubi:** [*Koyaanisqatsi*](https://film.one/film/koyaanisqatsi.md) (82)
- **Peacock:** [*Candyman*](https://film.one/film/candyman.md) (81)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Philip Glass is an American composer and pianist. He was born on 31 January 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland. Glass studied at the Juilliard School and with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. He founded the Philip Glass Ensemble in 1968.

Glass is known for his film scores, including *Candyman* (1992), *The Hours* (2002), *The Illusionist* (2006) and *Notes on a Scandal* (2006). He has also composed numerous operas, such as *Einstein on the Beach* (1976), *Satyagraha* (1980) and *Akhnaten* (1983), as well as symphonies and concertos. He has received Academy Award nominations for best original score.

*Sources: philipglass.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (12)

### Performed in (1)

- *The Truman Show* (1998), Fi1m 88, as Keyboard Artist — [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)

### Crew (11) — the average rests on these

- *Jane* (2017), Fi1m 78, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/jane.md)
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Fi1m 38, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *Leviathan* (2014), Fi1m 85, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/leviathan-2014.md)
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Fi1m 75, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Fi1m 84, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *The Hours* (2002), Fi1m 72, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-hours.md)
- *Kundun* (1997), Fi1m 73, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/kundun.md)
- *Candyman* (1992), Fi1m 81, Original Music Composer, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1988), Fi1m 90, Music — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md)
- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Fi1m 86, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)
- *Koyaanisqatsi* (1983), Fi1m 82, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/koyaanisqatsi.md)

## Complete filmography (134)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Istanbul: Chronopolis* (2026), Music
- *Concert for Notre-Dame La Tempête | Sabine Devieilhe | Olivier Latry* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *CHIMALMA* (2025), Music
- *Vanessa Wagner & Friends @ Paris Sur Mesure* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Yuja Wang x David Hockney London Lightroom* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Carolyn Carlson : Midnight Souls* (2025), Original Music Composer
- *Anhedonia* (2024), as Songs
- *The Pigeon Tunnel* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Once Within a Time* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *You, Me, and Movies* (2023), Music
- *Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Dobrawa Czocher Europavox Sessions 2023* (2023), Original Music Composer
- *Alice* (2022), Original Music Composer
- *LETTERS FROM A DISTANCE* (2021), Music
- *War and the Weather* (2021), as Music
- *In the Penal Colony* (2021), Sound
- *Philip Glass: Akhnaten* (2020), Original Music Composer
- *Philip Glass and The Philip Glass Ensemble: Retrospective* (2020), Music
- *Tales from the Loop* (2020), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten* (2019), Music, Writer
- *Universal Machine* (2019), Music
- *Samurai Marathon* (2019), Original Music Composer
- *Paris Opera Ballet: Tribute to Jerome Robbins 2* (2018), Original Music Composer
- *Taniel* (2018), Musical
- *Jane* (2017), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/jane.md)
- *The Juniper Tree* (2017), Music
- *The Last Dalai Lama?* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Crônica da Demolição* (2017), Original Music Composer
- *Glass - Double Concerto for Two Pianos* (2016), Music
- *Fantastic Four* (2015), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 38, [page](https://film.one/film/fantastic-four.md)
- *Leviathan* (2014), Music — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/leviathan-2014.md)
- *Einstein on the Beach* (2014), Original Music Composer, Writer
- *November 22, 1963* (2013), Music
- *Glass: The Perfect American* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Visitors* (2013), Music
- *Glass: Spuren der Verirrten* (2013), Music
- *Re: Awakenings* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *The Apostle* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Besa: The Promise* (2012), Original Music Composer
- *Lucinda Childs' Dance* (2011), Music
- *Philip Glass: Satyagraha* (2011), Music, Writer
- *Rebirth* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Elena* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *They Were There* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Glass: Kepler* (2011), Original Music Composer
- *Mr. Nice* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Astral City: A Spiritual Journey* (2010), Original Music Composer
- *Trans-Action* (2010), Music
- *These Vagabond Shoes* (2009), Music
- *Objects and Memory* (2008), Music
- *Making Mishima* (2008), Actor
- *The Song* (2008), as Songs
- *Animals in Love* (2007), Music
- *Cassandra's Dream* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Hard-Hearted* (2007), Music
- *No Reservations* (2007), Music, Original Music Composer
- *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/notes-on-a-scandal.md)
- *Phil Glass Plays for Ralph Steiner's Mechanical Principles* (2006), Actor
- *The Illusionist* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Roving Mars* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Un leader in ascolto* (2006), Original Music Composer
- *Neverwas* (2005), Music, Original Music Composer
- *The Giant Buddhas* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *The Moustache* (2005), Original Music Composer
- *Undertow* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Origins of AIDS* (2004), Music
- *Taking Lives* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Secret Window* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *The Fog of War* (2003), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fog-of-war.md)
- *Wildfire* (2003), Music
- *The Hours* (2002), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/the-hours.md)
- *Essence of Life* (2002), as Interviewee · Thanks
- *Naqoyqatsi* (2002), Music
- *The Baroness and the Pig* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Man in the Bath* (2001), Music
- *In the Ocean* (2001), Actor
- *The Eden Myth* (1999), Music
- *Pointy Teeth for Pointy People* (1999), Music
- *The Source* (1999), Sound
- *Glass: Corvo Branco* (1998), Music
- *The Truman Show* (1998), as Keyboard Artist · Additional Music — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-truman-show.md)
- *Kundun* (1997), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/kundun.md)
- *Bent* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Perfect Moment* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *Mama General* (1997), Original Music Composer
- *The Secret Agent* (1996), Original Music Composer
- *Evidence* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *The Interview* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh* (1995), Original Music Composer
- *Untitled: New Blue* (1995), Music
- *La mort de Molière* (1994), Music
- *The Himalayas* (1994), series, Music
- *Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama* (1993), Music
- *Sara* (1993), Original Music Composer
- *Candyman* (1992), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/candyman.md)
- *Mirror of the Planet* (1992), Original Music Composer
- *A Walk Through Prospero's Library* (1992), Music
- *Mindwalk* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *A Brief History of Time* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Anima Mundi* (1991), Original Music Composer
- *Closet Land* (1991), Music Supervisor
- *The Church* (1989), Music
- *Continuum: 1. Initiation* (1989), Music Arranger
- *Continuum: Parts 1 & 2* (1989), Music Arranger
- *The Thin Blue Line* (1988), Music — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-blue-line.md)
- *Powaqqatsi* (1988), Music
- *Marias barn* (1987), series, Music
- *Monolithe* (1987), Music
- *Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars* (1987), Actor
- *Hamburger Hill* (1987), Original Music Composer
- *Mallorca* (1987), Music
- *The Kitchen Presents: Two Moon July* (1986), as Music
- *In the Upper Room* (1986), Music
- *A Perfect Couple* (1986), Music
- *Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera* (1985), as composer (himself)
- *Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters* (1985), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/mishima-a-life-in-four-chapters.md)
- *Empire City* (1985), Original Music Composer
- *ACT III* (1983), Music
- *Koyaanisqatsi* (1983), Original Music Composer, Music — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/koyaanisqatsi.md)
- *Philip Glass: Satyagraha* (1983), Writer, Music
- *Living is a solution* (1980), Music
- *Geometry of Circles* (1980), Music
- *North Star: Mark di Suvero* (1978), Music
- *Carolyn I* (1977), Music
- *What Maisie Knew* (1975), Actor
- *Anxious Automation* (1971), Music
- *End of the Art World* (1971), Music
- *Isy Boukir* (1970), Music
- *Inquiring Nuns* (1968), Original Music Composer
- *Railroaded* (1968), Music
- *Hands Scraping* (1968), Actor
- *Chappaqua* (1966), Music Supervisor
- *The Lost Ones*, Sound

## Gallery

- ![Philip Glass](https://film.one/media/person/82219/gallery-6cac66a4b06d.jpg) Philip Glass — Pasquale Salerno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Philip_Glass_018_crop.jpg/1280px-Philip_Glass_018_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Composer Philip Glass, Florence 1993.](https://film.one/media/person/82219/gallery-9b3c8e1273cd.jpg) Composer Philip Glass, Florence 1993. — Pasquale Salerno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Philip_Glass_003.jpg/1280px-Philip_Glass_003.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Milano, Teatro degli Arcimboldi. Philip Glass - Book of Longing. Immagini di Leonard Cohen ©Lelli e Masotti (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/82219/gallery-e08056fec778.jpg) Milano, Teatro degli Arcimboldi. Philip Glass - Book of Longing. Immagini di Leonard Cohen ©Lelli e Masotti (2008) — MITO SettembreMusica, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/20.IX_Book_of_Longing.jpg/1280px-20.IX_Book_of_Longing.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Philip Glass](https://film.one/media/person/82219/gallery-bdff03f86637.jpg) Philip Glass — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 2007: Best Original Score (nominated), for *Notes on a Scandal*
- 2003: Best Original Score (nominated), for *The Hours*
- 1998: Best Original Dramatic Score (nominated), for *Kundun*

### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won

- 2003: Best Original Music (won), for *The Hours*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Glenn Gould Prize 2015: Glenn Gould Prize (won)
- Praemium Imperiale 2012: Praemium Imperiale (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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