
Robert Wilson
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- October 4, 1941
- Died
- July 31, 2025
- Birthplace
- Waco, Texas, USA
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.
Filmography

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious 2026
as Self

Das Theater im Sucher - Die Fotografin Ruth Walz 2026
as Self

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars 2026
Actor, Producer

The King is Dead 2025
Actor

Händel / Mozart: Der Messias 2020
Director

Turandot 2020
Director, Stage Director, Lighting Design

Le Trouvère 2019
Director

A Winter Fable 2017
Director, Sound

Verdi: La Traviata 2016
Director, Stage Director, Lighting Design

Adam's Passion 2015
Director, Set Designer, Author

The Lost Paradise 2015
as Himself

Einstein on the Beach 2014
Set Designer, Director

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic 2012
as Self

BAM150 2012
as Self

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande 2012
Director, Stage Director
- Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet
Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet 2010
as Himself

Shakespeare’s Sonnets 2009
Director, Writer, Production Design

The Art of Time 2009
as Self

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo - Teatro alla Scala 2009
Director, Set Designer, Lighting Director

Voom Portraits 2007
Director

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens 2007
as Self - Visual Artist

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis 2007
as Self

Absolute Wilson 2006
Actor

Les Fables 2005
Director

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice 2000
Director

Alceste 1999
Director
- Glass: Corvo Branco
Glass: Corvo Branco 1998
Stage Director, Lighting Design

La mort de Molière 1994
as Molière, Director, Writer

The Black Rider 1990
Creator, Production Design, Director

The Black Rider 1990
as Himself
- La femme à la cafetière
La femme à la cafetière 1989
Director

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera 1985
as director (himself)

Stations 1982
Director, Writer

Deafman Glance 1981
Production Design, Director

Video 50 1978
Actor, Director, Director of Photography

The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera 1973
Actor, Director, Writer
Credits from TMDB.