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Robert Wilson
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American stage director and playwright (1941–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Died
- 1600
- Works
- 142
Top works
- Deafman glance
- Strategic and informational barriers to negotiation
- Design of efficient trading procedures
- A model of efficient discovery
- The three Ladies of London
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Film & TV
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.
Known for
- The King is Dead2025
- Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious — Self2022
- The Lost Paradise — Himself2015
- BAM150 — Self2012
- Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic — Self2012
- Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet — Himself2010
- The Art of Time — Self2009
- Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis — Self2007
- Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens — Self - Visual Artist2007
- Absolute Wilson2006
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- United States
- Active from
- 1941
- Active to
- 2025
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 4,408
- Total plays
- 19,805
Tags
Robert Wilson (2 January 1907 – 25 September 1964) was a Scottish tenor. After beginning his career with the Rothesay Entertainers in Scotland, Wilson joined the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with whom he performed from 1931 to 1937. He then began a long solo career in concerts, radio, variety and recording, becoming known especially for his performances of Scottish songs. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Wilson_(tenor) <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+Wilson">Read more on Last.fm</a
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1941-10-04 ) October 4, 1941, Waco, Texas , U.S.
- Died
- July 31, 2025 (2025-07-31) (aged 83), Water Mill, New York , U.S.
- Education
- Pratt Institute ( BFA )
- Occupations
- Theater director artist
- Years active
- 1960s–2025
- Website
- robertwilson .com
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Robert Wilson
Renowned theater director and visual artist Robert Wilson, Renowned theater director and visual artist Robert Wilson
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Waco
- Place of death
- Water Mill
- Occupation
- graphic artist
- Educated at
- Pratt Institute
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- Praemium Imperiale
- Notable work
- Einstein on the Beach
- Field of work
- lighting design
- Genre
- public art
- Official website
- www.robertwilson.com
- Image
- 2014-01-19 Luebeck Wachter Wilson (cropped - Robert Wilson).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-10-04
- Commons category
- Robert Wilson (director)
- has works in the collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- name in native language
- Robert Wilson
- P12674
- Ahmed Sékou Touré
- date of death
- 2025-07-31
- cause of death
- cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- pseudonym
- Bob Wilson
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Wilson (October 4, 1941 – July 31, 2025) 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.
Early life and education
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