John Cage

Biography

John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, artist, and philosopher. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde.

Known For

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Poetry in Motion

At Land

Nova '78

Symphony Of The Invisible

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

Trying to Describe Oneself

All Movies (38)

• Nova '782025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis2023
• Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Symphony Of The Invisible2020 · as Self (voice)
• Twinkle Dammit!2020
• Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Everybody's Cage2015 · as John Cage
• John Cage: Journeys in Sound2012 · as Himself
• How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)2012 · as himself
• Cursive II2006
• Trying to Describe Oneself2005 · as Himself
• In the Ocean2001
• John Cage: From Zero1995 · as Self
• Sistine Chapel1993 · as Self
• One 11 and 1031992
• Concept tape 3 (Performance)1991
• John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It1990 · as Self
• John Cage: Man and Myth1990 · as Self
• Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint1989 · as Self
• Mr. Hoover and I1989
• All Star Video1985 · as Self
• Good Morning, Mr. Orwell1984 · as Self
• Four American Composers: John Cage1983 · as Himself
• Poetry in Motion1982 · as Self
• Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective1979 · as Self
• Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto1979
• A Tribute to John Cage1976
• Global Groove1973 · as Self
• John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point1973
• American Art in the 1960s1972 · as Self
• 498 Third Avenue1968 · as Self
• John Cage1966
• Sound??1966 · as Himself
• Variations V1966
• Merce Cunningham1962 · as Self
• At Land1944
• John Cage Meets Sun Ra— · as Himself
• Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)— · as John Cage