John Cage

Known for: Acting

Born: 1912-09-05 – 1992-08-12 (aged 79)

From: Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Filmography (38)

MOVIE
Nova '78
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis
2023
MOVIE★ 6.8
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
as Self (voice)
MOVIE
Twinkle Dammit!
2020
MOVIE★ 6.9
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
2019
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE
Everybody's Cage
2015
as John Cage
MOVIE★ 6.5
John Cage: Journeys in Sound
2012
as Himself
MOVIE
How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)
2012
as himself
MOVIE
Cursive II
2006
MOVIE★ 7.4
Trying to Describe Oneself
2005
as Himself
MOVIE
In the Ocean
2001
MOVIE★ 10.0
John Cage: From Zero
1995
as Self
MOVIE
Sistine Chapel
1993
as Self
MOVIE★ 10.0
One 11 and 103
1992
MOVIE
Concept tape 3 (Performance)
1991
MOVIE
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
1990
as Self
MOVIE★ 9.0
John Cage: Man and Myth
1990
as Self
MOVIE
Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint
1989
as Self
MOVIE★ 5.8
Mr. Hoover and I
1989
MOVIE★ 6.5
All Star Video
1985
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.1
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
as Self
MOVIE
Four American Composers: John Cage
1983
as Himself
MOVIE★ 8.0
Poetry in Motion
1982
as Self
MOVIE
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
1979
as Self
MOVIE
Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto
1979
MOVIE★ 6.0
A Tribute to John Cage
1976
MOVIE★ 7.7
Global Groove
1973
as Self
MOVIE
John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point
1973
MOVIE
American Art in the 1960s
1972
as Self
MOVIE★ 8.0
498 Third Avenue
1968
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
John Cage
1966
MOVIE★ 7.3
Sound??
1966
as Himself
MOVIE
Variations V
1966
MOVIE
Merce Cunningham
1962
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.3
At Land
1944
MOVIE
John Cage Meets Sun Ra
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as Himself
MOVIE
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
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as John Cage