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

Self (archive footage)

Uncle Howard

Self (archive footage)

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV

Self (archive footage)

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell

Self

All Star Video

Self

John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It

Self

At Land

Poetry in Motion

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2023	Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV	Self (archive footage)
2020	Twinkle Dammit!
2020	Symphony Of The Invisible	Self (voice)
2019	Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound	Self (archive footage)
2017	Uncle Howard	Self (archive footage)
2015	Everybody's Cage	John Cage
2012	John Cage: Journeys in Sound	Himself
2012	How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)	himself
2006	Cursive II
2005	Trying to Describe Oneself	Himself
2001	In the Ocean
1992	One 11 and 103
1991	Concept tape 3 (Performance)
1990	John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It	Self
1989	Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint	Self
1989	Mr. Hoover and I
1985	All Star Video	Self
1984	Good Morning, Mr. Orwell	Self
1983	Four American Composers: John Cage	Himself
1982	Poetry in Motion
1979	Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto
1979	Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective	Self
1976	A Tribute to John Cage
1973	Global Groove	Self
1973	John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point
1972	American Art in the 1960s	Self
1968	498 Third Avenue	Self
1966	Sound??	Himself
1966	Variations V
1966	John Cage
1962	Merce Cunningham	Self
1944	At Land
	John Cage Meets Sun Ra	Himself
	Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)	John Cage

Year	TV Show	Role