
Personal Info
Gender:Unspecified
Birth Date:1912-09-05 00:00:00
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, USA
Known For:Acting
Death Date:1992-08-12 00:00:00
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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.
Filmography (40)

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
Role: Self (archive footage)2019

Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis
actor2023

498 Third Avenue
Role: Self1968

Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
Role: Self (archive footage)2023

Nova '78
Role: Self (archive footage)2025

Variations V
actor1966

Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
Role: Self1984

Trying to Describe Oneself
Role: Himself2005

All Star Video
Role: Self1985

Sistine Chapel
Role: Self1993

Symphony Of The Invisible
Role: Self (voice)2020

Poetry in Motion
Role: Self1982

Twinkle Dammit!
actor2020

Merce Cunningham
Role: Self1962

Mr. Hoover and I
actor1989

In the Ocean
actor2001

Everybody's Cage
Role: John Cage2015

Cursive II
actor2006

At Land
actor1944
No Image
Sound??
Role: Himself1966

Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
Role: Self1979
No Image
John Cage Meets Sun Ra
Role: Himself2026

Beach Birds for Camera
music1992

Works of Calder
music1950
No Image
Drums
music2011

Westbeth
music1975
No Image
Catch 44
director1971

Antic Meet
music1964

Assemblage
music1968

4'33"
music2021

Video Wall Installation of John Cage’s 4’33″
music2013

Nivose
music2017

In Between
music1955

Variations V
music1966

Four American Composers: John Cage
Role: Himself1983

Horror Dream
music1947
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Chessfilmnoise
director2026

Ocean
conceptual design2010

John Cage: From Zero
music1995

Points in Space
music1987