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
2019
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Inner Man
1972
Nova '78
2026
Poetry in Motion
1982
The Power of Speech
1988
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
Ocean
2010
Sistine Chapel
1993
Symphony Of The Invisible
2020
Dreams That Money Can Buy
1947
At Land
1944

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
38
Directing
3
Writing
1
Sound
23
Art
1
2026
Nova '78
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Take the Cage Train – Boletus Edulis
2020
Twinkle Dammit!
2020
Symphony Of The Invisible
as Self (voice)
2019
Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Everybody's Cage
as John Cage
2012
John Cage: Journeys in Sound
as Self (archive footage)
2012
How to Get Out of the Cage (A year with John Cage)
as himself
2006
Cursive II
2005
Trying to Describe Oneself
as Himself
2001
In the Ocean
1995
John Cage: From Zero
as Self
1993
Sistine Chapel
as Self
1992
One 11 and 103
1991
Concept tape 3 (Performance)
1990
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
as Self
1990
John Cage: Man and Myth
as Self
1989
Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint
as Self
1989
Mr. Hoover and I
1985
All Star Video
as Self
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1983
Four American Composers: John Cage
as Himself
1982
Poetry in Motion
as Self
1979
Alla Ricerca Del Silenzio Perduto
1979
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
as Self
1976
A Tribute to John Cage
1973
Global Groove
as Self
1973
John Cage Mushroom Hunting in Stony Point
1972
American Art in the 1960s
as Self
1968
498 Third Avenue
as Self
1966
Sound??
as Himself
1966
Variations V
1966
John Cage
1962
Merce Cunningham
as Self
1944
At Land
John Cage Meets Sun Ra
as Himself
Thirty Second Spots: TV Commercials for Artists (1982-83)
as John Cage