Mercier Philip "Merce" Cunningham was an American dancer and choreographer who was at the forefront of American modern dance for more than 50 years.

KNOWN FOR

The South Bank Show
1980
The Kennedy Center Honors
1985
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
2023
Nova '78
2026
Cunningham
2019
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
1984
Ocean
2010
Sistine Chapel
1993
Walkaround Time
1973
Night Wandering
1964
Channels/Inserts
1981
Changing Steps

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
24
Directing
5
Writing
1
Crew
11
2026
Nova '78
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
as Self (archive footage)
2019
Cunningham
as Archival Footage
2011
Loops
2001
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
as Self
1993
Sistine Chapel
as Self
1990
John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It
as Self
1987
Points in Space
as Self
1985
All Star Video
as Self (archive footage)
1985
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1984
Good Morning, Mr. Orwell
as Self
1980
The South Bank Show
1979
Robert Rauschenberg: Retrospective
as Self
1978
Merce by Merce by Paik
1973
Walkaround Time
1968
498 Third Avenue
as Self
1968
Assemblage
1966
Variations V
as Self
1966
John Cage
1964
Night Wandering
as Dancer
1964
Antic Meet
as Dancer
1962
Merce Cunningham
as Self
1944
Appalachian Spring
as The Preacher
Exchange