Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Scott Hicks
Produced by	Scott Hicks Susanne Preissler
Music by	Philip Glass
Cinematography	Scott Hicks
Edited by	Stephen Jess
Production company	Independent Media Kino Films Mandalay Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Koch Lorber Films
Release dates	September 7, 2007 (2007-09-07) (Toronto International Film Festival)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (other titles include International title Glass, Hungarian title Glass - Philip portréja 12 felvonásban) is a 2007 documentary on the life of American composer Philip Glass directed by Scott Hicks. The film was nominated for Emmy Awards and AFI Award

Cast

All the persons below play their own life roles.

Reception

The film received mixed to positive reviews from critics community. It currently holds four star rating out of five on Rotten Tomatoes,^[1] a movie grading website, and a rating score of 55 out of 100 on Metacritic.^[2]

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
2009	AFI Award	Best Sound in a Documentary	Stephen R. Smith, Peter D. Smith, Tom Heuzenroeder, Adrian Medhurst	Nominated
2009	Emmy Award	Outstanding Sound Editing for Nonfiction Programming (Single or Multi-Camera)	Stephen R. Smith (sound supervisor), Peter D. Smith (dialogue editor/music editor), Tom Heuzenroeder (sound effects editor), Adrian Medhurst (sound effects editor), (PBS).	Nominated

References

↑ "Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 4, 2012.
↑ "Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts". Metacritic. Retrieved January 4, 2012.

External links

Films directed by Scott Hicks

The Wanderer (1974) Down the Wind (1975) (with Kim McKenzie) Freedom (1982) Sebastian and the Sparrow (1988) Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) Shine (1996) Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Hearts in Atlantis (2001) No Reservations (2007) Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2007) The Boys Are Back (2009) The Lucky One (2012) Fallen (2016)

Philip Glass

Compositions	Music in Twelve Parts Glassworks String Quartet No. 2 The Light Passages Itaipu Songs from Liquid Days Aguas da Amazonia

Operas	Einstein on the Beach Satyagraha The Photographer Akhnaten The Civil Wars The Juniper Tree The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 1000 Airplanes on the Roof Hydrogen Jukebox The Voyage Monsters of Grace White Raven In the Penal Colony Galileo Galilei The Sound of a Voice Waiting for the Barbarians Appomattox Kepler The Perfect American

Symphonies	Symphony No. 1 (Low) Symphony No. 2 Symphony No. 3 Symphony No. 4 (Heroes) Symphony No. 5 (Choral) Symphony No. 6 (Plutonian Ode) Symphony No. 7 (A Toltec Symphony) Symphony No. 8 Symphony No. 9 Symphony No. 10

Concertos	Piano Concerto No. 1 (Tirol) Piano Concerto No. 2 (After Lewis and Clark) Harpsichord Concerto Violin Concerto (withdrawn) Violin Concerto No. 1 Violin Concerto No. 2 (American Four Seasons) Cello Concerto No. 1 Concerto Fantasy for Two Timpanists and Orchestra

Related articles	List of compositions by Philip Glass Philip Glass Ensemble Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts Minimal music Robert Wilson Dennis Russell Davies David Henry Hwang Errol Morris La Monte Young Steve Reich Terry Riley Kronos Quartet Philip Glass Buys a Loaf of Bread

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