Yoko Ono
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 18 February 1933 · Tokyo, Japan
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, musician, author and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon. Ono brought feminism to the forefront through her music which prefigured New Wave music (whether she was a direct influence is still debated). She is a supporter of gay rights and is known for her philanthropic contributions to the arts, peace and AIDS outreach programs.
Known for
Directing 24
- 2026Film No. 1 (A Walk to Taj Mahal) · director
- 2016WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) · director
- 2010Fluxfilm Anthology 1962-1970 · director
- 2003Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · director
- 1992The John Lennon Video Collection · director
- 1972Imagine · director
- 1971The Museum of Modern Art Show · director
- 1971Erection · director
- 1971Up Your Legs Forever · director
- 1970Fly · director
- 1970Apotheosis · director
- 1970Freedom · director
- 1969Rape · director
- 1969Self-Portrait · director
- 1969Bed Peace · director
- 1968Film No. 5 · director
- 1968Two Virgins · director
- 1967Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind · director
- 1967Bottoms · director
- 1967Wrapping Piece · director
- 1966Eyeblink · director
- 1966One · director
- 1966No. 4 · director
- 1966Eyeblink · director
Production 14
- 2026Untitled John Lennon/Yoko Ono Project · producer
- 2024The Beatles LOVE · producer
- 2023WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko · executive producer
- 2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert · producer
- 2010Imagine Peace · co-producer
- 2006Friendly Fire · executive producer
- 2003Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon · executive producer
- 1992The John Lennon Video Collection · executive producer
- 1986John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York · producer
- 1972Imagine · producer
- 1971The Museum of Modern Art Show · producer
- 1970Did Britain Murder Hanratty? · producer
- 1966Eyeblink · producer
- 1966One · producer
Acting 142
- 2026John Lennon: The Last Interview
- 2026Power to the People: John & Yoko Live in NYC as Self
- 2025The Beatles - Free As A Bird: A Song Reborn as Self (archive footage)
- 2025The Beatles: The Sound of a Revolution as Self
- 2025Borrowed Time: Lennon's Last Decade as Self (archive footage)
- 2025One to One: John & Yoko as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Beatles '64 as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Elton John: Never Too Late as Self (archive footage)
- 2024Daytime Revolution as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Revival69: The Concert That Rocked the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2023The Lost Weekend: A Love Story as Self (archive footage)
- 2023Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV as Self (archive footage)
- 2022Infamous Crime Scenes: John Lennon
- 2022The Beatles: Get Back - The Rooftop Concert as Self (archive footage)
- 2021Parkinson at 50 as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Jealous Guy: The Assassination of John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Zappa as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Lennon's Last Weekend as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Tapes
- 2019Other Music as Self
- 2019The Last 24 Hours: John Lennon as Self
- 2019Killing John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2018John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky as Self
- 2018Why Are We Creative? as Self
- 2018Isle of Dogs as Assistant-Scientist Yoko-ono (voice)
- 2018George: The Story of George Maciunas and Fluxus as Self
- 2017How the Beatles Changed the World as Self (archive footage)
- 2017I Don't Know Which Tree It Comes From that Fragrance as Self
- 2017It Was Fifty Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper & Beyond as Self (archive footage)
- 2017Kyoko as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Andy Warhol, Fluorescent as (archive footage)
- 2016WAR IS OVER! (If You Want It) as Self
- 2016Deconstructing the Beatles' White Album as Self (archive footage)
- 2016Yoko Ono Lennon's Courage Awards 2016: Laurie Anderson, Mohammad el Gharani, Eileen Boxer, RoseLee Goldberg, LoftOpera
- 2016Stupor Mundi: Livre 2, Les Hommes qui mangèrent la montagne as Self (archive footage)
- 2015The Last Lennon Interview as Self (archive footage)
- 2015The Beatles 1+
- 2015Bad Girls of Japan
- 2015Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead as Self (archive footage)
- 2014The Term. Beginning of a Big Story as Self (uncredited)
- 2014The Last Impresario as Self
- 2013Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer as Self (archive footage)
- 2013Rock 'N' Roll Exposed: The Photography of Bob Gruen as Self
- 2012Inventing David Geffen as Self
- 2012John Cage: Journeys in Sound as Self
- 2012Arts & Crafts Spectacular #2 as (voice)
- 2011Sleepless Nights Stories as Self
- 2011Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film as Herself (archive footage)
- 2011Re: Maciunas and Fluxus
- 2010The Day John Lennon Died as Self
- 2010Who Is Harry Nilsson (And Why Is Everybody Talkin' About Him?) as Self
- 2010Music as Self
- 2010LennoNYC as Self
- 2010John Lennon: Love Is All You Need as Self (archive footage)
- 2010Ugly Beauty as Self
- 2010The Beatles: The Complete Story as Self (Archive Footage)
- 2009Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band as Self
- 2008All Together Now as Self
- 2008Classic Albums: John Lennon - Plastic Ono Band as Self
- 2008The Universe of Keith Haring as Self
- 2007365 Day Project as Self
- 2007Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens as Self
- 2006John & Yoko Bed-In as Self
- 2006To John With Love as Self
- 2006Warhol and Maciunas as Self
- 2006Greasy Rider
- 2006John Lennon & Yoko Ono: Give Peace A Song as as Herself
- 2006The U.S. vs. John Lennon as Self
- 2006Follow My Voice: With the Music of Hedwig as Self
- 2006Torino 2006 Olympic Opening Ceremony
- 2006Nam June Paik: Lessons from the Video Master as Self
- 2005Pink Floyd London '66-'67 as Self (uncredited)
- 2004Beatles Biggest Secrets as Self
- 2004Twenty to Life: The Life & Times of John Sinclair as Self (archive footage)
- 2004Art & the 60s
- 2003Inside John Lennon - Unauthorized as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Imagine Imagine as Self
- 2003Lennon Legend: The Very Best of John Lennon as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Beatles: The Journey as Self (archive footage)
- 2002Hanratty: The Whole Truth as Self (archive footage)
- 2001Come Together: A Night for John Lennon's Words & Music
- 2001Kiss My Grits: The Herstory of Women in Punk and Hard Rock as Self
- 2001Wingspan as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon's Imagine Album as Self
- 2000John & Yoko's Year of Peace as Self
- 1997Happy Birthday to John as Self
- 1997The View as Self · 1 episode
- 1996The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus as Self - Vocal
- 1995An Introduction to Harmolodics
- 1995"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman
- 1994Jonas in the Desert as Self
- 1993The Revenge of the Dead Indians as Herself
- 1993The Misfits - 30 Years of Fluxus as Self
- 1992Rolling Stone 25: The MTV Special as Self
- 1992The John Lennon Video Collection
- 1992Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 2: Assassination in the 20th Century
- 1990Lennon: A Tribute
- 1990John Cage: I Have Nothing to Say and I Am Saying It as Self
- 1990Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1990Scenes from the Life of Andy Warhol: Friendships and Intersections as Self
- 1988Imagine: John Lennon as Self
- 1988Michael Jackson: The Legend Continues as Self
- 1987I Am Not a Freak as Self
- 1986The John Lennon Sketchbook as Self
- 1986He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life as Self (archive footage)
- 1986Vain Glory as Yōko Ono
- 1986John Lennon: One to One Concert Live in New York as Self (archive footage)
- 1986An All-Star Celebration Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1984Yoko Ono: Then and Now as Self
- 1981The Killing of America as Self (archive footage)
- 1979Flux-Concert as Self
- 1977Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante as Self
- 1976Chelsea Girls with Andy Warhol
- 1972Imagine as Self
- 1972The One to One Concert as Self
- 1972John Lennon - Imagine
- 1972Yoko Ono: This Is Not Here as Self
- 1971Yoko and John Party as Self
- 1971Brazil in Cannes
- 1971Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally as Self
- 1971Sweet Toronto as Self
- 1971Up Your Legs Forever as Self - Last Legs(uncredited)
- 1971Frank Zappa, John Lennon & Yoko Ono: At Fillmore East
- 1971Dynamite Chicken as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1970Apotheosis
- 1970Freedom as Woman
- 1970Rome Is Burning: Portrait of Shirley Clarke as Yoko Ono
- 1970Let It Be as Self (uncredited)
- 196924 Hours: The World of John and Yoko as Self
- 1969The Beatles: Something as Self
- 1969Bed Peace as Self
- 1968Two Virgins
- 1968Diaries, Notes, and Sketches as Self
- 1966Eyeblink as Self
- 1966No. 4 as Self
- 1966Eyeblink as Self
- 1965Andy Warhol Screen Tests as Self
- 1965Satan's Bed as Ito
- 1965Cut Piece as Herself
- 1964Hi-Red Centre Shelter Plan
- 1964Some Young People as herself
Sound 6
- 2025on a windy day · music
- 2011The Sun is Down · music
- 2010Imagine Peace · music
- 1998Not For Sale: Feminism and Art in the USA during the 1970s · music
- 1969Rape · sound
- 1962Love · music
crew 8
- 2024Daytime Revolution · creative consultant
- 2023Now and Then - The Last Beatles Song · thanks
- 2023WAR IS OVER! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko · thanks
- 2019Earthquake Bird · thanks
- 2009Project 9: The Making of The Beatles: Rock Band · thanks
- 2006The U.S. vs. John Lennon · thanks
- 2002Bowling for Columbine · thanks
- 1966Shout · cinematography
Writing 10
- 1972Imagine · writer
- 1970Apotheosis · writer
- 1970Fly · writer
- 1970Freedom · writer
- 1969Rape · writer
- 1969Self-Portrait · writer
- 1969Bed Peace · writer
- 1968Two Virgins · writer
- 1966No. 4 · writer
- 1966Eyeblink · idea
Editing 1
- 1969Rape · editor
Camera 1
- 1966Shout · director of photography