Phil Solomon

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1954-01-03

Deathday 2019-04-20 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Manhattan, New York, USA

Also Known As Philip S. Solomon

Phil Solomon

Biography

Phil Solomon was an internationally recognized filmmaker and educator who taught both film history/aesthetics and film production at University of Colorado Boulder from 1991 until his death in 2019. Solomon’s work has been screened in every major venue for experimental film throughout the U.S. and Europe, including 3 Cineprobes (one-man shows) at the Museum of Modern Art and two Whitney Biennials. His films have won 10 first prize awards at major international film festivals for experimental film (including six Juror’s Awards from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival). His films reside in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Massachusetts College of Art, Binghamton University, Hampshire College, The Chicago Art Institute, San Francisco State University, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, and the Oberhausen Film Collection. Solomon collaborated on three films with his colleague and friend, Stan Brakhage, who named Solomon’s Remains to be Seen on his Top Ten Films of All Time for Sight and Sound.

Known For

Director

2023
The Summit

as Director

2018
By This River

as Director

2010
American Falls

as Director

2008
Empire

as Director

2005
Crossroad

as Director

2002
Seasons...

as Director

2002
1996
Concrescence

as Director

1995
The Snowman

as Director

1994
Elementary Phrases

as Director

1994
1992
Clepsydra

as Director

1989
1989
The Exquisite Hour

as Director

1989
Remains to Be Seen

as Director

1988
The Secret Garden

as Director

1980
Nocturne

as Director

1980
1980
As If We

as Director

1975
Nightlight

as Director

Crew

2017
2017
2011
Turbulent Waters

as Cinematography

2009
Sweetgrass

as Thanks

1994
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea

as Cinematography

Sound

1998
Floating under a Honey Tree

as Sound Designer

Editor

2011
Night Hunter

as Editor