Phil Solomon
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 3, 1954
- Died
- April 20, 2019
- Birthplace
- Manhattan, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Five Films by Phil Solomon TBA
Producer
The Sea Behind Her Head TBA
In Memory Of
By This River 2018
Director
Ida Western Exile 2017
Thanks
Sleep Has Her House 2017
Thanks
Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow 2014
Director
The Emblazoned Apparitions 2013
Director
- Simply Because You're Near Me
Simply Because You're Near Me 2013
Director
The Eternal Courtship 2013
Director
Turbulent Waters 2011
Cinematography
Night Hunter 2011
Editor
American Falls 2010
Director
Sweetgrass 2009
Thanks
Still Raining, Still Dreaming 2009
Director
Empire 2008
Director
Rehearsals for Retirement 2007
Director
Last Days in a Lonely Place 2007
Director
Crossroad 2005
Director
Psalm III: Night of the Meek 2002
Director
Seasons... 2002
Director
Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day 2002
as Himself, Director
Innocence and Despair 2002
Director
Psalm II: Walking Distance 2000
Director
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour 1999
Director
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes 1999
Director
Brakhage 1998
as Self
Floating under a Honey Tree 1998
Sound Designer
Cannibal! The Musical 1996
as Miner (uncredited)
Concrescence 1996
Director
The Snowman 1995
Director
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea 1994
Cinematography
- Alternating Currents
Alternating Currents 1994
Director
Elementary Phrases 1994
Director
Clepsydra 1992
Director
- Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage 1989
Director
Remains to Be Seen 1989
Director
The Exquisite Hour 1989
Director
The Summit 1989
Director
The Secret Garden 1988
Director
What’s Out Tonight Is Lost 1983
Director
- As If We
As If We 1980
Director
The Passage of the Bride 1980
Director
Nocturne 1980
Director
- Nightlight
Nightlight 1975
Director
Credits from TMDB.