Phil Solomon

Director

Phil Solomon

Born January 3, 1954 in Manhattan, New York, USADied April 20, 201934 films

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

34 films as director
  1. 2023The SummitDirector
  2. 2018By This RiverDirector
  3. 2014Psalm IV: Valley of the ShadowDirector
  4. 2013The Emblazoned ApparitionsDirector
  5. 2013Simply Because You're Near MeDirector
  6. 2013The Eternal CourtshipDirector
  7. 2010American FallsDirector
  8. 2009Still Raining, Still DreamingDirector
  9. 2008EmpireDirector
  10. 2007Rehearsals for RetirementDirector
  11. 2007Last Days in a Lonely PlaceDirector
  12. 2005CrossroadDirector
  13. 2002Life with Stan #4: Stan PaintingDirector
  14. 2002Psalm III: Night of the MeekDirector
  15. 2002Seasons...Director
  16. 2002Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of DayDirector
  17. 2002Innocence and DespairDirector
  18. 2000Psalm II: Walking DistanceDirector
  19. 1999Psalm I: The Lateness of the HourDirector
  20. 1999Yes I Said Yes I Will YesDirector
  21. 1996ConcrescenceDirector
  22. 1995The SnowmanDirector
  23. 1994Elementary PhrasesDirector
  24. 1994Alternating CurrentsDirector
  25. 1992ClepsydraDirector
  26. 1989Rocket Boy vs. BrakhageDirector
  27. 1989The Exquisite HourDirector
  28. 1989Remains to Be SeenDirector
  29. 1988The Secret GardenDirector
  30. 1983What’s Out Tonight Is LostDirector
  31. 1980As If WeDirector
  32. 1980The Passage of the BrideDirector
  33. 1980NocturneDirector
  34. 1975NightlightDirector