Phil Solomon

Birthday:: 01/03/1954
Place of birth:: Manhattan, New York, USA:
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.

Credits

	Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day (2002) as Himself
	Brakhage (1998) as Self
	Cannibal! The Musical (1996) as Miner (uncredited)

	The Summit Director
	By This River Director
	Ida Western Exile Thanks
	Sleep Has Her House Thanks
	Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow Director
	The Emblazoned Apparitions Director
	Simply Because You're Near Me Director
	The Eternal Courtship Director
	Turbulent Waters Cinematography
	Night Hunter Editor
	American Falls Director
	Sweetgrass Thanks
	Still Raining, Still Dreaming Director
	Empire Director
	Rehearsals for Retirement Director
	Last Days in a Lonely Place Director
	Crossroad Director
	Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting Director
	Psalm III: Night of the Meek Director
	Seasons... Director
	Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day Director
	Innocence and Despair Director
	Psalm II: Walking Distance Director
	Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour Director
	Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes Director
	Floating under a Honey Tree Sound Designer
	Concrescence Director
	The Snowman Director
	Bitemporal Vision: The Sea Cinematography
	Alternating Currents Director
	Elementary Phrases Director
	Clepsydra Director
	Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage Director
	Remains to Be Seen Director
	The Exquisite Hour Director
	The Secret Garden Director
	What’s Out Tonight Is Lost Director
	As If We Director
	The Passage of the Bride Director
	Nocturne Director
	Nightlight Director
	The Sea Behind Her Head In Memory Of
	Five Films by Phil Solomon Producer