Phil Solomon

Directing·Jan 3, 1954·Manhattan, New York, USA

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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.

Film	Credit
The Summit2023 · Director	Director
By This River2018 · Director	Director
Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow2014 · Director	Director
The Emblazoned Apparitions2013 · Director	Director
SSimply Because You're Near Me2013 · Director	Director
The Eternal Courtship2013 · Director	Director
American Falls2010 · Director	Director
Still Raining, Still Dreaming2009 · Director	Director
Empire2008 · Director	Director
Rehearsals for Retirement2007 · Director	Director
Last Days in a Lonely Place2007 · Director	Director
Crossroad2005 · Director	Director
Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting2002 · Director	Director
Psalm III: Night of the Meek2002 · Director	Director
Seasons...2002 · Director	Director
Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day2002 · Himself, Director	Himself, Director
Innocence and Despair2002 · Director	Director
Psalm II: Walking Distance2000 · Director	Director
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour1999 · Director	Director
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes1999 · Director	Director
Brakhage1998 · Self	Self
Cannibal! The Musical1996 · Miner (uncredited)	Miner (uncredited)
Concrescence1996 · Director	Director
The Snowman1995 · Director	Director
Elementary Phrases1994 · Director	Director
AAlternating Currents1994 · Director	Director
Clepsydra1992 · Director	Director
RRocket Boy vs. Brakhage1989 · Director	Director
The Exquisite Hour1989 · Director	Director
Remains to Be Seen1989 · Director	Director
The Secret Garden1988 · Director	Director
What’s Out Tonight Is Lost1983 · Director	Director
AAs If We1980 · Director	Director
The Passage of the Bride1980 · Director	Director
Nocturne1980 · Director	Director
NNightlight1975 · Director	Director
Five Films by Phil SolomonProducer	Producer