Directing

Phil Solomon

Born 1954-01-03

Manhattan, New York, USA

Department: Directing

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.

2011

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (46 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
The Summit	Director	Movie	2023
By This River	Director	Movie	2018
Ida Western Exile	Thanks	Movie	2017
Sleep Has Her House	Thanks	Movie	2017
Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow	Director	Movie	2014
The Emblazoned Apparitions	Director	Movie	2013
Simply Because You're Near Me	Director	Movie	2013
The Eternal Courtship	Director	Movie	2013
Turbulent Waters	Cinematography	Movie	2011
Night Hunter	Editor	Movie	2011
American Falls	Director	Movie	2010
Sweetgrass	Thanks	Movie	2009
Still Raining, Still Dreaming	Director	Movie	2009
Empire	Director	Movie	2008
Rehearsals for Retirement	Director	Movie	2007
Last Days in a Lonely Place	Director	Movie	2007
Crossroad	Director	Movie	2005
Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting	Director	Movie	2002
Psalm III: Night of the Meek	Director	Movie	2002
Seasons...	Director	Movie	2002
Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day	Himself	Movie	2002
Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day	Director	Movie	2002
Innocence and Despair	Director	Movie	2002
Psalm II: Walking Distance	Director	Movie	2000
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour	Director	Movie	1999
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes	Director	Movie	1999
Brakhage	Self	Movie	1998
Floating under a Honey Tree	Sound Designer	Movie	1998
Cannibal! The Musical	Miner (uncredited)	Movie	1996
Concrescence	Director	Movie	1996
The Snowman	Director	Movie	1995
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea	Cinematography	Movie	1994
Elementary Phrases	Director	Movie	1994
Alternating Currents	Director	Movie	1994
Clepsydra	Director	Movie	1992
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage	Director	Movie	1989
The Exquisite Hour	Director	Movie	1989
Remains to Be Seen	Director	Movie	1989
The Secret Garden	Director	Movie	1988
What’s Out Tonight Is Lost	Director	Movie	1983
As If We	Director	Movie	1980
The Passage of the Bride	Director	Movie	1980
Nocturne	Director	Movie	1980
Nightlight	Director	Movie	1975
The Sea Behind Her Head	In Memory Of	Movie	—
Five Films by Phil Solomon	Producer	Movie	—