Phil Solomon

Phil Solomon

Actor · Director · Producer

Manhattan, New York, USA
January 3, 1954

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.

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Representative Works

Empire
Empire
6.0
/ English
Night Hunter
Night Hunter
6.0
/ English
Clepsydra
Clepsydra
7.0
/ English
Nocturne
Nocturne
7.8
/ English
The Snowman
The Snowman
7.3
/ English
Sleep Has Her House
Sleep Has Her House
6.7
/ English
The Summit
The Summit
No Rating Yet
/ English
Simply Because You're Near Me
Simply Because You're Near Me
No Rating Yet
/ English
American Falls
American Falls
6.0
/ English
Nightlight
Nightlight
No Rating Yet
/ English
Seasons...
Seasons...
6.7
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Empire
2008Nominee

Best Director

Empire

Night Hunter
2011Nominee

Best Performance

Night Hunter

Cannibal! The Musical
1996Nominee

Best Performance

Cannibal! The Musical

Career Highlights

Clepsydra
1992Highlight

Best Director

Clepsydra

Nocturne
1980Highlight

Best Director

Nocturne