Phil Solomon

Born: 1954-01-03

Birthplace: 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.

Known For

Cannibal! The Musical
Sleep Has Her House
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
Sweetgrass
Nocturne
Brakhage
Ida Western Exile
Night Hunter
Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
Alternating Currents

Top Movie Credits

Cannibal! The Musical Miner (uncredited)
Nocturne Director