
Directing
Phil Solomon
- Born
- January 3, 1954
- Died
- April 20, 2019
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.
Filmography
Known for
7.1Brakhage
1998
7.6Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2002
6.4Cannibal! The Musical
1996

Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994

The Summit
2023
2.0Turbulent Waters
2011
7.2Remains to Be Seen
1989
7.0Clepsydra
1992
6.1Elementary Phrases
1994
7.4The Secret Garden
1988
7.8Nocturne
1980
5.7Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2014
6.4Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2009
6.7Seasons...
2002
7.2Rehearsals for Retirement
2007
6.0Empire
2008
6.3The Exquisite Hour
1989
7.3Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999