Phil Solomon
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- January 3, 1954
- Died
- April 20, 2019 (aged 65)
- 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
Filmography
By This River
Movie · Director
Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
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The Emblazoned Apparitions
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Simply Because You're Near Me
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The Eternal Courtship
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American Falls
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Still Raining, Still Dreaming
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Empire
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Rehearsals for Retirement
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Last Days in a Lonely Place
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Crossroad
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Psalm III: Night of the Meek
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Seasons...
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Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
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Innocence and Despair
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Psalm II: Walking Distance
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Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
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Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
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Concrescence
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The Snowman
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Elementary Phrases
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Alternating Currents
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Clepsydra
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The Summit
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Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
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The Exquisite Hour
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Remains to Be Seen
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The Secret Garden
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What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
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Nocturne
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The Passage of the Bride
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As If We
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Nightlight
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