Phil Solomon
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.
Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
(Cinematography)
The Summit
(Director)
Turbulent Waters
(Cinematography)
Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
(Director)
Untitled (for David Gatten)
(Director)
Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
(Director)
The Emblazoned Apparitions
(Director)
Nightlight
(Director)
Nocturne
(Director)
What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
(Director)
The Secret Garden
(Director)
The Exquisite Hour
(Director)
Remains to Be Seen
(Director)
Clepsydra
(Director)
Elementary Phrases
(Director)
The Snowman
(Director)
Psalm II: Walking Distance
(Director)
Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
(Director)
Psalm III: Night of the Meek
(Director)
Seasons...
(Director)
Rehearsals for Retirement
(Director)
Last Days in a Lonely Place
(Director)
Empire
(Director)
Still Raining, Still Dreaming
(Director)
American Falls
(Director)
Simply Because You're Near Me
(Director)
By This River
(Director)
Ida Western Exile
(Thanks)
Sweetgrass
(Thanks)
Sleep Has Her House
(Thanks)
Floating under a Honey Tree
(Sound Designer)
Alternating Currents
(Director)
Night Hunter
(Editor)
Concrescence
(Director)
The Passage of the Bride
(Director)
Crossroad
(Director)
Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
(Director)
As If We
(Director)
Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
(Director)
Innocence and Despair
(Director)