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Phil Solomon (1954-2019)

Alias:
Philip S. Solomon

Birthplace:
Manhattan, New York, USA

Born:
January 3, 1954

Died:
April 20, 2019

Biography from TheMovieDB

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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Film Performances

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Film Production

Cinematography:
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
2011  Turbulent Waters

Director:
1975  Nightlight
1980  As If We
1980  Nocturne
1980  The Passage of the Bride
1983  What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
1988  The Secret Garden
1989  Remains to Be Seen
1989  Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
1989  The Exquisite Hour
1992  Clepsydra
1994  Alternating Currents
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994  Elementary Phrases
1995  The Snowman
1996  Concrescence
1999  Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999  Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
2000  Psalm II: Walking Distance
2002  Innocence and Despair
2002  Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002  Psalm III: Night of the Meek
2002  Seasons...
2002  Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2005  Crossroad
2006  Untitled (for David Gatten)
2007  Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007  Rehearsals for Retirement
2008  Empire
2009  Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2010  American Falls
2011  Turbulent Waters
2013  Simply Because You're Near Me
2013  The Emblazoned Apparitions
2014  Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2018  By This River
2023  The Summit

Editor:
1975  Nightlight
1980  As If We
1980  Nocturne
1980  The Passage of the Bride
1983  What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
1988  The Secret Garden
1989  Remains to Be Seen
1989  Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
1989  The Exquisite Hour
1992  Clepsydra
1994  Alternating Currents
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994  Elementary Phrases
1995  The Snowman
1996  Concrescence
1999  Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999  Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
2000  Psalm II: Walking Distance
2002  Innocence and Despair
2002  Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002  Psalm III: Night of the Meek
2002  Seasons...
2002  Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2005  Crossroad
2006  Untitled (for David Gatten)
2007  Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007  Rehearsals for Retirement
2008  Empire
2009  Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2010  American Falls
2011  Night Hunter
2011  Turbulent Waters
2013  Simply Because You're Near Me
2013  The Emblazoned Apparitions
2014  Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2018  By This River
2023  The Summit

In Memory Of:
1975  Nightlight
1980  As If We
1980  Nocturne
1980  The Passage of the Bride
1983  What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
1988  The Secret Garden
1989  Remains to Be Seen
1989  Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
1989  The Exquisite Hour
1992  Clepsydra
1994  Alternating Currents
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994  Elementary Phrases
1995  The Snowman
1996  Concrescence
1999  Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999  Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
2000  Psalm II: Walking Distance
2002  Innocence and Despair
2002  Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002  Psalm III: Night of the Meek
2002  Seasons...
2002  Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2005  Crossroad
2006  Untitled (for David Gatten)
2007  Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007  Rehearsals for Retirement
2008  Empire
2009  Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2010  American Falls
2011  Night Hunter
2011  Turbulent Waters
2013  Simply Because You're Near Me
2013  The Emblazoned Apparitions
2014  Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2018  By This River
2023  The Summit
????  The Sea Behind Her Head

Producer:
1975  Nightlight
1980  As If We
1980  Nocturne
1980  The Passage of the Bride
1983  What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
1988  The Secret Garden
1989  Remains to Be Seen
1989  Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
1989  The Exquisite Hour
1992  Clepsydra
1994  Alternating Currents
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994  Elementary Phrases
1995  The Snowman
1996  Concrescence
1999  Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999  Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
2000  Psalm II: Walking Distance
2002  Innocence and Despair
2002  Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002  Psalm III: Night of the Meek
2002  Seasons...
2002  Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2005  Crossroad
2006  Untitled (for David Gatten)
2007  Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007  Rehearsals for Retirement
2008  Empire
2009  Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2010  American Falls
2011  Night Hunter
2011  Turbulent Waters
2013  Simply Because You're Near Me
2013  The Emblazoned Apparitions
2014  Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2018  By This River
2023  The Summit
????  Five Films by Phil Solomon
????  The Sea Behind Her Head

Sound Designer:
1975  Nightlight
1980  As If We
1980  Nocturne
1980  The Passage of the Bride
1983  What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
1988  The Secret Garden
1989  Remains to Be Seen
1989  Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
1989  The Exquisite Hour
1992  Clepsydra
1994  Alternating Currents
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994  Elementary Phrases
1995  The Snowman
1996  Concrescence
1998  Floating under a Honey Tree
1999  Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999  Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
2000  Psalm II: Walking Distance
2002  Innocence and Despair
2002  Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002  Psalm III: Night of the Meek
2002  Seasons...
2002  Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2005  Crossroad
2006  Untitled (for David Gatten)
2007  Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007  Rehearsals for Retirement
2008  Empire
2009  Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2010  American Falls
2011  Night Hunter
2011  Turbulent Waters
2013  Simply Because You're Near Me
2013  The Emblazoned Apparitions
2014  Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2018  By This River
2023  The Summit
????  Five Films by Phil Solomon
????  The Sea Behind Her Head

Thanks:
1975  Nightlight
1980  As If We
1980  Nocturne
1980  The Passage of the Bride
1983  What’s Out Tonight Is Lost
1988  The Secret Garden
1989  Remains to Be Seen
1989  Rocket Boy vs. Brakhage
1989  The Exquisite Hour
1992  Clepsydra
1994  Alternating Currents
1994  Bitemporal Vision: The Sea
1994  Elementary Phrases
1995  The Snowman
1996  Concrescence
1998  Floating under a Honey Tree
1999  Psalm I: The Lateness of the Hour
1999  Yes I Said Yes I Will Yes
2000  Psalm II: Walking Distance
2002  Innocence and Despair
2002  Life with Stan #4: Stan Painting
2002  Psalm III: Night of the Meek
2002  Seasons...
2002  Stan Brakhage Exits the Cinema and Enters the Light of Day
2005  Crossroad
2006  Untitled (for David Gatten)
2007  Last Days in a Lonely Place
2007  Rehearsals for Retirement
2008  Empire
2009  Still Raining, Still Dreaming
2009  Sweetgrass
2010  American Falls
2011  Night Hunter
2011  Turbulent Waters
2013  Simply Because You're Near Me
2013  The Emblazoned Apparitions
2014  Psalm IV: Valley of the Shadow
2017  Ida Western Exile
2017  Sleep Has Her House
2018  By This River
2023  The Summit
????  Five Films by Phil Solomon
????  The Sea Behind Her Head

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