Person
Philip Hoffman
Directing · Born 1955-12-10 · Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Born in Kitchener, Ontario, Philip Hoffman's filmmaking began with his boyhood interest in photography. As semi-official historian of family life, Hoffman became intrigued by questions of reality in photography and later in cinema. After completing his formal education which includes a Diploma in Media Arts at Sheridan College and a Bachelor of Arts in Literature at Wilfrid Laurier University, Hoffman began working on his films, as well as teaching film, electronic and computer-based media in the Media Arts Program at Sheridan College. Currently Hoffman teaches in the Cinema and Media Arts Department at York University.
Known for

On Land Over Water (Six Stories)
Cinematography
Inner circle
Director

Ending 2
Director

endings
Director

Ending
Director

Sweep
Director

vulture
Director

Passing Through/Torn Formations
narrator

By the Time We Got to Expo
Director

Kokoro Is for Heart
Director
Filmography
- 2023endingsDirector
- 2023Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun)Director
- 2023Deep 1Director
- 2022I Thought the World of YouAssociate Producer
- 2019vultureDirector
- 2018Inner circleDirector
- 2017Ending 2Director
- 2017EndingDirector
- 2015By the Time We Got to ExpoDirector
- 2015AgedDirector
- 2014SlaughterhouseDirector
- 2013Walking With Philhimself
- 2012Lessons in ProcessDirector
- 2009All Fall DownDirector
- 2007ever present going pastDirector
- 2001What these ashes wantedDirector
- 1999Kokoro Is for HeartDirector
- 1998Destroying AngelDirector
- 1996ChimeraDirector
- 1995SweepDirector
- 1994Technilogic OrderingDirector
- 1990Kitchener-BerlinDirector
- 1989riverDirector
- 1988Passing Through/Torn Formationsnarrator
- 1986?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film)Director
- 1984Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and EncarnacionDirector
- 1984On Land Over Water (Six Stories)Cinematography
- 1983The Road Ended at the BeachDirector
- 1978On the PondDirector
- —451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”WDirector
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