Philip Hoffman

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.

Directed

1. Passing Through/Torn Formations (1988) — Director
2. Destroying Angel (1998) — Director
3. Aged (2015) — Director
4. Kokoro Is for Heart (1999) — Director
5. The Road Ended at the Beach (1983) — Director
6. By the Time We Got to Expo (2015) — Director
7. endings (2023) — Director
8. Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun) (2023) — Director
9. 451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”W — Director
10. ever present going past (2007) — Director
11. Ending 2 (2017) — Director
12. Sweep (1995) — Director
13. On the Pond (1978) — Director
14. Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and Encarnacion (1984) — Director
15. Technilogic Ordering (1994) — Director
16. Lessons in Process (2012) — Director
17. ?O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film) (1986) — Director
18. river (1989) — Director
19. Chimera (1996) — Director
20. Kitchener-Berlin (1990) — Director
21. What these ashes wanted (2001) — Director
22. Slaughterhouse (2014) — Director
23. Deep 1 (2023) — Director
24. Inner circle (2018) — Director
25. Ending (2017) — Director
26. All Fall Down (2009) — Director
27. vulture (2019) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Passing Through/Torn Formations (1988) — narrator
2. Walking With Phil (2013) — himself