Philip Hoffman (filmmaker)

Philip Hoffman (born December 10, 1955) is a Canadian filmmaker and a member of the faculty of York University.

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Hoffman was born December 10, 1955 in Kitchener, Ontario. He studied at Sheridan College, where he received a diploma in media arts in 1979, and Wilfrid Laurier University, where he received a B.A. in English literature in 1987. While a student at Sheridan College he became associated with a group of filmmakers known as the Escarpment School, other members of which included Richard Kerr and Mike Hoolboom.

In 1986 he became an instructor at Sheridan College. In 1994, he started operating a summer film workshop, the Film Farm Retreat, at Mount Forest, Ontario, initially with support from Sheridan College. In 1999 he joined the York University Film and Video Department as a faculty member. He also has been a visiting professor at the University of Helsinki and University of South Florida.

Hoffman has been described as "filmmaker of memory and association" whose "highly personal" work blends fiction and documentary and "contests the claim to the truth" that characterizes conventional documentary film.

The San Francisco Cinematheque presented a retrospective of Hoffman's work in 2004, entitled "Passing Through: A Philip Hoffman Retrospective". The Canadian Film Institute presented a retrospective showing of his works in Ottawa in March and April 2008. A book, entitled Rivers of Time and consisting of an interview with Hoffman, "essays and reflections" on the filmmaker and his work, and images from his films, was issued to coincide with the retrospective.

In 2016, Hoffman was awarded a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.