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.
2023endingsMovieDirector
2023Flowers #3 (Kissed by the Sun)MovieDirector
2023Deep 1MovieDirector
2022I Thought the World of YouMovieAssociate Producer
2019vultureMovieDirector
2017Ending 2MovieDirector
2017EndingMovieDirector
2015By the Time We Got to ExpoMovieDirector
2015AgedMovieDirector
2014SlaughterhouseMovieDirector
2013Walking With PhilMovieas himself
2009All Fall DownMovieDirector
2007ever present going pastMovieDirector
1999Kokoro Is for HeartMovieDirector
1998Destroying AngelMovieDirector
1996ChimeraMovieDirector
1995SweepMovieDirector · Writer
1988Passing Through/Torn FormationsMovieas narrator · Writer · Cinematography · Director
1984On Land Over Water (Six Stories)MovieCinematography
1984Somewhere Between Jalostotitlan and EncarnacionMovieDirector
—451 Saddler Street 44°10’20.6”N 80°49’27.0”WMovieDirector · Editor