Courtney Solomon

Courtney Solomon
Born	September 1, 1971 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation	Producer director screenwriter
Years active	2000–present

Courtney Solomon (September 1, 1971)^[1] is a Canadian producer, director and screenwriter. He is the founder of the film production company After Dark Films.

Life and career

Solomon was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.^[2] In the 1990s, he founded Sweetpea Entertainment as a vehicle to produce a science fiction television series or MMORPG. In 1996, Sweetpea advanced Imperium Games seed money to launch as a company dedicated to the role-playing game Traveller, in exchange for equity and media rights.^[3]:330 In 2000, with Solomon producing and directing, Sweetpea released the film Dungeons & Dragons, based on the role-playing game of the same name.^[3]:334 Five years later, Solomon and Hong Kong-based business magnate Allan Zeman formed the production company After Dark Films, with Solomon as a partner and CEO. He wrote and directed the company's first release, An American Haunting, starring Sissy Spacek and Donald Sutherland, a story based on Tennessee's Bell Witch legend.

In 2006, Solomon created the After Dark Horrorfest, also known as 8 Films to Die For, an annual film festival featuring eight acquired independent horror films subsequently distributed in theaters nationwide by Lions Gate Entertainment. Following this, After Dark Films launched After Dark Originals, a series featuring eight originally produced horror films, some of which premiered on the cable channel Syfy.

In 2012, Solomon created a lineup of five films collectively called After Dark Action. The films were released in theaters nationwide in the same model as Horrorfest and were launched with Warner Brothers Digital and Home Video.^[4] The franchise involved After Dark, Joel Silver and Dark Castle for a series of films featuring actors such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Peter Weller, Jim Caviezel, and Christian Slater.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Film	Director	Producer	Writer
2000	Dungeons & Dragons	Yes	Yes	No
2005	An American Haunting	Yes	Yes	Yes
2005	Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God	No	Yes	No
2007	Captivity	No	Yes	No
2009	Universal Soldier: Regeneration	No	Yes	No
2009	The Butterfly Effect 3: Revelations	No	Yes	No
2009	Slaughter	No	Yes	No
2009	Perkins' 14	No	Yes	No
2009	Beyond a Reasonable Doubt	No	Yes	No
2010	Prowl	No	Yes	No
2011	The Task	No	Yes	No
2011	Seconds Apart	No	Yes	No
2011	Husk	No	Yes	No
2011	Fertile Ground	No	Yes	No
2011	51	No	Yes	No
2011	Scream of the Banshee	No	Yes	No
2012	Transit	No	Yes	No
2012	Bullet to the Head	No	Yes	No
2012	Dragon Eyes	No	Yes	No
2012	El Gringo	No	Yes	No
2012	The Philly Kid	No	Yes	No
2012	Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning	No	Yes	No
2012	Stash House	No	Yes	No
2012	Re-Kill	No	Yes	No
2013	Dark Circles	No	Yes	No
2013	Getaway	Yes	Yes	No
2014	Bad Country	No	Yes	No
2015	Cake	No	Yes	No
2016	Mr. Church	No	Yes	No
2016	Burn Your Maps	No	Yes	No
2016	The Yellow Birds	No	Yes	No
2017	The Comedian	No	Yes	No

References

1. Snyder, S. Jams (July 13, 2007). "Creating a Captive Audience". The New York Sun. Retrieved November 11, 2013. ...the 35-year-old founder of After Dark...
2. Cieply, Michael (June 25, 2007). "Already Under Fire, a Producer Is Going Further". The New York Times. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
3. Appelcline, Shannon (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
4. "Five New Films Announced as Part of After Dark Action" (Press release). After Dark Films via ComingSoon.net. April 2, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
5. Sneider, Jeff (April 2, 2012). "Dark Castle, After Dark Cue Action Banner". Variety. Retrieved November 11, 2013.

External links

• Courtney Solomon at the Internet Movie Database