Courtney Solomon

Courtney Solomon
Born	(1971-09-01) September 1, 1971 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations	Producer director screenwriter
Years active	2000–present

Courtney Solomon (September 1, 1971) 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. 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. In 2000, with Solomon producing and directing, Sweetpea released the film Dungeons & Dragons, based on the role-playing game of the same name. 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. 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.

Filmography

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

External links

• Courtney Solomon at IMDb