Salomon Ligthelm Film

Salomon, a son to missionary parents who opened his eyes to the world, is a self-taught filmmaker whose international background, a childhood spent in Johannesburg, Dubai, and Sydney figures strongly in his distinctive, visceral yet meditative work. His textural and experimental voice looks to find new ways of exploring visual and narrative storytelling - always with a human story at its core.

His work has garnered recognition across the world, with 15 Vimeo Staff Picks, multiple wins and nominations at Academy Qualifying Film Festivals (Clermont-Ferrand, Leeds IFF , Manchester IFF, Tirana IFF) for his short film MOEDER, inclusions in both the Saatchi & Saatchi and 1.4 New Directors Showcases, two Golds and three Silvers at the YDAs, a Gold Cannes Lion, multiple AICP wins with work featured at the MOMA, a couple of UKMVA wins - and a growing list of awards from the industry including the British Arrows, Cannes and D&AD.

His body of work includes short films like ROCKET WARS which documents the stunning aerial fireworks battle of a Greek village, MOEDER which explores the aftermath of the MH17 flight disaster through the eyes of a miner who is called in as part of the clean up mission, as well as commercials for Apple, Puma, Adidas, Top Boy, S7, Valvoline, Mercedes etc, and music videos, for artists like Justin Bieber, Giveon, Little Simz, Skrillex, Don Toliver, Prince, The Weeknd, Daughter, Bearcubs and Young Fathers.

Salomon currently lives in New York City with his young family, where he is in the early stages of putting together his debut feature, FOREIGN ANIMALS writing his second, ICONOCLAST, and developing others including THE BADGER, FANCY ME DARLINGS, PILGRIM, and UNFEELING under his SEARCH PARTY Feature Projects Banner.