Courtney Solomon Biography

Fast Facts

• Quote: "(On the popularity of Comic-Con) "You ask me personally, I liked it better 12 years ago․ It felt special․ You'd come down here for three days, you enjoyed it․ I walked through the whole convention center, I'd meet all these cool people but they were all comic-related․․․Now it's, for lack of a better word, commercialized․ I think it lost some of its charm․ I still think it's a fantastic event, I don't know, that's just selfish I guess but I enjoyed the intimacy of it․""
• Produced and/or executive produced more than 30 films
• In 2006, he created the annual film festival "8 Films to Die For," a Horrorfest featuring eight independent horror films that were distributed by Lions Gate nationwide for a limited time
• The founder of production company and distributor After Dark Films
• Named his production company Sweetpea Entertainment after Elvis Presley's mother's dog
• Producted and directed "Dungeons & Dragons," a film based on the role-playing game, in 2000
• Wrote and directed "An American Haunting," a story based on the Tennessee Bell Witch legend and starred Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek