Phil Holland was born and raised in Southern California. He took an interest in art, science, and entertainment at a very young age. After graduating high school he decided to redirect his interests away from his scienctific career and education to focus on his creative aspirations. Determined to improve upon his abilities, for the next few years he was drawing and studying around two to sixteen hours a day. Striving to understand more about color, composition, anatomy, and art history.

In 1999 he was hired by Rhythm and Hues Studios. Since then he has worked on over 100 features films. For the first 5 years of his career he was primarily utilized as a Digital Colorist. However, these days he's more along the lines of a Technical Cinematographer, Still Photographer, and VFX/Color Consultant. Currently titled as a "Digital Imaging Specialist" he has produced unique solutions to many of the problems in the rapidly changing world of visual effects and cinematography.

Phil also has a rewarding and active freelance career outside of the studio. He has provided conceptual illustration, matte painting, still photography, color correction, and commercial photography on motion pictures, video games, and print.

Currently he is enjoying creating fine art and focusing his professional photographic efforts towards more of a fashion/celebrity/editorial direction. Phil is also focusing a lot of energy towards his cinematography career and has a unique perspective on film making from his work in pre-production, being in front of the camera, behind the camera, post production, and extensive on set experience.

In his spare time Phil enjoys spending time with friends, drawing, creating music, exploring nature, learning, teaching, and creating personal works.

Phil Holland is based in Los Angeles and is available for freelance assignments.

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