---
name: "Tony Solomons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tony-solomons"
fi1m_id: "tony-solomons"
imdb_id: "nm0813446"
tmdb_id: 137466
wikidata_id: "Q118126254"
roles: ["Assistant editor","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 68
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T10:55:06.755142+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Tony Solomons

## Identity

Tony Solomons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tony-solomons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tony-solomons
- **IMDb ID:** nm0813446
- **TMDB ID:** 137466
- **Wikidata ID:** Q118126254
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0813446/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137466

Assistant editor and director. Born in Glasgow, Scotland.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant editor, Director
- **Active:** 1997–2009
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 71 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118126254, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0813446/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/137466

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Vampire Diaries*](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md) (71)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Tony Solomons is an editor, producer and director working primarily in American television. He began his career in the editorial department on feature films, serving as assistant editor on *As Good as It Gets* (1997) and *Practical Magic* (1998), and later as editor on titles including *Lost Boys: The Thirst* (2010) and *Californication* (2007).

Solomons is best known for his extensive work on *The Vampire Diaries* (2009–2017), where he edited 29 episodes across seasons four to eight, acted as co-producer and supervising producer, and directed two episodes. He continued in similar roles on the spin-off *Legacies* (2018–2022), editing multiple episodes and serving as co-producer and producer.

Originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Solomons studied at Syracuse University and New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts before completing an MFA in film editing at the American Film Institute. He is the author of *The Avid Digital Editing Room Handbook* and has been an adjunct professor of editing at the University of Southern California since 1996.

*Sources: imdb.com, vampirediaries.fandom.com, vpa.syracuse.edu.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Directed (1)

- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), Fi1m 71, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)

### Crew (2) — the average rests on these

- *Practical Magic* (1998), Fi1m 60, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), Fi1m 77, Assistant Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Prey* (2025), Music
- *Fatal* (2022), Conductor
- *Legacies* (2018), series, Director
- *Lost Boys: The Thirst* (2010), Editor
- *The Vampire Diaries* (2009), series, Director, Co-Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-vampire-diaries.md)
- *Californication* (2007), series, Editor
- *Body Armour* (2007), Editor
- *Gothika* (2003), Visual Effects Editor
- *Practical Magic* (1998), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/practical-magic.md)
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), Assistant Editor — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)

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