Ed Solomon

Born 1960 · American writer, producer and director

Edward James Solomon is an American filmmaker. He is best known for creating the Bill & Ted franchise alongside Chris Matheson. Together, they wrote the screenplays to Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). He also wrote the screenplay for Men in Black (1997), and Now You See Me (2013).

Ed Solomon, in order

1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure: wrote · directed by Stephen Herek
1991 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey: wrote · directed by Peter Hewitt
1992 Leaving Normal: wrote, acted · directed by Edward Zwick
1992 Mom and Dad Save the World: wrote, acted · directed by Greg Beeman
1993 Super Mario Bros.: wrote · directed by Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton
1997 Men in Black: wrote · directed by Barry Sonnenfeld · critics 91%, audiences 80% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo
2000 Charlie's Angels: wrote · directed by McG · critics 69%, audiences 45% · streaming on Paramount+
2000 What Planet Are You From?: wrote · directed by Mike Nichols · critics 40%, audiences 29% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
2003 Levity: directed, wrote, produced
2003 The In-Laws: wrote · directed by Andrew Fleming · critics 33%, audiences 40%
2009 Imagine That: wrote, produced · directed by Karey Kirkpatrick
2012 Agneepath: wrote · directed by Karan Malhotra
2013 Now You See Me: wrote · directed by Louis Leterrier · critics 51%, audiences 70% · streaming on Peacock
2013 Rapturepalooza: produced · directed by Paul Middleditch
2016 Now You See Me 2: wrote · directed by Jon M. Chu · critics 33%, audiences 53% · streaming on Peacock, Starz
2017 Mosaic (TV series): wrote · directed by Steven Soderbergh
2020 Bill & Ted Face the Music: wrote · directed by Dean Parisot
2021 No Sudden Move: wrote · directed by Steven Soderbergh
2023 Full Circle (TV series): wrote · directed by Steven Soderbergh
2025 The Christophers: wrote · directed by Steven Soderbergh