Phillip Van has made short films that have won over a dozen awards in festivals around the world including the Berlin International Film Festival, HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Aspen Shortsfest and Gen Art Film Festival.

For his short film High Maintenance, he was the winner of a 2007 Student Academy Award, a 1st Place Eastman Kodak Award, a BAFTA Honorable Mention and Delta's Fly-In Movies Competition, curated by Gen Art at the Sundance Film Festival. Phillip was also a finalist for a 2008 Student Academy Award for his short film Come Wander With Me, made as part of The Exquisite Corpse Series for Little Minx, a division of RSA Films.

Named one of Filmmaker Magazine's "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in their summer 2007 issue and featured in Shoot Magazine's "Up & Coming Directors" fall 2007 issue, Phillip's work has since been featured in Boards, Creativity, Shots, Moving Pictures and 3D Creative Magazines.

He attended NYU Graduate Film for directing and was formerly a cinematographer of shorts, videos and industrials for clients such as Vanity Fair, Macy's and Conde Nast.