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Silas Howard(I)

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Silas Howard at an event for A Kid Like Jake (2018)
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Queercore: How To Punk A Revolution (2017)
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Silas Howard is an award-winning feature film, documentary film, music video, web series and television director and writer, with a longtime focus in telling honest, boundary-shattering narratives filled with groundbreaking characters. His career took off in 2001, when his first feature film, By Hook or By Crook premiered at Sundance Film Festival, ultimately winning Howard five Best Feature awards across the festival circuit. Howard has since directed and written award-winning feature films, documentaries, musical videos, web series and television episodes. Recent television credits include Transparent, The Fosters, Faking It, Hudson Valley Ballers, and NBC's upcoming series This Is Us.

What's next for Silas Howard? San Francisco Film Society, in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, has awarded Howard their 2015 Filmmaking Grant, to produce his newest feature film, The Lusty, about the world's first exotic dancers' union.

Silas Howard received his MFA at UCLA in directing and is a Film Independent Directors Lab Fellow, Nantucket Screenwriting Colony Fellow, the 2014-15 Arthur Levitt Fellow at Williams College and a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow.
BornMay 29, 1967
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 7 wins & 4 nominations total

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    Known for

    Hailee Steinfeld in Dickinson (2019)
    Dickinson
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    Pose (2018)
    Pose
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    High Maintenance (2016)
    High Maintenance
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    Gaby Hoffmann, Jay Duplass, Amy Landecker, Judith Light, and Alexandra Billings in Transparent (2014)
    Transparent
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Director

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    Director



    • Boots
      • Director
      • Post-production
      • TV Series



    • Riele Downs and Auli'i Cravalho in Darby and the Dead (2022)
      Darby and the Dead
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Raymond Lee in Quantum Leap (2022)
      Quantum Leap
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Director (directed by)
      • 2022
    • Gbemisola Ikumelo, Abbi Jacobson, D'Arcy Carden, and Chanté Adams in A League of Their Own (2022)
      A League of Their Own
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Madelynn Von Ritz Is Almost Famous (2022)
      Madelynn Von Ritz Is Almost Famous
      Short
      • Director
      • 2022
    • Hailee Steinfeld in Dickinson (2019)
      Dickinson
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019–2021
    • Josh Thomas, Maeve Press, Kayla Cromer, and Adam Faison in Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020)
      Everything's Gonna Be Okay
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020–2021
    • Odley Jean, Odessa A'zion, Maliq Johnson, Amalia Yoo, and Amir Bageria in Grand Army (2020)
      Grand Army
      7.5
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Maura Tierney and Dominic West in The Affair (2014)
      The Affair
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Tales of the City (2019)
      Tales of the City
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • High Maintenance (2016)
      High Maintenance
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Step Up: High Water (2018)
      Step Up: High Water
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Claire Danes, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Jim Parsons, and Leo James Davis in A Kid Like Jake (2018)
      A Kid Like Jake
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2018
    • More Than T (2017)
      More Than T
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Faithe Herman in This Is Us (2016)
      This Is Us
      8.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2016

    Producer



    • By the Roots
      • executive producer
      • Post-production
    • One for the Team
      • executive producer
      • Completed
      • TV Series
    • Tableau
      • producer
      • Post-production
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    • Lio Mehiel and Cole Doman in Mutt (2023)
      Mutt
      6.3
      • executive producer
      • 2023
    • Hailee Steinfeld in Dickinson (2019)
      Dickinson
      7.7
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Kaydx and Jojo Brown in Pink & Blue (2021)
      Pink & Blue
      2.2
      Short
      • executive producer
      • 2021
    • Pose (2018)
      Pose
      8.6
      TV Series
      • co-executive producer
      • 2018
    • Sticks & Stones (2014)
      Sticks & Stones
      6.1
      Short
      • producer
      • 2014
    • Brainstorm (2009)
      Brainstorm
      8.1
      TV Series
      • assistant producer
      • 2009
    • By Hook or by Crook (2001)
      By Hook or by Crook
      5.7
      • producer
      • 2001

    Writer



    • Sticks & Stones (2014)
      Sticks & Stones
      6.1
      Short
      • story
      • 2014
    • Blink (2009)
      Blink
      7.6
      Short
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • How Do I Say This? (2007)
      How Do I Say This?
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2007
    • Janet Fontaine in Zero to Hero (2006)
      Zero to Hero
      Video
      • story
      • 2006
    • Frozen Smile
      6.2
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • By Hook or by Crook (2001)
      By Hook or by Crook
      5.7
      • Writer
      • 2001

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    Silas Howard Reel - 2016
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    Silas Howard Reel - 2016
    Unsung Heroes of LGBTQ+ Film History
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    Unsung Heroes of LGBTQ+ Film History
    Unsung Heroes of LGBTQ+ Film History
    Clip 5:20
    Unsung Heroes of LGBTQ+ Film History
    'A Kid Like Jake' Stars Step Out of Normal Roles to Celebrate Identity
    Interview 2:55
    'A Kid Like Jake' Stars Step Out of Normal Roles to Celebrate Identity
    Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
    Trailer 1:52
    Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
    By Hook or By Crook
    Trailer 2:11
    By Hook or By Crook
    By Hook or By Crook
    Trailer 2:52
    By Hook or By Crook

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      • Rutland, Vermont, USA

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