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Silas Howard is an American director, writer, and actor. His first feature film was By Hook or by Crook in 2001 with Harry Dodge, and he earned an MFA in directing at UCLA. He began directing episodes during the second season of Transparent, making him the show's first trans director.[1]


Early life


Howard grew up in south Vermont. He arrived in San Francisco in the early 1990s. Howard played guitar for Tribe 8, a queer punk rock band originating in the San Francisco area.[2] In San Francisco, he and Harry Dodge, a former band member, opened Red Dora's Bearded Lady Café,[3] where artists displayed their art.


Career


In 2001, Howard and Harry Dodge again wrote, directed and acted in By Hook or by Crook. The film depicts the tale of two unlikely friends who commit petty crimes as they search for a path to understanding themselves and the outside world.[4] "We totally home-schooled it, we made this feature film without having made a short or anything, because we're like, we have the urgent need to tell this story, to have these different faces on the screen."[1] Howard later earned an MFA in directing at UCLA in 2008.[5] He currently is a visiting lecturer at Cornell University.

Howard was the first trans director for Transparent. The creator Joey Soloway wanted trans directors to tell their own stories.[6] He directed the episodes "Bulnerable" (2015), "When the Battle Is Over", and "Just the Facts" (both in 2016). In September 2017's article in LGBT Weekly, one writer speaks of Howard as:

"A man whose ability to synthesize the messy intersection between life and art seem apparent yet remarkable... whose many previous videos speak volumes about his talent behind a camera, creates authentic and organic visions that rely on the inherent tension between the ideal and the real."[7]

As of early 2017, Howard had begun work on his third feature film A Kid Like Jake starring Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Octavia Spencer and Transparent actress Amy Landecker. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018.

In June 2019, to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, sparking the start of the modern LGBTQ rights movement, Queerty named him one of the Pride50 “trailblazing individuals who actively ensure society remains moving towards equality, acceptance and dignity for all queer people.[8][9]


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References


  1. Locker, Melissa (8 December 2015). "Transparent's First Trans Director on Telling His Story Through Maura Pfefferman". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  2. Dry, Jude (2017-06-30). "How Silas Howard Became the Best Trans Director Working Today". IndieWire. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  3. Zeitchik, Steven (18 December 2015). "A transgender director on 'Transparent' is making history of his own". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  4. "By Hook or by Crook (2001) - IMDb". IMDb.
  5. Diamond, Amelia (15 March 2016). "Oh Boy Episode 24: Silas Howard - Man Repeller". Man Repeller. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  6. Smith, C. Molly (28 August 2015). "The first trans director of 'Transparent' on his experiences with the show". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-03-29.
  7. "Meet Silas Howard". LGBT Weekly. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  8. "Queerty Pride50 2019 Honorees". Queerty. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  9. Reddish, David (2019-06-13). "How trans filmmaker Silas Howard made it to the big time to make shows about us". www.queerty.com. Retrieved 2019-06-14.




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