Silas Howard

Biography

Silas Howard is a pioneering American film and television director, writer, actor, and musician. His groundbreaking feature film "By Hook or by Crook" (2001), co-directed with Harry Dodge, marked a significant moment in transmasculine cinema. A Guggenheim Fellow in 2015, Howard became the first transgender director on the hit Amazon series "Transparent," and has since made a lasting impact on queer culture through his work as a director, writer, and performer.