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Biography
Silas Howard is an American film and television director, writer, actor and musician. His first feature film By Hook or by Crook (2001), co-directed with Harry Dodge, is considered a seminal transmasculine film. Howard earned an MFA in directing at UCLA and is a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow. He began directing episodes during the second season of Transparent, making him the show's first transgender director.
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Awards & recognition
- Guggenheim Fellowship
Filmography19 titles

Dickinson
2019Director, Executive Producer
2019Director, Executive Producer

Pose
2018Co-Executive Producer, Director
2018Co-Executive Producer, Director

This Is Us
2016Director
2016Director

Boots
2025Director
2025Director

The Fosters
2013Director
2013Director

Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
2017as Self
2017as Self

Step Up: High Water
2018Director
2018Director

Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution
2017as Self
2017as Self

Quantum Leap
2022Director
2022Director

High Maintenance
2016Director
2016Director

A League of Their Own
2022Director
2022Director

Tales of the City
2019Director
2019Director

Faking It
2014Director
2014Director

The Affair
2014Director
2014Director

Transparent
2014Director
2014Director

Mutt
2023Executive Producer
2023Executive Producer

A Kid Like Jake
2018Director
2018Director

Darby and the Dead
2022Director
2022Director

Framing Agnes
2022as Denny
2022as Denny