SUNSET STORIES LA PREMIERE
When May returns to LA and runs smack into JP, the man she left behind, past and present collide sending them on a twenty-four hour journey in search of what they lost. Directors: Silas Howard and Ernesto Foronda Executive Producer: Justin Lin Producers: Tatiana Kelly and Valerie Stadler Cinematographer: PJ Raval Principal Cast: Justin Vivian Bond, Monique [...]
Valencia (The Movies)
An epic, wild DIY collaboration between 21 filmmakers, each of who has accepted the challenge of translating one chapter of the award-winning novel Valencia into a 5-minute short film. Silas Howard recently wrapped directing CHAPTER 9 of the feature adaptation of Valencia.
Chelsea (Forthcoming)
A dark comedy in which Chelsea, a female 13 year-old Holden Caufield, navigates a world of drunken adults, dangerous teenagers, and the discovery of a dead runaway in a place where betrayal is as common as cigarettes.
Exactly Like You (In Development)
A feature based on the life of 1940’s jazz musician, Billy Tipton, who was discovered at the time of his death to have been born female. The project is a Nantucket Screenwriting Colony fellow, finalist for the Sundance Screenwriting Lab, Film Independent Directors Lab fellow, selected for IFP’s No Boarders and the Los Angeles Film [...]
BLINK
BLINK is a rumination on the dangers of first crushes, the weight of clean guns and the habits of sea cucumbers. Screened at San Francisco International Film Festival, Mix Brazil, Outfest, Strasbourg International Film Festival, Bombay GLTB Film Festival, Frameline
50 Seconds Countdown to Destruction
A four part mockumentary webseries for Interscope’s release of 50 Cent’s new album. Artist: 50 Cent (Interscope) Directors: Silas Howard and Ben Peyser Producers: Omelet and Standard Quality Cast: DJ Big Boy, Jimmy Kimmel, and Kobi Libii
By Hook or By Crook
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK (2002) Shy, a small-town guy with a nagging messiah complex, heads to the big city. On his journey, he meets his match in Valentine, a wise-acre adoptee on a search for his birth-mother. The two lonely grifters embark on a journey through the skid-row streets of San Francisco and learn [...]
What I Love About Dying
An irreverent tour guild for dealing with the inevitable. Screened at Sundance Film Festival, Outfest, Hammer Museum, Tel Aviv Film Festival, Frameline, Newfest, Mix New York Film Festival
SKECHERS Commercial
National TV commercial advertising Skechers. Agency: Omelet LA Production Company: Standard Quality