Benjamin Howard

Benjamin Howard is an American film director, screenwriter, film producer and film editor who is known for the films Deviant, Rendezvous (2021), and Riley (2023).

Early life Howard grew up in East County, San Diego, graduating from Valhalla High School in 2013. He received a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production / Directing at UCLA after briefly attending SDSU. His father John Howard is a sportscaster at KFMB-TV.

Career In 2017, Howard remade the music video for Do They Know It's Christmas? with developmentally disabled students. His short film Deviant premiered in 2018 at Dances with Films and won a Student Emmy Award in 2019. Howard made the short film Rendezvous at UCLA, which screened at FilmOut San Diego in 2022.

Riley

Howard's debut feature film Riley premiered at Calgary International Film Festival and is an expansion of his short film Rendezvous. He based the story on his own experiences as a high school athlete trying to come out. The film won eight San Diego Film Awards.

Filmography