I’m Daedalus Howell (DAY-de-lus howl), a writer and filmmaker fascinated with the culture of storytelling as an art, business, and lifestyle.
I’m the writer-director Pill Head and the forthcoming Wolf Story, author of Quantum Deadline, I Heart Sonoma, and The Late Projectionist, as well as a newspaper editor (Bohemian and Pacific Sun).
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Recently Published
Old Bird
After seeing this photo from the New York Times 15 years ago, I think anyone worth their genome would argue that “heritage” turkeys owe a genetic debt to dinosaurs. In fact, a theory has long been advanced that birds don’t just resemble dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs. The Dinobuzz page at the University of California Museum…
Featured Works
Pill Head: The Movie
In this campy, no-budget cult flick, a partying art student OD’s and wakes up in an experimental psych program. When a side effect causes her to see into parallel universes, her suspicions about her weird doctor grow…And so her powers. Will they help her escape? The author of a quantum travel guide seems to think so.
“…Satirically off-the-wall…” — Press Democrat
“…Far outside mainstream movies…” — Marin Independent Journal
Starring Emily Ahrens. Produced by Kary Hess. Original Score by Shannon Ferguson. Written & Directed by Daedalus Howell. Genres: Arthouse, Comedy, Science Fiction | Audio Language/Subtitles: English [CC] | 80 min.
“…Dives into the deep end of cinema’s absurdity pool with arthouse flair.” — Bohemian
Quantum Deadline
When his newsroom intern jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge, 40-something reporter Daedalus Howell’s reputation also takes a dive. Five years later, he’s still trying to clear his conscience and his byline when Jude, a lost 11-year-old thief, seeks his help to get home — to a parallel universe (more under Description)…
“…a noirish, sci-fi-lite detective story with a heap of self-parody that’s by turns poignant, witty and comic…” — North Bay Bohemian