Daedalus Howell

Who is Daedalus Howell?

Daedalus Howell is an American writer, filmmaker and media personality. He writes a weekly column for the Sonoma Index-Tribune, contributes to the North Bay Bohemian and is the author, most recently, of "I Heart Sonoma: How to Live & Drink in Wine Country." He is the executive director of media nonprofit, CMedia. He currently lives and works in Petaluma, California.

Howell is author of the novel The Late Projectionist and the writer-director of dozens of short films. As a journalist, he has written for the San Francisco Chronicle, the North Bay Bohemian, the Petaluma Argus-Courier, Los Angeles Downtown News, FineLife Sonoma Magazine and the Sonoma Valley Sun. As a broadcast personality, Howell has hosted shows on KWMR and KSVY and guest hosts The Drive on KSRO in Sonoma County. He presently writes a weekly column for the Sonoma Index-Tribune. He has also penned a media column for the North Bay Bohemian and was credited as the "wine country editor" of Tasting Panel Magazine.

With collaborator Jerry Rapp, Howell wrote and directed the R&H Educational Film Series, a four-part parody of American "social guidance films" of the 1950s. The series has played on Showtime and Canal+. A portion of the series was showcased on IFC. Howell has also directed music videos for RCA-signed Longwave and New York City-based Falcon. Howell also co-produced the feature film The Aviary and ran publicity for Deep Dark Canyon for filmmakers Silver Tree and Abe Levy.