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name: "Howard A. Rodman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-a-rodman"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T09:23:20.063010+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Howard A. Rodman

Writer. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5918945, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0734912/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65151

## Biography

Howard A. Rodman is a screenwriter, novelist and educator. He wrote the screenplay for *Joe Gould's Secret* (2000), which opened the Sundance Film Festival, and *Savage Grace* (2007), which premiered at Cannes. His other screenwriting credits include *August* (2008) and staff writer duties on the series *The Idol* (2023).

Rodman contributed teleplays to the Showtime anthology series *Fallen Angels* (1993–1995). He is a former president of the Writers Guild of America, West (2015–2017), a vice president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and professor and former chair of the writing division at the USC School of Cinematic Arts. He has also served as an artistic director of the Sundance Institute Screenwriting Labs.

*Sources: howardrodman.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, cinema.usc.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Idol* (2023), series, Staff Writer
- *August* (2008), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Savage Grace* (2007), Screenplay, Executive Producer
- *Takedown* (2000), Screenplay
- *Joe Gould's Secret* (2000), Writer
- *The Hunger* (1997), series, Writer, Director
- *The Swords* (1997), Writer
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *My Crasy Life* (1992), Dialogue
- *The Big O* (1987), Actor
- *Such Dust as Dreams Are Made On* (1973), Writer
- *Coogan's Bluff* (1968), Screenplay

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