Howard Ziehm wurde am 7 April 1940 geboren. Er war Regisseur und Produzent, bekannt für Flesh Gordon (1974). Er war mit Judy Ziehm verheiratet. Er starb am 26 August 2024 in Malibu, California, USA.
He founded Graffiti Productions, together with Bill Osco, in 1969.
Graffiti made cheap sex films (so-called "beaver films") before they
made their first feature-length movie, Ziehm's Mona: The Virgin Nymph (1970). During the
making of Flesh Gordon (1974) Ziehm and Osco had a falling-out. Ziehm finished the
film on his own and then discontinued Graffiti.