Ron Howard

Known for DirectingBorn 1954-03-01 (age 72)Duncan, Oklahoma, USA

Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. He started his career as a child actor before transitioning to directing films. Over his six-decade career, he has received multiple accolades, including two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and two Grammy Awards, as well as nominations for seven British Academy Film Awards. He was also awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2003 and was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in film and television. Howard first came to prominence as a child, acting in several television series before gaining national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success. Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), and became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days(1974–1980). He starred in the films The Spikes Gang (1974), The Shootist (1976), and Grand Theft Auto (1977), the latter being his directorial film debut. In 1980, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing, and sometimes writing a variety of films and television series. His films included the comedies Night Shift (1982), Splash (1984), and Cocoon (1985), as well as the fantasy Willow(1988), the thriller Backdraft (1991), and the newspaper comedy-drama film The Paper (1994). Howard went on to win the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (2001) and was nominated again for the same awards for the historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008). Howard has directed historical dramas such as Apollo 13 (1995), Cinderella Man (2005), Rush(2013), In the Heart of the Sea (2015), and Thirteen Lives (2022), the children's fantasy film How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), the mystery-thriller series Robert Langdon (2006–2016), the comedy The Dilemma (2011), and the space drama Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). He also directed numerous documentaries such as The Beatles: Eight Days a Week (2016), Pavarotti (2019), and We Feed People (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

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Bossy Bear

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life

Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial

The Great Adventure

Five Fingers

Kyle Larson vs. The Double

Earnhardt

The Beast

The Tiny Chef Show

Skyward Christmas

Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall

Choir

Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002

Only Murders in the Building

This Is Us

How To with John Wilson

Marty, Life Is Short

Music by John Williams

The Happy Days of Garry Marshall

On Pointe

Tom Hanks: A League of His Own

John Candy: I Like Me

The Dynasty: New England Patriots

LIGHT & MAGIC

The Twilight Zone

From the Earth to the Moon

Jim Henson Idea Man

E! True Hollywood Story

Thirteen Lives

The Studio

Silicon Follies

Tetris

Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery

People's Choice Awards

David Blaine: Do Not Attempt

Arrested Development

The Magical World of Chuck Jones

The Simpsons

68 Whiskey

Rush

A Beautiful Mind

Churchill at War

Bono & The Edge: A Sort of Homecoming with Dave Letterman

The Gringo Hunters

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From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic

The Making of 'American Graffiti'