Ron Howard

Ron Howard

  • Born: 1954-3-1
  • Birthplace: Duncan, Oklahoma, U.S.
  • Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
  • Profession: Actor, director
  • Nationality: America
  • Representative Works: A Beautiful Mind, Angels&Demons, The DaVinci Code, Apollo XIII
  • Ronald William Howard (Ron Howard), born on March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma, USA, is an American actor, director, and film producer.
    In 1959, at the age of 5, Ronald William Howard starred in the political violence film "Travel", this was his first appearance on the screen. In 1962, he participated in the musical "Happy Music is Infinite" and " Eddie's Father's Courtship ". In 1969, directed his father and brother starring "Delin-Duo's Contract" [1]  . In 1972, began to use super 8mm machine to shoot videos [1]  . In 1974, with the TV series "Happy Time", he won the 35th American Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a TV Series-Musical Comedy Series. In 1977, directed his first film " Grand Theft Auto ". In 1982, directed the black comedy " Night Shift ". In 1985, he teamed up with producer Brian Glazer to establish Howard's film production company-Imagine Film Entertainment. In 1988, directed the absurd comedy " Willow ". In 1991, directed the thriller action film "Fire Ambition" [2]  .
    In 1995, with the thrilling drama " Apollo 13 ", he won the Outstanding Achievement Award of the Directors Guild of America [3-4]  . In 2001, with the biopic " A Beautiful Mind " won the 74th Oscar for Best Director [5]  . In 2005, directed the action film " Cinderella Man " [6-8]  . In 2008, with the biopic " Frost " nominated for the 81st Oscar for Best Director. In 2009, directed the thriller " Angels&Demons " [9-10]  . In 2013, directed the sports biopic " Rush ", which won the Alexander Kodak Award for Best British Film at the 67th British Academy of Film and Television Arts [11]  . In 2015, directed the disaster film " In the Heart of the Sea " [12-13]  . In 2017, he took over and directed the movie " Solo: A Star Wars Story " [14-15]  . Guests of the 75th Golden Globe Awards.

    Performing Experience

    When he was 2 years old, Ronald William Howard appeared on stage in Baltimore 's play " The Seven Year Itch " and starred in his film debut "Women's World". In 1959, at the age of 5, he appeared in the political violence film "Travel". This was his first appearance on the screen. Since then, he has been frequently active in American TV shows and has developed a keen interest in acting.
    In 1962, he participated in the musical "The Wonderful Joy of Music" and "Eddie's Father's Courtship". The film won the 20th Golden Globe Award for Best Picture. In 1969, when he was 15 years old, he began to try to make a film, and directed his father and brother starring in "Delin-Duo's Contract". After graduating from high school, he went to the University of Southern California to study the film department for two years   .
    In 1972, when he was 18 years old, Ronald William Howard began to shoot a film with an ultra-8mm machine, but he found it difficult to get real experience from school and dropped out   . In 1973, Ronald William Howard had the opportunity to participate in the filming of the director George Lucas' comedy " American Graffiti ", playing the role of high school graduate Rich Cunningham   .
    In 1974, he starred in the TV series "Happy Times" adapted from this film reflecting American life in the 1950s, and won the 35th American Golden Globe Awards for Best Actor in a TV-Musical Comedy Series. In 1976, he participated in the western film "Gun God: The True Colors of a Hero" directed by Don Siegel , playing the role of a teenager who adores Wayne Gillham. The film tells the story of an old gunman who suffered from cancer and died soon after. .
    In 1977, 23-year-old Ronald William Howard began to be a director. His first film was the comedy " Grand Theft Auto ", in which he was a screenwriter, director, and lead actor. In 1982, Ronald William Howard directed the black comedy " Night Shift " starring Henry Winkler and Michael Keaton . This was his first collaboration with "Batman" Michael Keaton.
    In 1984, Ronald William Howard directed the romantic comedy " Splash ", which told the story of a frustrated businessman and Splash at first sight. In 1985, he directed the sci-fi comedy " Cocoon " starring Don Ameche , which showed the childlike innocence of a group of old people. In the same year, together with producer Brian Glazer established Howard's film production company-Imagine Film Entertainment.
    In 1986, Ronald William Howard and Michael Keaton collaborated for the second time and directed the comedy "The Good Worker ", which tells the conflict between American auto parts employee Stevenson and Japanese automobile companies. Ronald William Howard has a good grasp of it in the film. The collision of Eastern and Western cultures. In 1988, directed the absurd comedy " Willow " starring Val Kilmer .
    In 1989, filming the comedy " Warm Family " starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenbergen, Ronald William Howard showed the funny Beckman family to the audience through laughter and affection, and understood in laughter The meaning of "home". In 1991, directed the action thriller "Ambition of Fire", co-starred by Kurt Russell and William Baldwin  .
    In 1992, he directed the romance film " Far and Away ", starring Thomas Cruise Mapother IV and Nicole Mary Kidman . Ronald William Howard exposed and criticized the false and cruel nature of the "American Dream" at that time. In 1995, Ronald William Howard directed the thrilling drama " Apollo 13 " starring Tom Hanks . The film was based on real events in the history of the moon landing and was all shot on the Houston Aerospace Center to truly reproduce the 1970 aerospace disaster. On the screen, he achieved $334 million and won the Directors Guild Outstanding Achievement Award for Ronald William Howard. The film also won the 1996 Chicago Film Critics Association's Best Picture Award, 4 nominations for the 53rd Golden Globe Awards, and 9 nominations for the 68th Oscar Awards, and finally won two Oscars for Best Editing and Best Sound   .
    In 1996, Ronald William Howard directed the thriller action film "Kidnapping Order" starring Mel Gibson , which described the psychological changes of the victim's family and the kidnappers. In 1999, directed the comedy " Edtv " starring Matthew McConaughey and Ellen DeGeneres . In 2000, Ronald William Howard and Jim Carrey co-produced the absurd comedy " How the Grinch Stole Christmas ", which was adapted from Theodore Geisel's fairy tale and set a global box office record of 345 million U.S. dollars. Won the 73rd Oscar Award for best art direction prop decoration, best costume design and best makeup three nominations and the Oscar for best makeup award. 
    In 2001, Ronald William Howard returned to reality, sensitively grasping the legends in real life, and filmed the biopic " A Beautiful " reflecting the American mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. who had suffered from paranoidschizophrenia and won the Nobel Prize in Economics. Mind , the film played by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Lynn Connelly as the Nash couple. The film won the 7th National Film Critics Association's Best Director Award and the 59th Golden Globe Awards for Best Picture. At the same time, Ronald William Howard won the Oscar nomination for best director for the first time with this film . 
    In 2003, he directed thriller " at The Last Ride ," the film adaptation of American writer Thomas Addison western novel "last ride" by Tommy Lee Jones , Catherine Elise Blanchett starred   . In 2005, directed the action film " Cinderella Man " starring Russell Crowe  . In 2006, directed the horror thriller " at The DaVinci Code ", the film adaptation of Dan Brown's thriller novel by Tom Hanks , Audrey Tautou starring   .
    In 2008, filming the biopic " Frost ", starring Michael Christopher Sheen and Frank langella , won the 81st Oscar for Best Director Award. The story of the film comes from the real TV of the British journalist Frost to American President Nixon in American history. Interview. In 2009, directed the thriller " Angels&Demons " based on the American writer Dan Brown's novel of the same name , co-starred by Tom Hanks , Ayelet July Zurer , Ewan McGregor and John Stellan Skarsgård  .
    In 2011, he directed the comedy " at The Dilemma ", by the VinceVaughn , Kevin George Knipfing starring   . In 2013, directed the sports biopic " Rush ", co-starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl . The film is based on real people and events and tells the story of Austrian racing driver Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda and British racing driver James Hunt in the 1970s. The story of the competition on the circuit of the 1940s, the film won the 67th British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards Alexander Kodak Award for Best British Film   .
    In 2015, directed the disaster film " In the Heart of the Sea "   , starring Chris Hemsworth, Ben Whishaw , Cillian Murphy and others. The film is based on the novel of the same name. The story tells the real shipwreck experienced by the Essex whaling ship.   . In 2016, directed the science fiction film " Seven Eve "   . In 2017, he succeeded in directing the movie " Solo: A Star Wars Story "   .

    Personal Life

    Outside of work, Ronald William Howard spends time with his wife Cheryl in his Connecticut home. The two have been in a relationship since high school. They have four children, three of them were raised in a retreat by the couple. The couple disapprove of the children becoming actors before they become adults.

    Character Evaluation

    Ronald William Howard belongs to the type of mesozoic directors in Hollywood who is steady and silent . He is an actor and really understands the audience's psychology. He can use the story plot and the inner depiction of the characters to mobilize the audience. Emotions made the old-fashioned plots show new ideas, created box office blockbusters one after another, and made outstanding contributions to the Hollywood film industry . 
    Ronald William Howard's films don't have much personality. He is undoubtedly the most obedient director in the Hollywood system, and he is very familiar with the rules of the game in commercial films. His works are superbly skilled, easy to understand, able to package mainstream ideologies and values ​​in the most entertaining way, and are just right to be sensational, perhaps a bit clichéd, but reliable and effective. The brilliance of Ronald William Howard's films largely depends on the script, and since " Apollo 13 ", he has shown his ability to combine a dramatic script with high technology . 
    Extended Reading
    • Ocie 2022-11-23 04:13:24

      You can't do it without a diploma

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    • Richard 2022-12-08 18:04:16

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