Ron Howard

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Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan , Oklahoma ) is an American actor , director and film producer and two-time Oscar winner .

Life

Ron Howard's father Rance Howard was of German descent and changed his surname from Beckenholdt to Howard. He was a well-known actor and frequently put Ron and his brother Clint Howard in child roles. For years he was referred to as Ronny Howard . He has been interested in filmmaking since his early youth. So he made smaller films with his father and siblings as actors, some of which have already received awards.

Howard played Opie Taylor with Andy Griffith (performed as Ronny Howard) early on in the Andy Griffith Show . Howard had his first success in the cinema in 1973 as an actor in the role of "Steve Bolander" in George Lucas ' cult film American Graffiti . He then starred in the hit sitcom Happy Days for years . In between he had a supporting supporting role in 1976 in the western The Last Sniper , which was also the last film with the US actor John Wayne .

His director career began in 1977 when he worked on the low-budget film Highway 101 . He then worked for a few years as a director on television series . Howard made his breakthrough in Hollywood in the early 1980s and has since directed many acclaimed productions. In 1986 he founded the production company Imagine Entertainment together with film producer Brian Grazer , with which he will henceforth produce his films. Audience successes and brilliant cinematic performances such as Splash , Willow and Backdraft established his current reputation as a great Hollywood director. The highlight of his career so far was winning two Oscars in the categories “ Best Director ” and “ Best Film ” for A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn . With The Missing , he presented an artistically remarkable attempt to re-examine the Western genre, which is both realistic and unsettling. His brother Clint Howard can often be seen in a supporting role in his films. In 2008 Howard was responsible for the film adaptation of Peter Morgan's play Frost / Nixon with Frank Langella in the role of Richard Nixon and Michael Sheen as the television presenter David Frost . The drama earned him again directing nominations for the Golden Globe Award and Oscar . Further film projects followed, including other literary adaptations.

In June 2017, in the middle of filming, he took over the direction of Solo: A Star Wars Story , which was released in 2018.

Howard has been married to the writer Cheryl Howard since 1975 and they have four children together. His daughter, Bryce Dallas, is also a film actress.

Since the film Nightshift - The Mortuary completely freaked out , he has worked almost exclusively with the film editor Mike Hill and his colleague Daniel P. Hanley . Salvatore Totino has been working as a regular cameraman since 2003 .

Howard plays himself in the 4th and 5th seasons of the television series Arrested Development .

Filmography

Director

actor

  • 1958: The Journey (The Journey) - Director: Anatole Litvak
  • 1960–1968: Andy Griffith Show ( The Andy Griffith Show ; TV series, 225 episodes)
  • 1961: Father Is Not Married (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) - Director: Vincente Minnelli
  • 1961: Five minutes to live (Five Minutes to Live)
  • 1962: Music Man (The Music Man) - Director: Morton DaCosta
  • 1969: Land of the Giants ( Land of the Giants ) (TV series, one episode)
  • 1970: Rauhes Land (The Wild Country) - Director: Robert Totten
  • 1970: Smoke - Best Friend (Smoke) - Director: Vincent McEveety
  • 1971–1972: The Smith Family (TV series, 39 episodes)
  • 1972: Bonanza (TV series, episode The Initiation )
  • 1973: American Graffiti - Director: George Lucas
  • 1973: Schönen Muttertag - Dein George (Happy Mother's Day Love George) - Director: Darren McGavin
  • 1974: Four birds on the gallows (The Spikes Gang)
  • 1974: Aufbruch ins Glück (The Migrants) - Director: Tom Gries
  • 1974: The Day the Locusts Came (Locusts) - Director: Richard T. Heffron
  • 1974–1980, 1983, 1984: Happy Days (TV series, 170 episodes)
  • 1975: Huckleberry Finn (TV movie) - Director: Robert Totten
  • 1975: Eat My Dust - Director: Charles B. Griffith
  • 1976: The Shootist (The Shootist) - Director: Don Siegel
  • 1977: Highway 101 - Full throttle until the scraps fly (Grand Theft Auto) - Director: Ron Howard
  • 1979: The Party is over… The sequel to American Graffiti (More American Graffiti) directed by Bill L. Norton
  • 1980: Act of Love - Director: Jud Taylor
  • 1981: Bitter Harvest - Director: Roger Young
  • 1981: Fire on the Mountain - Director: Donald Wrye
  • 1982: Happy Days: Fonzie and the Rock Tube (Happy Days) - Director: Jerry Paris
  • 1982 Happy Days: Fonzie in Hollywood (Happy Days: Hollywood) - Directed by Jerry Paris
  • since 2003: Arrested Development (TV series, 84 episodes; as a narrator)

Producer (selection)

There is also the youth series Happy Days from 1974 to 1980 and a number of cameo appearances in his directing films and several appearances in the animated series The Simpsons .

Awards and nominations

Films in the top 250 of the IMDb
space Movie
142 A Beautiful Mind - genius and madness
204 Rush - everything for victory

Oscars

  • 2002 : Best director in A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn
  • 2002: Best film for A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn

Nominations:

  • 2009 : Best Director in Frost / Nixon
  • 2009 : Best Film for Frost / Nixon

Golden Globe Award

  • 1978: Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Series in Happy Days (together with Henry Winkler )

Nominations:

  • 1977 : Best Supporting Actor in The Last Sniper
  • 1996 : Best Director for Apollo 13
  • 2002 : Best director for A Beautiful Mind - Genie und Wahnsinn
  • 2009 : Best Director for Frost / Nixon

Emmy Award

  • 1998: Outstanding Miniseries for From the Earth to the Moon

Nominations:

  • 1982: Outstanding Children's Program for Through the Magic Pyramid
  • 1999 : Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) for Hausmeister Stubbs
  • 2004 : Outstanding Comedy Series for Arrested Development
  • 2005 : Outstanding Comedy Series for Arrested Development
  • 2006 : Outstanding Comedy Series for Arrested Development

Web links

Commons : Ron Howard  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Pallotta: Ron Howard steps in to direct Han Solo 'Star Wars' film . In: CNNMoney . ( cnn.com [accessed December 16, 2017]).
  2. ↑ The Top 250 of the IMDb (as of February 23, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Howard, Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howard, Ronny; Howard, Ronald William (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, director, and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Duncan , Oklahoma