Ron Underwood

Ron Underwood (born November 6, 1953 in Glendale , California ) is an American film director .

Life

Underwood began his career as an assistant director and television director. In 1989 he made his first movie with Tremors - In the Land of Rocket Worms. With City Slickers - Die Großstadt-Helden he achieved his breakthrough.

For Pluto Nash - In the Fight against the Moon Mafia , he was nominated for a Golden Raspberry as worst director in 2003 . Since then he has mainly worked for television. He has directed several television films and is involved as a director on various series.

Filmography (selection)

• 1987: The Mouse and the Motorcycle ( The Mouse and the Motorcycle , Television Movie)
• 1990: Tremors - In the land of rocket worms (Tremors)
• 1991: City Slickers - The Big City Heroes (City Slickers)
• 1993: 4 Heavenly Friends (Heart and Souls)
• 1994: Speechless (Speechless)
• 1998: My great friend Joe (Mighty Joe Young)
• 2002: Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia (The Adventures of Pluto Nash)
• 2003: Stealing Sinatra
• 2003: Monk (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2005: In the Mix
• 2006: Santa Baby (TV movie)
• 2007: Christmas in Handcuffs ( Holiday in Handcuffs , TV movie)
• 2009: Santa Baby 2 ( Santa Baby 2: Christmas Maybe , Movie made for TV)
• 2012–2013: The Glades (TV series, 3 episodes)
• since 2012: Once Upon a Time - Once Upon a Time ... ( Once Upon a Time , TV series)
• since 2016: Hawaii Five-0 (TV series)
• 2018–2019: Magnum PI (TV series, 2 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Saturn Award :

• 1994: Best Director ( Heart and Souls ) nomination

Daytime Emmy Awards :

• 1987: Special Class Directing ( ABC Weekend Specials , "Runaway Ralph") nomination

Peabody Awards

• 1986 Peabody Award ("ABC Weekend Specials", "The Mouse and the Motorcycle")

Golden Raspberry

• 2003 as worst director ( Pluto Nash - In the fight against the moon mafia ) nomination

Directors Guild of America Award :

• 2007: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs ( The Year Without a Santa Claus ) nomination

Web links

• Ron Underwood in the Internet Movie Database (English)