The Guardian: Ron Howard, Emma Rice, Neil Tennant and more on Liza Minnelli: ‘She holidayed in my Cornish bungalow’
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Ron Howard
Ronald William Howard 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 o…
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entertainment · American filmmaker and actor (born 1954) · film producer · film director · voice actor · television director · television actor · film actor · television producer · director · actor · also Ron Howard, Howard
Born 1 March 1954 · Q103646
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 3 entries
The Guardian: ‘Reminded me of Agatha Christie’: the shocking true story behind Ron Howard’s Eden
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Ron Howard wrote an essay about why he is a liberal” Misattributed.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Director Ron Howard authored a letter starting, "I'm a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does."” Incorrect Attribution.
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Eden review – Ron Howard’s nasty, starry survival thriller falls over the edge
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The Guardian: Ron Howard on Jim Henson: ‘You could see there was nothing to hide’
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2022· 4 entries
By United Artists Releasing, and began streaming on Prime Video on August 5, 2022
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The Guardian: Thirteen Lives review – Ron Howard’s Thai cave-rescue saga told with non-Hollywood heroics
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The Guardian: Going underground: inside Ron Howard’s explosive movie about the Thai cave rescue
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Netflix acquired from Paramount Pictures The Shrinking of Treehorn, which would mark Howard's first time directing an animated feature, and the survival thriller Eden starring Jude Law and Ana de Armas
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2020· 4 entries
Howard's drama film Hillbilly Elegy was released on Netflix
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Ron Howard wrote a Facebook post about being a liberal.” False.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Director Ron Howard wrote about 'liberalism' on Facebook” False.
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Snopes rated the claim “Director Ron Howard penned an essay starting "I am a liberal, but that doesn't mean what a lot of you apparently think it does."” Incorrect Attribution.
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2017· 1 entry
Snopes rated the claim “Meryl Streep was fired by director Ron Howard from a from a "Happy Days" reboot project for lying about Donald Trump mocking a disabled reporter.” False.
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2016· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “A clip from the show 'Arrested Development' featuring Ron Howard is proof that the 1969 moon landing was fake.” False.
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Inferno was released with Hanks continuing the role with performances by Felicity Jones, Irrfan Khan, and Omar Sy
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2015· 1 entry
Howard directed the film In the Heart of the Sea about the sinking of the American whaling ship Essex in 1820, an event that inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick
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2013· 1 entry
Howard directed sports drama Rush, based on the Hunt–Lauda rivalry between two Formula One drivers, the British James Hunt and the Austrian Niki Lauda during the 1976 Formula 1 motor-racing season
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for Curious George (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Appeared in the Jamie Foxx music video "Blame It"
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2008· 1 entry
Awarded Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program for Curious George (2008).
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2005· 1 entry
Howard directed the biographical sports drama Cinderella Man based on the true story of heavyweight boxing champion James J
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for Arrested Development (2004).
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2003· 2 entries
Won National Medal of Arts (2003).
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And was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for A Beautiful Mind (2002).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Picture for A Beautiful Mind (2002).
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2001· 3 entries
Awarded Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for A Beautiful Mind (2001).
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Awarded Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director for A Beautiful Mind (2001).
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Awarded Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director for A Beautiful Mind (2001).
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2000· 1 entry
Directed the live-action children's fantasy film, How the Grinch Stole Christmas based on the Dr
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1998· 2 entries
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries for From the Earth to the Moon (1998).
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As a cassette tape titled A Spooky Night in Disney's Haunted Mansion and on CD in 2009
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1995· 1 entry
Awarded Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film for Apollo 13 (1995).
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1994· 1 entry
Howard directed the newspaper comedy-drama The Paper with an ensemble starring Michael Keaton, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei, Jason Alexander, Jason Robards, and Robert Duvall
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1992· 1 entry
Directed the western film epic Far and Away starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
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1988· 1 entry
Collaborated again with George Lucas on the high fantasy adventure film Willow starring Val Kilmer and Warwick Davis
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Saturn Award for Best Director for Cocoon (1986).
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1982· 1 entry
With Night Shift, featuring Michael Keaton, Shelley Long, and Howard's Happy Days co-star Henry Winkler
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1981· 1 entry
Awarded star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (1981).
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1980· 3 entries
But returned for guest appearances in the show's eleventh season (1983–1984)
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Howard made his directing debut with the 1977 low-budget comedy/action film Grand Theft Auto, based on a script he co-wrote with his father, Rance
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Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing, and sometimes writing a variety of films and television series
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1976· 1 entry
Howard starred alongside John Wayne and Lauren Bacall in Don Siegel's The Shootist, the story of a Western gunfighter dying of cancer
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1974· 2 entries
Played the likable "buttoned-down" boy, in contrast to Henry Winkler's "greaser" Arthur "Fonzie"/"The Fonz" Fonzarelli
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Howard guest-starred as Seth Turner, the best friend of Jason Walton (Jon Walmsley), in The Waltons episode, "The Gift"
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1961· 1 entry
The Bob Newhart Show in 1962, and The Monkees in 1967
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1960· 1 entry
Howard was cast as Opie Taylor in The Andy Griffith Show
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1959· 1 entry
Howard had his first credited film role in The Journey
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1954· 2 entries
In Duncan, Oklahoma, the elder of the two sons of Rance Howard, a director, writer, and actor, and Jean Speegle, an actress
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Born 1954-03-01.
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