Ron Howard
Ron Howard is an American filmmaker and actor best known for directing mainstream Hollywood films and for his childhood role as Opie on *The Andy Griffith Show*.
His name often surfaces in discussions of competent, crowd-pleasing direction that prioritizes accessibility over artistic risk: It's a Ron Howard movie—solid but not exactly adventurous.
- A Beautiful MindFilm about brilliant, troubled economist
- Frost/NixonFamous televised presidential interviews
- Cinderella ManBoxer who overcame hardship
- WillowTree-derived given name
The Da Vinci Code · Ransom · Oscar · filmmaking · auteur · visionary · storyboard · collaboration
Seventies nostalgia sitcom
- The Andy Griffith ShowSixties rural comedy series
- child starFamous young entertainer
- American Graffiti1962 California youth film
- sitcomEpisodic TV comedy series
television · ensemble cast · performance · leading man · co-star · screen · talent
Senior production decision-maker
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- greenlightAuthorization to proceed
- financingProviding capital for purchases
- studioCreative professional's workspace
budget · distribution · 24 · Empire · backing · network · television · pitch
Off-screen recorded speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
- off-screenBeyond camera's visible area
wry · observational · guiding · exposition · deadpan
Apollo 13
- A Beautiful MindFilm about brilliant, troubled economist
- Frost/NixonFamous televised presidential interviews
- Cinderella ManBoxer who overcame hardship
The Da Vinci Code · Willow · Ransom · Oscar · filmmaking · auteur · visionary · storyboard · collaboration · shooting
Happy Days
Seventies nostalgia sitcom
- The Andy Griffith ShowSixties rural comedy series
- child starFamous young entertainer
- American Graffiti1962 California youth film
sitcom · television · ensemble cast · performance · leading man · co-star · screen · talent
executive producer
Senior production decision-maker
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- greenlightAuthorization to proceed
- financingProviding capital for purchases
studio · budget · distribution · 24 · Empire · backing · network · television · pitch · deal
voiceover
Off-screen recorded speech
- narrationVerbal account delivery
- documentaryFactual film about reality
- omniscientUnlimited in awareness
off-screen · wry · observational · guiding · exposition · deadpan
multigenerational
Involving multiple age cohorts
- siblingsFellow offspring
- collaborationJoint intellectual work
- filmmakersSteven Spielberg, Alfred Hitchcock, Stanley Kubrick, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola
- Imagine EntertainmentApollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, 24, Empire, The Da Vinci Code
- DocumentariansKen Burns, Michael Moore, Werner Herzog, Penny Lane, David Attenborough
- TV PioneersEd Sullivan, Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow
- TV Producersexecutive producer, showrunner, associate producer, line producer, Shonda Rhimes
- Western directorsJohn Ford, Sergio Leone, Clint Eastwood, Kevin Costner, Taylor Sheridan
Ron HowardDavid Lynch
Ron HowardJohn Waters
Werner Herzog · Roman Polanski · Mel Gibson · Oliver Stone · Quentin Tarantino
Ron HowardStanley Kubrick
Paul Thomas Anderson · Federico Fellini · Ingmar Bergman · Quentin Tarantino · Wes Anderson