Ron Howard
Directing
Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. He gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success. He was credited as Ronny Howard in his film and television appearances from 1959 to 1973. Howard was cast in one of the lead roles in the coming-of-age film American Graffiti (1973), which received widespread acclaim and became one of the most profitable films in history. The following year, Howard became a household name for playing Richie Cunningham in the sitcom Happy Days, a role he would play from 1974 through 1984. Howard continued appearing in films during this time, such as the western film The Shootist (1976) and the comedy film Grand Theft Auto (1977), which also marked his directorial debut. In 1984, Howard left Happy Days to focus on directing, producing and occasionally writing variety films and television series. His films include the science-fiction/fantasy Cocoon (1985), the fantasy Willow (1988), the thriller Backdraft (1991), the historical docudrama Apollo 13 (1995), the Christmas comedy How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind (2001), the biographical sports drama Cinderella Man (2005), the thriller The Da Vinci Code (2006), the historical drama Frost/Nixon (2008), Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), and the documentary Pavarotti (2019). For A Beautiful Mind, Howard won the Academy Award for Best Director and Academy Award for Best Picture. He was nominated again for the same awards for Frost/Nixon. In 2003, Howard was awarded the National Medal of Arts. He was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 2013. Howard has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director, Splash (archive footage)
Enterprise or Love: The Story of Far and Away
Self
Music by John Williams
Self - Filmmaker
Tom Hanks: The Nomad
Self (archive footage)
John Wayne: Cowboys & Demons
Self
Willow: Behind the Magic
Self - Director, Willow, 1988 / Executive Producer, Willow, 2022
'Tis the Season: The Holidays on Screen
Self
Hans Zimmer: Hollywood Rebel
Self
Fuck Coin
Self
Roger Corman, the Pope of Pop Cinema
Self
The Happy Days of Garry Marshall
Self
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Wilcox Boy (archive footage)
Dads
Self
Peanuts in Space: Secrets of Apollo 10
Self
Kasdan on Kasdan
Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Tom Hanks: A League of His Own
Self
Donald Trump's The Art of the Deal: The Movie
Himself
The Arrested Development Documentary Project
Self
Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck
Self
From Morf to Morphing: The Dawn of Digital Filmmaking
Self - Director
Radioman
Self
Corman's World
Self - Filmmaker
Sheldon Leonard's Wonderful Life
Self
Classic TV Bloopers Uncensored
Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
Industrial Light & Magic: Creating the Impossible
Self
Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story
Self
Ron Howard: 50 Years in Film
Self
Cannes: All Access
Self
George Lucas: Creating an Empire
Self
Tell Them Who You Are
Self
Making a 'Splash'
Self - Director
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Richie Cunningham ("Buddy Holly") (archive footage)
Christopher Plummer: A Man For All Stages
Self
Inside a Beautiful Mind
Self
A Beautiful Mind
Man at Governor's Ball (uncredited)
Osmosis Jones
Tom Colonic (voice)
The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Independent
Ron Howard
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
Welcome to Hollywood
Ron Howard
From Star Wars to Star Wars: The Story of Industrial Light & Magic
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
The Making of 'American Graffiti'
Self
Frank Capra's American Dream
Self
Henry Fonda: Hollywood's Quiet Hero
Self
Star Wars: The Magic & the Mystery
Self
Lost Moon: The Triumph of Apollo 13
Self
Blacklist: Hollywood on Trial
Herbert Biberman
Hollywood on Hollywood
Host
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
First Works
Self
Channel 99
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
Self - Director
Return to Mayberry
Opie Taylor
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Night Shift
Annoying Sax Player (uncredited)
Fire on the Mountain
Lee Mackie
Bitter Harvest
Ned De Vries
Act of Love
Leon Cybulkowski
More American Graffiti
Steve Bolander
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Richie Cunningham (archive footage)
Sitcom: The Adventures of Garry Marshall
Self
NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney
Self - Host
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel
Self
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Grand Theft Auto
Sam Freeman
I'm a Fool
Andy
A Special: Olivia Newton-John
The Shootist
Gillom Rogers
Eat My Dust
Hoover Niebold
The First Nudie Musical
Auditioning Actor
Locusts
Donny Fletcher
The Spikes Gang
Les
The Migrants
Lyle Barlow
Happy Mother's Day, Love George
Johnny
American Graffiti
Steve Bolander
The Wild Country
Virgil Tanner
Smoke
Chris (as Ronny Howard)
A Boy Called Nuthin’
Richie 'Nuthin'' Caldwell
Village of the Giants
Genius
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Eddie Corbett
The Music Man
Winthrop Paroo
Five Minutes to Live
Bobby Wilson
The Journey
Billy Rhinelander