History Creator / RonHoward

So remember that Opie kid from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''? Well, Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, UsefulNotes/{{Oklahoma|USA}}) grew up to star in ''Series/HappyDays'' and discovered while being one of the biggest sitcom stars in the world that he liked directing. He's good at it, too, as his many awards show. And he was the narrator ''([[AdamWesting and himself!]])'' on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

So remember that Opie kid from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''? Well, Ronald William "Ron" Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) grew up to star in ''Series/HappyDays'' and discovered while being one of the biggest sitcom stars in the world that he liked directing. He's good at it, too, as his many awards show. And he was the narrator ''([[AdamWesting and himself!]])'' on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

* ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' (2006)

He is the father of Creator/BryceDallasHoward and older brother of Creator/ClintHoward.

** Part of the reason Ron wanted to direct ''Film/NightShift'', a sex comedy about two guys who run a prostitution ring inside of a morgue, was to break away from the wholesome images of his TV characters [[Series/TheAndyGriffithShow Opie Taylor]] and [[Series/HappyDays Richie Cunningham]]. Unsurprisingly, when ''Night Shift'' producer Brian Grazer shopped the film around town, at first most studio bosses warmed to its premise, but then they became skeptical over letting [[PlayingAgainstType “the kid from ‘Happy Days’”]] direct ''Night Shift''.[[note]]Thankfully, Alan Ladd Jr., who then headed the Ladd Company at Warner Bros., was willing to take a chance on Ron Howard directing ''Night Shift'', possibly because Creator/GeorgeLucas (who had directed Howard in the film ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'') stepped in to vouch for Ron.[[/note]]
** When Ron Howard found out that Disney was going to greenlight his next film ''Film/{{Splash}}'', he initially balked at Disney’s involvement, not only due to fear of [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney censoring Daryl Hannah’s nude scenes]][[note]]which they eventually did on the film's Creator/DisneyPlus release[[/note]] (since at the time, Ron Howard didn’t have [[ProtectionFromEditors final cut]]), but also because the idea of making a movie for Disney was infantilizing to him, since he felt that it was inevitable that a wholesome guy like Ron Howard would work for a company known for making wholesome movies like “Disney”. [[note]] Ironically, Ron Howard had appeared in a few Disney projects back in the late 1960s and early 1970s: the Disneyland Record ''[[https://youtu.be/l_qRCqw8LZs?t=2m20s The Story and Song of The Haunted Mansion]]'' (in which a [[ChildrenVoicingChildren 15 year old Ron Howard voiced the teenage Mike]] who finds himself trapped inside Franchise/TheHauntedMansion alongside his girlfriend Karen); the made-for-TV Disney movies ''[[https://youtu.be/alHtFrKUMm0 A Boy Called Nuthin’]]'' and ''[[https://youtu.be/X_pBgsUV3AQ Smoke]]''(both of which aired on ''[[Series/WaltDisneyPresents The Wonderful World of Disney]]''); and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wild_Country The Wild Country]]'' (which got a theatrical release).[[/note]]

** When Ron Howard found out that Disney was going to greenlight his next film ''Film/{{Splash}}'', he initially balked at Disney’s involvement, not only due to fear of [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney censoring Daryl Hannah’s nude scenes]][[note]]which they eventually did on the film's Creator/DisneyPlus release[[/note]] (since at the time, Ron Howard didn’t have [[ProtectionFromEditors final cut]]), but also because the idea of making a movie for Disney was infantilizing to him, since he felt that it was inevitable that a wholesome guy like Ron Howard would work for a company known for making wholesome movies like “Disney”:

** ''[[Literature/DanBrownsInferno Inferno]]'' (2016)

* ''Series/TheOddCouple'' (2016): Stanley (episode "Taffy Days")

* ''Film/{{GrandTheftAuto|1977}}'' (1977)

* ''Film/GrandTheftAuto'' (1977)

* ProductionPosse: Creator/TomHanks and Creator/ClintHoward (Ron's brother) often appear in his films, as did Howard's late father Rance Howard. Brian Grazer (with whom Howard runs Creator/ImagineEntertainment) is his main producer. Cinematography is usually handled by Salvatore Totino (7 films) or Donald Peterman (4 films), with Daniel Hanley (23 films) and Mike Hill (22 films) being his most frequent editors.

* TheFilmOfTheBook: He has directed a number of them including ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' series, ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea'' and ''Film/HillbillyElegy''.

-->“It seemed just too perfect. Little Ronny Howard grows up to make films for Walt Disney studios. That bothered me. It seemed counterproductive.”
* TheFilmOfTheBook: He has directed a number of them including ''Film/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'', ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' series and ''Film/InTheHeartOfTheSea''.

** When Ron Howard found out that Disney was going to greenlight his next film ''Film/{{Splash}}'', he initially balked at Disney’s involvement, not only due to fear of [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney censoring Daryl Hannah’s nude scenes]] (since at the time, Ron Howard didn’t have [[ProtectionFromEditors final cut]]), but also because the idea of making a movie for Disney was infantilizing to him, since he felt that it was inevitable that a wholesome guy like Ron Howard would work for a company known for making wholesome movies like “Disney”:

So remember that Opie kid from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''? Well, Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) grew up to star in ''Series/HappyDays'' and discovered while being one of the biggest sitcom stars in the world that he liked directing. He's good at it, too, as his many awards show. And he was the narrator ''([[AdamWesting and himself!]])'' on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

* ''Film/EdTV'' (1999)

* ''Series/Playhouse90'' (1959): The Boy (episode: "Dark December")

* ''Series/LoveAmericanStyle'' (1972): Richie Cunningham (episode "Love and the Happy Days")

* ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' (1976): Richie Cunningham (episode "Excuse Me, May I Cut In?")

So remember that Opie kid from ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow''? Well, Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954 in Duncan, Oklahoma) grew up to star in ''Series/HappyDays'' and discovered while being one of the biggest sitcom stars in the world that he liked directing. He's good at it, too, as his many awards show. And he was the narrator ''([[AdamWesting And himself!]])'' on ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

[[AC:Some of the films he's directed include:]]

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!! Tropes Associated With Ron Howard's Films

** When Ron Howard found out that Disney was going to greenlight his next film ''Film/{{Splash}}'', he initially balked at Disney’s involvement, not only due to fear of [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney censoring Daryl Hannah’s nude scenes]] (since at the time, Ron Howard didn’t have [[ProtectionFromEditors final cut at the time]]), but also because the idea of making a movie for Disney was infantilizing to him, since he felt that it was inevitable that a wholesome guy like Ron Howard would work for a company known for making wholesome movies like “Disney”:

** When Ron Howard found out that Disney was going to greenlight his next film ''Film/{{Splash}}'', he initially balked at Disney’s involvement, not only due to fear of [[ExecutiveMeddling Disney censoring Daryl Hannah’s nude scenes]] (since at the time, Ron Howard didn’t have [[ProtectionFromEditor final cut at the time]]), but also because the idea of making a movie for Disney was infantilizing to him, since he felt that it was inevitable that a wholesome guy like Ron Howard would work for a company known for making wholesome movies like “Disney”: