Ron Howard (director)

Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954, in Duncan, Oklahoma) is an American actor, film director and producer of Dutch, Scottish, English, Irish, German and Cherokee Indian descent.

Selected directorial filmography

• Grand Theft Auto (1977)
• Night Shift (1982)
• Splash (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Willow (1988)
• Backdraft (1990)
• Far and Away (1992)
• The Paper (1994)
• Apollo 13 (1995) - Academy Award nominee for Best Picture
• Ransom (1996)
• EDtv (1999)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (2000)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001) - Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture
• The Missing (2003)
• Cinderella Man (2005)
• The Da Vinci Code (2006)