The Big Picture: Ron Howard Career & Biographical Notes: Made his directing debut in the Roger Corman-produced film Grand Theft Auto, which featured his Happy Days co-star Marion Ross and Happy Days creator Garry Marshall His first mainstream film, Night Shift, starred Henry Winkler, better known as The Fonz His brother, Clint Howard, has small parts in most of his films Has a knuckle sandwich ready for any doofus that calls him 'Opie'

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• Apollo 13
• Backdraft
• Da Vinci Code, The
• EdTV
• Parenthood
• Splash
• Willow

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Angels & Demons	5/15/09	N/A
Frost/Nixon	12/5/08	N/A
The Da Vinci Code	5/19/06	PG-13	3735	77.07	217.54	Info
Cinderella Man	6/3/05	N/A
The Missing	11/26/03	R	2756	10.84	26.90	Info
A Beautiful Mind	1/4/02	PG-13	1853	16.57	170.71	Info
The Independent	11/30/01	N/A

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Awards:

2008
Frost/Nixon

• Runner-up: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Runner-up: Best Director, Golden Satellites
• Nominee: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Nominee: Best Director, Golden Globes

2005
Cinderella Man

• Runner-Up: Best Director, Washington (DC) Area Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association

2001
A Beautiful Mind

• Win: Best Director, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Director, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Win: Best Director, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Win: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Director, BOP's Calvin Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1995
Apollo 13

• Win: Best Director, Directors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Director, Golden Globes

1976
The Shootist

• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actor, Golden Globes

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