Biography of legendary director Ron Howard

Ron Howard is an outstanding director, Hollywood actor, producer and singer. During his career, he has won more than one prestigious award, including an Emmy, an Oscar and a Golden Globe.

Ron Howard was born into a family of actors on 1 March 1954. As his parents strived to gain popularity and success, the child was introduced to the family business from an early age. The director's father was successful in the field of acting, became a well-known and sought-after director with more than 250 pictures, feature films and TV series to his credit. The man graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and the actor's mother graduated from the Acting School in New York.

Ron's childhood and adolescence

The first casting Howard passed at the age of 1.5 years. In 1956, the future star received a cameo in the western "Frontier Woman". Two years later, the family moved to Hollywood, in 1959, the younger brother Ron Howard was born Clint is a famous actor. In the valley of cinema the family did not stay long, at the age of three the future director moved to the small town of Burbank near Los Angeles.

The childhood of the stars took place mainly on film sets, but, according to the actor, the parents tried to give him maximum attention. The children studied at a regular school, while starring in popular TV shows and playing on the local basketball team. Among his peers, Ron Howard was the object of ridicule and mockery. Even then he realised that he wanted to pursue a career in directing, in his teens he took his first steps and made auteur pictures.

The start of Howard's career

Immediately after graduating from high school, Ron Howard enrolled at a university in Southern California, but two years later he left it. As the future producer assured, he needed practice instead of theory. At the age of five, Howard Sr. took his son on the film set in the war drama "The Journey"then the child was constantly starring in a variety of TV series and films. The director's fame was brought by his participation in the series "Happy Days".

In parallel with his acting career, Ron Howard made his own short films, and in 1977 he presented his first debut film, The Great Auto Robbery, to the public. He wrote his own script for the action filmIn 1976, the actor appeared on screen in one of the images in the film "Eat My Dust" directed and produced by Roger Corman. In 1976, the actor appeared on the screen in one of the images in the film "Eat My Dust" directed and produced by Roger Corman. Co-operation with him brought Howard not only practice, but also financial support.

In the process of becoming a producer and director Howard shot the film "Splash", "Backlash", "Cocoon", "Redemption", "Apollo 13", "The Grinch - The Christmas Snatcher". The real fame and success brought him a painting called "Mind Games". The film told the story of the outstanding scientist John Nash. For this work, the specialist received four Oscar statuettes, including Best Director.

Climbing the pedestal

In 1986, Howard and cinematographer Brian Grazer co-founded Imagine Entertainment, a film studio. Since then, he has managed to produce a series of films and TV seriesamong which are:

• "The Enthusiast" with Michael Keaton.
• "No Man's Land" with Charlie Sheen
• "Suburbia" with Tom Hanks.
• "Doors" with Val Kilmer, "Far, Far Away" with Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.
• "The Fictional Life of Abbott" with Joaquin Phoenix.
• "Ed from TV."
• "Mulholland Drive."
• "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas."
• "Mind Games" and many others.

In 2003, the western "The Last Raid" was presented to the audience, it too received a nomination for the prestigious film award. Two years later, the director made the film "Knockdown", where he gave the lead role to Russell Crowe. In 2006 Howard worked on the set of "The Da Vinci Code", in 2008 saw the light of the film "Frost vs. Nixon", and a year later another work of the writer - "Angels and Demons", which became a continuation of the story of the adventures of scientists in search of solving the greatest mysteries of one of the outstanding artists.

In 2011, the audience warmly received the picture "Dilemma" with Vince Vaughn, Kevin James and Jennifer Connelly, another two years later, the director finished filming the drama, based on true eventstitled Race. In 2015, the director tried his hand at the thriller genre with a drama film starring Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy and Tom Holland called In the Heart of the Sea.

In 2017, the National Geographic channel began showing a series called "Genius", which became a biographical project of Ron Howard, telling the story of Albert Einstein's life. At the same time, he took the director's chair on the set of the film from the "Star Wars" universe about the smuggler Han Solo.. Another of his works was "The Dark Tower" based on Stephen King's works of the same name. It is noteworthy that Howard became the third director to take on the film adaptation of the cult work.

Personal life

In 1975, Ron Howard legalised his relationship with Cheryl Ellie, they had been dating since their high school years. The wife starred in many of her husband's directorial works, they continue to work together in the film industry. In an interview, Howard said, that he proposed to Ellie several times, but the girl refusedThe third time, the young man had the courage to ask again, and the beloved agreed. In the third time, the young man again plucked up courage, asked, and the beloved agreed. It happened unromantically and without a ring, the producer said. Since then, the spouses have not parted, and are happily married.

In 1981, the couple had their first daughter Bryce Dallas Howard, she has already become one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood, and four years later - twins Jocelyn Carlisle Howard and Paige Carlisle Howard. The couple had a son, Reed Cross Howard, in 1987. Ron Howard remains one of the most sought-after directors, actively continues to produce new films and write scripts for films, develop a career in the film industry. In addition to acting, he manages to record songs and delight fans of his creativity.

The director rarely attends public events, preferring to spend time with his family and children.