• Name: Ron Howard
  
• Birth Name: Ronald William Howard
  
• Height: 5' 9"
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: March 1, 1954
  
• Birth Place: Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
  
• Profession: actor, director, producer, writer
  
• Education: Burroughs High School, Burbank, California
  
•   : University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
  
• Husband/Wife: Cheryl Alley (actress; married on June 7, 1975)
  
• Father: Rance Howard (actor; born on December 3, 1928)
  
• Mother: Jean Speegle Howard (actress; born on January 31, 1927; died on September 2, 2000)
  
• Brother: Clint Howard (actor, born on April 20, 1959)
  
• Son: Reed (born in 1987)
  
• Daughter: Jocelyn Carlyle (twin, born in 1985), Paige Carlyle (twin, born in 1985), Bryce Dallas (born in 1981)
  

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• "As a young adult trying to make the transition from sitcom actor to motion picture director, I was getting a lot of patronizing pats on the head. 'Hey, hang in there. In another ten or 15 years, I'm sure somebody will give you a chance to direct.' That's not what I wanted to hear at all."

• Hollywood Film Festival: the outstanding achievement in directing award (2003)
• Academy Awards: Best Director, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Academy Awards: Best Picture, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards: Best Director, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association Awards: Best Director, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• Directors Guild of America: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures, A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2002)
• ShoWest Award: Director of the Year (2002)
• PGA Golden Laurel Awards: Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1999)
• Emmy Awards: Outstanding Miniseries, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON (1998)
• Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards: Best Director, APOLLO 13 (1996)
• Directors Guild of America: Best Director award, APOLLO 13 (1996)
• American Cinematheque Gala Tribute: American Cinematheque Award (1990)
• Saturn Award: Best Director, COCOON (1986)

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