Ron Howard has created some of cinema's most memorable moments. His films have a quality that touches audiences. His most recent work, A Beautiful Mind, tells the harrowing and inspiring story of schizophrenic genius John Nash, played by Russell Crowe. The film received eight Academy Award nominations and won four Oscars®, including Best Director and Best Picture.

In 1995, Mr. Howard directed Apollo 13, starring Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Kathleen Quinlan, and Ed Harris. It brought him the Best Director of the Year award from the Directors Guild of America, and was nominated for nine Academy Awards and four Golden Globes.

Ransom in 1996, another powerful drama, starred Mel Gibson, Rene Russo, Gary Sinise, and Delroy Lindo. Backdraft, Mr. Howard's 1991 film set in the world of firefighters, starred Kurt Russell, William Baldwin, and Robert DeNiro. After Backdraft he filmed Far and Away, an epic love story starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman.

Mr. Howard's comedies, beginning with Night Shift in 1982, share a sympathy for the underdog. His hilarious and insightful Parenthood, starring Steve Martin, was nominated for two Academy Awards and three Golden Globes.

Ron Howard has also created elaborate fantasy worlds, beginning with Splash in 1984, starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah, followed by Cocoon in 1985, which won two Oscars®. In 2000, he took us to the world of "Whoville" in Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, starring Jim Carrey.

Mr. Howard's upcoming projects include the The Missing, starring Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchett, and Cinderella Man, which will star Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger.

Born in Duncan, Oklahoma, Ron Howard first became known as an actor. He made his first screen appearance in The Journey, and subsequently appeared in The Music Man and as "Opie" in the TV series The Andy Griffith Show. In the 1970s, he starred in the TV series Happy Days and drew favorable reviews for his performances in American Graffiti and The Shootist. Mr. Howard directed his first feature film, Grand Theft Auto, in 1978.

In 1986, he and Brian Grazer founded Imagine Entertainment to create independently produced feature films.

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