Ron Shelton

Birth Name:

Ronald Wayne Shelton

Birth Place:

Whittier, California, United States

Profession

Writer, Director, Producer, Actor, Assistant director, Soundtrack, Script department

Won a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for "Bull Durham" in 1988
Won a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Screenplay for "Bull Durham" in 1989
Won a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen for "Bull Durham" in 1989
Started out as an associate producer and creative consultant on the 1981 film "The Pursuit of D․B․ Cooper․"
Was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles during the MLB Amateur Draft in 1966
Quote: "What I tried to do was concentrate on the moments between the big plays․․․I think that's why perhaps people responded to that movie and my other sports movies - they get to see the drama that they can never see on television․"
Quote: "(On "Bull Durham"): "We follow [baseball] every day and it becomes more of your life․ As a player, that was the hard part․ There was never a day off․ I don't think any sports movie had ever approached it like that․""
Best known as the writer and director of "White Men Can't Jump" and "Bull Durham․"

1984David - Best Foreign Screenplay (Migliore Sceneggiatura Straniera):Nominated
1984NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Nominated
1988LAFCA Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
1988NYFCC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
1989Oscar - Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Nominated
1989BSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
1989NSFC Award - Best Screenplay:Winner
1989WGA Award (Screen) - Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen:Winner
2009Felix - Best Original Screenplay:Nominated

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