One of the great things about being a director as a life choice is that it can never be mastered. Every story is its own kind of expedition, with its own set of challenges.
Ron shares a birthday with The Dukes of Hazzard's Catherine Bach.
Ron appears as Card #2 in DuoCard's Happy Days Collection.
Ron began making films with his Super 8 camera in 1969.
In 2002, Ron delivered the Commencement Address to the USC School of Cinema-Television.
Ron is of Dutch, Scottish, English, Irish, German, and Cherokee Indian descent.
Ron is a fan of the game, Cricket.
Ron and his wife have 4 children. They have a daughter named Bryce Dallas who was born in 1981. They have twin daughters, Jocelyn Carlyle and Paige Carlyle who were born in 1985, and they have a son named Reed who was born in 1987.
Ron's father is actor/director Rance Howard and his mother is actress Jean Speegle Howard.
Ron has written the script for 4 major motion pictures, directed 28 major motion pictures, and produced 43 major motion pictures.
Three of Ron's four children are named after the placeswhere they were conceived. Bryce Dallas ws conceived in Dallas and twins Paige Carlyle and Jocelyn Carlyle were conceived at the Hotel Carlyle in New York City.
In 1971, Ron was a contestant on The Dating Game. He selected bachelorette #2, Nola Green.