Background
Ron Shelton was born on September 15, 1945, in Whittier, California, United States. He is the oldest of four brothers. Shelton grew up in Montecito, California.
Santa Barbara High School, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Ron Shelton is a graduate of Santa Barbara High School.
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Ron Shelton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Westmont College in 1967.
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Ron Shelton earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1974.
Santa Barbara High School, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Ron Shelton is a graduate of Santa Barbara High School.
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Ron Shelton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Westmont College in 1967.
University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
Ron Shelton earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1974.
(Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in ...)
Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in political intrigue during the last days of the corrupt Somozoa regime in Nicaragua before it falls to a popular revolution in 1979.
https://www.amazon.com/Under-Fire-Roger-Spottiswoode/dp/B01M1ADBBZ/?tag=2022091-20
1983
(Small-town banker Jack Dundee (Robin Williams) has never ...)
Small-town banker Jack Dundee (Robin Williams) has never been able to live down the fact that he dropped an important pass during a crucial high-school football game. Likewise tainted for life is the team's star quarterback Reno Hightower (Kurt Russell), now a garage owner. Fed up with living his life under a cloud, Jack hits upon a brilliant idea: he will stage a rematch-13 years after the fact - with the members of the rival team.
https://www.amazon.com/Best-Times-Robin-Williams/dp/B001MQV1PY/?tag=2022091-20
1986
("I believe in the church of baseball.")
"I believe in the church of baseball."
https://www.amazon.com/Bull-Durham-Kevin-Costner/dp/B07B1YTZF9/?tag=2022091-20
1988
(A fiery, eccentric governor falls in love with an innocen...)
A fiery, eccentric governor falls in love with an innocent stripper.
https://www.amazon.com/Blaze-Paul-Newman/dp/B00LFFB2C4/?tag=2022091-20
1989
(Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Sn...)
Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Snipes) are an unlikely pair of basketball hustlers. They team up to con their way across the courts of Los Angeles, playing a game that's fast dangerous - and funny. Directed and written by Ron Shelton ("Bull Durham"), and co-starring the sizzling Rosie Perez, "White Men Can't Jump" is a slam dunk, high-flying comedy hit!
https://www.amazon.com/White-Cant-Jump-Woody-Harrelson/dp/B003OJ2EP8/?tag=2022091-20
1992
(Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of p...)
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning. The stars of the future are being paid by other teams. This practise is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
https://www.amazon.com/Blue-Chips-Nick-Nolte/dp/B07D2WTTYN/?tag=2022091-20
1994
(A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty ...)
A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty Cobb discovers just how dark the baseball legend's real story is.
https://www.amazon.com/Cobb-Tommy-Lee-Jones/dp/B000H0VXF4/?tag=2022091-20
1994
(If a golfing instructor would've played it safe, he would...)
If a golfing instructor would've played it safe, he would not have fallen in love with his latest student, Molly. Now he has to win the U.S. Open to win her heart.
https://www.amazon.com/Tin-Cup-Kevin-Costner/dp/B006PPOCE4/?tag=2022091-20
1996
(Looking for a gimmick to boost the revenue of boxing matc...)
Looking for a gimmick to boost the revenue of boxing matches, a promoter gets a former boxer returns to ring to fight the champ.
https://www.amazon.com/Great-White-Hype-Samuel-Jackson/dp/B000I9W0JW/?tag=2022091-20
1996
(Two worn-out, over-the-hill prizefighters jump at one las...)
Two worn-out, over-the-hill prizefighters jump at one last chance at the big time. Their friendship is challenged by fierce competition when they step into the ring in a dramatic fight to the finish -- where the winner will earn a shot at the title.
https://www.amazon.com/Play-Bone-Woody-Harrelson/dp/B00C4QSIZ2/?tag=2022091-20
1999
(When the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad is ass...)
When the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad is assigned a high-profile quadruple homicide, veteran detective Eldon Perry (Kurt Russell) takes the case. Eldon tutors rookie Bobby Keough in the grim realities of police intimidation & corruption. Perry & Keough must track down the cold-blooded killers as well as face their own demons that prove more ruthless than the criminals they pursue.
https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Blue-Kurt-Russell/dp/B07PXFHWLF/?tag=2022091-20
2002
(A pair of detectives investigate the murder of a rap grou...)
A pair of detectives investigate the murder of a rap group while pursuing their other full-time professions. Welcome to Hollywood Homicide - the only profession where a guy can come to work hungry, horny, thirsty, and broke, and resolve all four by the end of the watch.
https://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Homicide-Josh-Hartnett/dp/B000I8HINQ/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(The action and comedy never stop when superstars Martin L...)
The action and comedy never stop when superstars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith reunite as out-of-control trash-talking buddy cops. Bullets fly, cars crash, and laughs explode as they pursue a whacked-out drug lord from the streets of Miami to the barrios of Cuba.
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Boys-II-Martin-Lawrence/dp/B000O15XBG/?tag=2022091-20
2003
(Inspired by ESPN's anniversary, ESPN Films' 30 for 30 is ...)
Inspired by ESPN's anniversary, ESPN Films' 30 for 30 is an unprecedented documentary series featuring films from some of today's finest storytellers. Own select films from this acclaimed series today.
https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Ransom/dp/B008ZZOA4E/?tag=2022091-20
2010
(Morgan Freeman is the freewheeling manager of a resort co...)
Morgan Freeman is the freewheeling manager of a resort community whose life is upended by the arrival of Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo.
https://www.amazon.com/Just-Getting-Started-Morgan-Freeman/dp/B07BC4RC2X/?tag=2022091-20
2017
Ron Shelton was born on September 15, 1945, in Whittier, California, United States. He is the oldest of four brothers. Shelton grew up in Montecito, California.
Ron Shelton is a graduate of Santa Barbara High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Westmont College in 1967. He earned a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Arizona at Tucson in 1974.
California native Ron Shelton showed a talent for both arts and sports as a young man. For several years, he fluctuated between the two while trying to figure out what he wanted to do. A basketball star at Westmont College in Santa Barbara, he went on to play five seasons of minor league baseball as a second baseman for the Baltimore Orioles farm team. He also spent a short time earning his living as a sculptor, before deciding he needed to focus his talents, and eventually enrolled at Arizona State University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree.
In 1983, Shelton established himself as a screenwriter when he was hired to do rewrites for director Roger Spottiswoode's Under Fire (1983), about a journalist (Nick Nolte) covering a war in Nicaragua. He went on to write The Best of Times (1986), about high school football and starring Kurt Russell and Robin Williams. It would be the first of many scripts by Shelton that would feature sports as the main subject.
The first screenplay Shelton had written was about a minor league baseball player called "A Player to Be Named Later." After the success of his first two films, Shelton not only had enough clout to get the film produced, but he also managed to get the go-ahead to direct the film himself. Now called Bull Durham (1988), the film was a huge hit and made an instant star of leading man Kevin Costner. With a best screenwriter Oscar nomination and awards from the Screenwriter's Guild and the New York Film Critics Circle, Shelton became one of Hollywood's leading writer-directors.
Although Shelton's next film, Blaze (1989), did not score the box office success of his previous film, it became a personal milestone for Shelton as he went on to marry one of the stars, Toronto-born Lolita Davidovich. He returned to the sports genre for his next film, scoring another solid hit with the basketball comedy White Men Can't Jump (1992), starring Woody Harrelson. Unfortunately, his baseball bio-pic, Cobb (1994), flopped and didn't even go to wide release. Tin Cup (1996), about a golfer, reunited Shelton with Kevin Costner, and it fared much better both at the box office, but didn't have the success of their earlier pairing. That same year, he wrote a script called The Great White Hype, but Shelton tried to get his name taken off it (unsuccessfully) because the end result didn't resemble what he'd written - he called it "a horrible movie."
In 1999, Shelton directed his screenplay Play It To The Bone, a boxing movie starring Antonio Banderas, Woody Harrelson and Shelton's wife, Lolita Davidovich, but the film bombed both with critics and at the box office.
Next, Shelton decided to try something new - he directed a screenplay that he had not written himself - Dark Blue (2003). Completely different from his other movies, the dramatic action film stars Kurt Russell as a police detective during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. Following in the same vein, Shelton wrote and directed the crime drama Hollywood Homicide (2003), starring Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett. Since then he has released three films: Jordan Rides the Bus (2010), Hound Dogs (2011), and Just Getting Started (2017).
Based in Santa Monica, Ron Shelton has an own production company, Shanghai'd Films with a business partner, Stephen Chin.
Ron Shelton managed to establish successful screenwriting and directing career. His works, despite being controversial at some points brought him good reviews from critics and watchers. His 1988 film Bull Durham, based in-part off his own baseball experiences, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. This script also earned him the Best Script award from North America’s National Society of Film Critics. On July 7, 2017, Shelton was inducted into the Rochester Red Wings Hall of Fame.
(Three journalists in a romantic triangle are involved in ...)
1983(Small-town banker Jack Dundee (Robin Williams) has never ...)
1986(When the LAPD's elite Special Investigations Squad is ass...)
2002(Inspired by ESPN's anniversary, ESPN Films' 30 for 30 is ...)
2010(Morgan Freeman is the freewheeling manager of a resort co...)
2017(The action and comedy never stop when superstars Martin L...)
2003(Looking for a gimmick to boost the revenue of boxing matc...)
1996(A reporter hired to write the 'official' biography of Ty ...)
1994(If a golfing instructor would've played it safe, he would...)
1996(A pair of detectives investigate the murder of a rap grou...)
2003(Billy Hoyle (Woody Harrelson) and Sidney Deane (Wesley Sn...)
1992(Two worn-out, over-the-hill prizefighters jump at one las...)
1999(A fiery, eccentric governor falls in love with an innocen...)
1989(Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of p...)
1994("I believe in the church of baseball.")
1988
Ron Shelton was married to a filmmaker Lois Shelton, with who he has two daughters, Stephanie and Gabrielle. He later married a Canadian actress Lolita Davidovich, with whom he has a daughter Valentina and a son Anton.
