FrameThrower · Actors · Ron Howard
Ron Howard
2 films · 217 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1973–1974
Born 1 March 1954 · Duncan, Oklahoma, USA
Ronald William Howard is an American filmmaker and actor. He first came to prominence as a child actor, guest-starring in several television series, including an episode of The Twilight Zone. Howard gained national attention for playing young Opie Taylor, the son of Sheriff Andy Taylor (played by Andy Griffith) in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show from 1960 through 1968. During this time, he also appeared in the musical film The Music Man (1962), a critical and commercial success.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 217 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1973–1974
- Academy Award for Best Picture2002
- Academy Award for Best Director2002
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series2004
- Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Miniseries1998
- National Medal of Arts2003
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program2010
- Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Animated Program2008
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film2001
- Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Director2001
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Director2001
- Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film1995
- Saturn Award for Best Director1986
How their films are shot
Measured across 217 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Ron takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 55% of their frames are day, 62% natural — the look of the work Ron takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
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Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 217 frames from Ron Howard's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.