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Ron Shelton (September 15, 1945 in Whittier, California) is a U.S. film director and screenwriter, most notable for making movies about sports.
Shelton is an alumnus of Santa Barbara High School and of the University of Arizona and Westmont College. He is the oldest of four brothers, and grew up in Montecito, California.
Before beginning his movie career, Shelton was a minor league baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles' organization from 1967 to 1971.
He is married to Canadian-born actress Lolita Davidovich, who has appeared in three of Shelton's films and with whom he has two children. The couple reside in Los Angeles and Ojai, California.
Most Popular Ron Shelton Trailers
Total trailers found: 28
16 March 1997
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties.
18 July 2003
Detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey of the Miami Narcotics Task Force are tasked with stopping the flow of the drug Ecstasy into Miami.
01 January 2011
Drawing from Ron Shelton's own experiences as a baseball player, Hound Dogs is set in the world of minor league baseball.
02 April 2002
Documentary about the making of the 1988 film with interviews with the cast and crew.
27 October 2000
A film director decides to chart the course of a young actor as he tries to make it in Hollywood...
21 October 1983
Three U.S. journalists get too close to one another and their work in 1979 Nicaragua.
15 December 1989
A middle-aged Louisiana governor falls in love with a young stripper, which jeopardizes his political career and the radical policies which have made him a controversial figure.
09 June 2003
Joe Gavilan and his new partner K. C. Calden, are detectives on the beat in Tinseltown. Neither one of them really wants to be a cop, Gavilan moonlights as a real estate broker, and Calden is an aspiring actor moonlighting as a yoga instructor.
16 August 1996
A washed up golf pro working at a driving range tries to qualify for the US Open in order to win the heart of his succesful rival's girlfriend.
27 March 1992
Two street basketball hustlers try to con each other, then team up for a bigger score.
14 December 2002
Set during the Rodney King riots, a robbery homicide investigation triggers a series of events that will cause a corrupt LAPD officer to question his tactics.
15 June 1988
Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh.
18 February 1994
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players.
03 May 1996
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ.
11 May 2023
Seemingly opposite street hoopers, Jeremy, an injury prone former star, and Kamal, a has-been prodigy, team up to take one final shot at living out their dreams.
01 December 2017
Duke Diver is living the high life as the freewheeling manager of a luxurious resort in Palm Springs, Calif.
16 April 1999
In a surreal motel in Los Angeles, the life of several sordid characters intertwine.
02 December 1994
Al Stump is a famous sports-writer chosen by Ty Cobb to co-write his official, authorized 'autobiography' before his death.
31 January 1986
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
25 December 1999
Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unavailable.
13 November 1981
A speculation on the fate of the famous hijacker who parachuted with his ransom and disappeared in the mountains.
18 March 2008
An appreciation of the 1988 film "Bull Durham" featuring former baseball players, broadcasters, and sports-film aficionados; it also includes an interview with director Ron Shelton.
29 August 2010
In the fall of 1993, in his prime and at the summit of the sports world, Michael Jordan walked away from pro basketball.
12 November 2022
Jim Bouton's 1970 book "Ball Four" was groundbreaking, shocking, and controversial. It sold in the millions.
11 November 2009
Unzips america’s obsession with sex and takes us on a steamy trip through the milesones of erotic cinema.
10 January 2009
Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting.
04 February 1998
A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
28 November 2013
Athletes and fans explore the impact of sports on the lives of Americans.
