Ron Howard

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q103646: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by Wikidata joins them to Parenthood, which ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins credits them on.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: Night Shift (1982); Parenthood (1989); Far and Away (1992); How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000); A Beautiful Mind (2001); Cinderella Man (2005); Hillbilly Elegy (2020); (unnamed films).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Rocky (1976): 1 line

lineage (lineage) · through Cinderella Man (2005), which they directed: Rocky ⇒ Cinderella Man (the host's read). Rocky set up the idea that a victory transforms the supporting cast too, as in Cinderella Man where he fights for Giamatti.
“by the time you get to like Cinderella man, you realize that he's not just fighting for him, he's fighting for Giamatti.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Rocky’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan · 0:28:11 · Chris Ryan (0.45 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Father of the Bride (1991): 1 line

verdict (best-Martin-movie rival) · through Parenthood (1989), which they directed: Parenthood ⇒ Father of the Bride (the host's read). Some would pick Parenthood as his best because it tried this type of movie first and spun off into a TV show.
“Some people might say parenthood actually, because it's the 1st type of movie that tried to do the stuff they did.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins · 1:19:51 · Bill Simmons (0.80 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Directing (10) everyone in directing

director, Cinderella Man (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
director, A Beautiful Mind (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with John Hodgman)
director (post-Lucas/Spielberg crew), (unnamed films) (The Rewatchables, ‘The Big Chill’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
director, Parenthood (The Rewatchables, ‘Father of the Bride’ With Bill Simmons and Amanda Dobbins)
director, Far and Away (The Big Picture, The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’)
director, A Beautiful Mind (The Big Picture, ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained?)
director, Hillbilly Elegy (The Big Picture, Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture)
director, Night Shift (Blank Check — Patreon, Eraserhead (Ad-Free))
director, Far and Away (Blank Check — Patreon, Alien³ with Matt Singer (Ad-Free))
director, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Blank Check — Patreon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))

Other (2) everyone in other

attached director of an earlier version, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Blank Check — Patreon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
fan of Shaun of the Dead, told Lucas about it, Shaun of the Dead (Blank Check — Patreon, Return of the Podcast (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

people (1)

people (director / Oscar bait): Hillbilly Elegy → Ron Howard. Ron Howard's adaptation feels like pure Oscar material even if it makes a speaker's brain bleed.
“there's also a Ron Howard Hillbilly LG adaptation, which, you know, kind of like makes my brain bleed, but also feels like such Oscar stuff.”
The Big Picture · Emergency Mailbag: The Oscars Are Streaming and Hollywood Is Fighting Over Trolls | The Big Picture · 0:38:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.