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Ron Underwood

Born 1953 · American director, screenwriter, and producer

Ronald Brian Underwood is an American film and television director, known for directing such films as Tremors (1990), City Slickers (1991), Heart and Souls (1993), and Mighty Joe Young (1998).

Ron Underwood, in order

  1. 1979 Special Trade (short film): directed
  2. 1982 The Stress Mess (short film): directed
  3. 1984 Group Productivity (short film): directed
  4. 1985 Motivation: The Classic Concepts (short film): directed
  5. 1986–88 ABC Weekend Special (TV series): directed
  6. 1990 Tremors: directed, wrote · critics 88%, audiences 76%
  7. 1991 City Slickers: directed · critics 84%, audiences 65%
  8. 1993 Heart and Souls: directed · critics 57%, audiences 76%
  9. 1994 Speechless: directed
  10. 1996 Tremors 2: Aftershocks: produced · directed by S. S. Wilson
  11. 1998 Mighty Joe Young: directed · critics 58%, audiences 41% · streaming on Disney+
  12. 2002 The Adventures of Pluto Nash: directed · critics 6%, audiences 20% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  13. 2003 Stealing Sinatra (TV movie): directed · audiences 22% · streaming on Roku Channel, YouTube (free), Plex
  14. 2004 Back When We Were Grownups (TV movie): directed · streaming on fuboTV, Philo
  15. 2004–05 Boston Legal (TV series): directed · critics 86%, audiences 89% · streaming on Hulu
  16. 2005 In the Mix: directed · critics 15%, audiences 50% · streaming on Roku Channel, Hoopla, Fandango at Home (free)
  17. 2006 Santa Baby (TV movie): directed · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, Roku Channel
  18. 2006 The Year Without a Santa Claus (TV movie): directed
  19. 2007 Holiday in Handcuffs (TV movie): directed · streaming on fuboTV
  20. 2008 Eli Stone (TV series): directed · critics 60%, audiences 100%
  21. 2008 The Secret Life of the American Teenager (TV series): directed · audiences 44% · streaming on Hulu
  22. 2008 Ugly Betty (TV series): directed
  23. 2009 Santa Baby 2 (TV movie): directed · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV
  24. 2010 Castle (TV series): directed · critics 82%, audiences 88% · streaming on Prime Video, Hulu, Roku Channel
  25. 2010 Happy Town (TV series): directed · critics 46%, audiences 71%
  26. 2010 Heroes (TV series): directed · critics 52%, audiences 65% · streaming on Netflix, Tubi
  27. 2011 Deck the Halls (TV movie): directed · audiences 33% · streaming on Plex
  28. 2012 Desperate Housewives (TV series): directed
  29. 2012–14 Grey's Anatomy (TV series): directed · critics 84%, audiences 72% · streaming on Hulu, Netflix, Disney+
  30. 2012–18 Once Upon a Time (TV series): directed · critics 78%, audiences 78% · streaming on Hulu
  31. 2013–14 Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (TV series): directed
  32. 2013 Scandal (TV series): directed · critics 94%, audiences 71% · streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Roku Channel
  33. 2014–16 Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV series): directed · critics 95%, audiences 91% · streaming on Disney+
  34. 2014–15 Nashville (TV series): directed · critics 91%, audiences 73%
  35. 2016–18 Hawaii Five-0 (TV series): directed
  36. 2017 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (TV series): directed
  37. 2017–18 The Good Fight (TV series): directed
  38. 2018–19 MacGyver (TV series): directed
  39. 2018–19 Magnum, P.I. (TV series): directed
  40. 2019–23 Fear the Walking Dead (TV series): directed
  41. 2025 Watson (TV series): directed