Ronald Bass
Born 1942 · American writer and producer
Ronald Jay Bass, sometimes credited as Ron Bass, is an American screenwriter and film producer. He won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay for Barry Levinson's film Rain Man, and films that Bass is associated with are regularly nominated for multiple motion picture awards. His films have grossed over $2 billion.
Ronald Bass, in order
- 1985 Code Name: Emerald: wrote · directed by Jonathan Sanger
- 1987 Black Widow: wrote · directed by Bob Rafelson
- 1987 Gardens of Stone: wrote · directed by Francis Ford Coppola
- 1988 Rain Man: wrote · directed by Barry Levinson · critics 88%, audiences 90% · streaming on fuboTV, HBO Max, MGM+
- 1991 Sleeping with the Enemy: wrote · directed by Joseph Ruben
- 1993 The Joy Luck Club: wrote, produced · directed by Wayne Wang
- 1994 Reunion: wrote · directed by Lee Grant
- 1994 When a Man Loves a Woman: wrote, acted · directed by Luis Mandoki
- 1995 Dangerous Minds: wrote · directed by John N. Smith
- 1995 Waiting to Exhale: wrote, produced · directed by Forest Whitaker
- 1996 Moloney (TV series): created
- 1997 My Best Friend's Wedding: wrote, produced · directed by P. J. Hogan
- 1998 How Stella Got Her Groove Back: wrote · directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
- 1998 Stepmom: wrote, produced · directed by Chris Columbus
- 1998 What Dreams May Come: wrote · directed by Vincent Ward · critics 54%, audiences 84%
- 1999 Entrapment: wrote · directed by Jon Amiel · critics 41%, audiences 50% · streaming on Prime Video
- 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars: wrote, produced · directed by Scott Hicks
- 2000 Passion of Mind: wrote, produced · directed by Alain Berliner
- 2005 Memoirs of a Geisha: wrote · directed by Rob Marshall · critics 34%, audiences 83%
- 2005 Mozart and the Whale: wrote · directed by Petter Næss
- 2005 The Lazarus Child: wrote · directed by Graham Theakston
- 2009 Amelia: wrote · directed by Mira Nair
- 2011 Snow Flower and the Secret Fan: wrote · directed by Wayne Wang
- 2014 Before We Go: wrote · directed by Chris Evans · critics 28%, audiences 57% · streaming on Peacock, Philo, Roku Channel
- 2022 Persuasion: wrote · directed by Carrie Cracknell
- 2022 The King's Daughter: wrote · directed by Sean McNamara