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Jul 7, 2022 · A genre I’ve admittedly invented out of thin air and which contains, roughly speaking, three exuberant movies about fallen souls on the lookout for companionship—Bull Durham, White Men Can’t Jump, and Tin Cup—all written and directed by the same man, Ron Shelton, the onetime minor league ballplayer turned filmmaker.
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.
Jul 16, 2022 · His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy. Scott Simon speaks with Ron Shelton, who wrote and directed "Bull Durham." Shelton's new ...
Nov 22, 2018 · Indeed, Bull Durham is a film that Shelton was destined to make. He was born Ronald Wayne Shelton on September 15, 1945, in Whittier, California. A shortstop-second baseman, the 6-foot-1, 185-pounder was taken by the Baltimore Orioles in the 39th round of the 1966 major-league June Amateur Draft.
Jul 1, 2022 · The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham by Ron Shelton is available for preorder from Penguin Random House The problem was that Columbia Pictures, where Thom Mount had his production ...
Jul 17, 2022 · Director Ron Shelton says he loves the scene in “Bull Durham” where players gather for a meeting on the pitcher’s mound to discuss buying a wedding gift for a teammate. (Photo by Valerie ...
Ronald Wayne Shelton (born September 15, 1945) is an American film director and screenwriter and former minor league baseball infielder. Shelton is known for the many films he has made about sports. His 1988 film Bull Durham, based in part on his own baseball experiences, earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
