White Men Can't Jump
1992
Search results
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.
Ron Shelton is a filmmaker who has written and directed movies about sports, such as Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump and Tin Cup. He was born in 1945 in California and has been married to actress Lolita Davidovich since 1997.
- January 1, 1
- 2 min
- Whittier, California, USA
Jul 16, 2022 · SIMON: Ron Shelton's 1988 rom-com, coming-of-age and nearing-middle-age film focused on a minor league baseball team - Kevin Costner, the aging catcher Crash Davis, brought in to tutor Nuke...
People also ask
Who is Ron Shelton?
Did Ron Shelton write a movie about baseball?
Did Ron Shelton write 'the Church of baseball'?
How old was John Shelton when he started playing baseball?
Ron Shelton is a writer and director of sports movies, such as Bull Durham, White Men Can't Jump and Hollywood Homicide. He was a minor-league baseball player and has a cameo in his films.
- September 15, 1945
Jul 26, 2022 · Writer-director Ron Shelton discusses his book on the making of "Bull Durham," the state of sports movies and his hatred of Hollywood studio notes.
- ryan.faughnder@latimes.com
- Company Town Senior Editor
Feb 14, 2020 · Ron Shelton is a writer and director who made Bull Durham, one of the greatest sports movies of all time. Read his interview on how he became a filmmaker, how he wrote Bull Durham, and what he thinks of its legacy.
Jul 16, 2022 · The author and filmmaker shares stories from the making of his classic baseball movie, featuring Kevin Costner, Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon. He also reveals the origin of the character Crash Davis and his encounter with the real one.
