Ron Shelton

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film director film producer former baseball player human screenwriter

Ron Shelton is an American filmmaker and former minor league baseball player best known for writing and directing sports-themed movies such as "Bull Durham."

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film director → film producer → former baseball player → human → screenwriter →
awardReceived	Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bull Durham →
basedIn	United States →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
directed	Bull Durham → Cobb → Play It to the Bone → Tin Cup → White Men Can't Jump →
education	Westmont College →
familyName	Shelton →
genre	sports film →
givenName	Ron →
isKnownFor	sports-themed movies →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
name	Ron Shelton →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Bull Durham →
notableAward	Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay →
notableFor	blending romance and comedy with sports settings →
notableWork	Blue Chips → Bull Durham → Cobb → Play It to the Bone → Tin Cup → White Men Can't Jump →
occupation	baseball player → film director → film producer → screenwriter →
playedFor	Baltimore Orioles minor league system →
positionPlayed	infielder →
sport	baseball →
workFocusesOn	baseball → basketball → golf →
wrote	Blue Chips → Bull Durham → Cobb → Play It to the Bone → Tin Cup → White Men Can't Jump →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Annie Savoy → Annie Savoy → Crash Davis → Ebby Calvin "Nuke" LaLoosh →	createdBy
Bull Durham →	director
Ron Shelton →	name
Bull Durham →	writer