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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Ron Bass Biography (1942-)
Full name, Ronald Jay Bass; born March 26, 1942, in Los Angeles, CA; marriedGail Weinstein (divorced, 1976); married Christine Steinmann; children: (second marriage) Sasha, Jenna. Addresses: Agent: Jay Moloney, Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212-1825.; Publicist: Nancy Seltzer & Associates, 6220 Del Valle Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90048.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Screenwriter, producer
- Birth Details
- March 26, 1942
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- (With Amy Tan, Wayne Wang, and Patrick Markey) Coproducer, The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993
- Executive producer, When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as ToHave and to Hold and Cuando un hombre ama a una mujer), Buena Vista, 1994
- Executive producer, Waiting to Exhale, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
- Producer, My Best Friend's Wedding, TriStar, 1997
- Executive producer, How Stella Got Her Groove Back, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
- Executive producer, What Dreams May Come, PolyGram, 1998
- Executive producer, Stepmom, Columbia, 1998
- Producer, Entrapment (also known as Verlockende Falle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
- Producer, Passion of Mind, Paramount, 1999
- Producer, Snow Falling on Cedars, Universal, 1999
- Executive Producer, The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein, 2002
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Film Appearances
- First Alcoholics Anonymous man, When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as To Have and to Hold and Cuando un hombre ama a una mujer), Buena Vista, 1994
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Television Work
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Series
- Executive producer, Dangerous Minds, ABC, 1996
- Creator, Moloney, CBS, 1996
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Movies
- Producer, Invisible Child, 1999
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Pilots
- (As Ron Bass) Executive Producer, The Conversation, NBC, 1995
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Television Appearances
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Specials
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Spotlight on Location: Snow Falling on Cedars, 2000
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WRITINGS
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Screenplays
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Code Name: Emerald (adapted from his novel The Emerald Illusion; also known as Deep Cover and Emerald), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
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Target, 1985
- (With Lawrence Z. Dane) Heavenly Bodies, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1985
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Gardens of Stone, TriStar/ML Delphi Premier, 1987
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Black Widow, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1987
- (With Barry Morrow) Rain Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists,1988
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Sleeping with the Enemy, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1991
- (With Amy Tan) The Joy Luck Club (adapted from Tan's novel of thesame title), Buena Vista, 1993
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When a Man Loves a Woman (also known as To Have and to Holdand Cuando un hombre ama a una mujer), Buena Vista, 1994
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Dangerous Minds, Buena Vista, 1995
- (With Terry McMillan) Waiting to Exhale (adapted from McMillan's novel of the same title), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1995
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My Best Friend's Wedding, TriStar, 1997
- (With Terry McMillan) How Stella Got Her Groove Back (adapted fromMcMillan's novel of the same title), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998
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What Dreams May Come, PolyGram, 1998
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Stepmom, Columbia/TriStar, 1998
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Entrapment (also known as Gerlockende Falle), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
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Die Hard 4 (also known as Die Hard: Tears of the Sun and Tears of the Sun), 1999
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New Kid on the Block (also known as Labor Pains and TheNew Kid), 1999
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Passion of Mind, Paramount, 1999
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Snow Falling on Cedars (adapted from David Guterson's novel of thesame title), Universal, 1999
- (Uncredited) The Shipping News (adapted from Annie E. Proulx's novel of the same title), Miramax, 2001
- (Uncredited) I Spy, Sony, 2002
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The Memoirs of Elizabeth Frankenstein, 2002
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Television Movies
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The Enemy Within (based on the feature film, Seven Days in May, 1964, HBO, 1994
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Reunion, 1994
- (With others) Invisible Child, 1999
- (With Jane Rusconi) Swing Vote (also known as The Ninth Justice), 1999
- (With others) Border Line, 1999
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Television Episodes
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Moloney, CBS, 1996
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Dangerous Minds (based on his 1995 feature film), ABC, 1996
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Novels
- (As Ronald Bass) The Perfect Thief, 1978
- Also wrote (as Ronald Bass) the novels The Emerald Illusion and Lime's Crisis.
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, June 27, 1997, p. 46
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Variety, August 4, 1997, pp. 4-5
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