Ron Bass

AKA:
Ronald Jay Bass
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
03/26/1942
Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California
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biography
Although his ability to "crack" almost any story into the conventional Aristotelian three acts and continually raise the stakes throughout has made Ronald Bass arguably the most bankable screenwriter in Hollywood, the writer values his structural abilities less than his knack for giving a film "heart" and never hesitates to go for big emotion. The Los Angeles-born Bass began writing at the age of six while bedridden with a childhood illness but initially decided on a more practical career after his college English teacher looked at his novel "Voleur" and informed him it wouldn't get published. Continued
Credits
screenplay
2005
Producer
2005
Screenplay
2000
Producer
2000
Screenplay
1999
Producer
1999
Executive Producer
1999
From Story
1999
Screenplay
1999
Screenplay
1998
Executive Producer
1998
screenplay
1998
Screenplay
1998
Executive Producer
1998
Executive Producer
1998
Screenplay
1997
Producer
1997
Screenplay
1995
Executive Producer
1995
screenplay
1995
Screenplay
1993
Producer
1993
Screenplay
1988
Screenplay
Screenplay
screenplay
Executive Producer
screenplay
Screenplay
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Novel as Source Material
Co-Producer
milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Los Angeles, California
 
Taught himself to read by age three
 
Bedridden during early childhood (from ages three to 11) with an undiagnosed condition that included high fevers, nausea, respiratory problems and stomach pains
 
Completed first novel "Voleur", by age 17; when English teacher told him it probably wouldn't get publilshed, burned the manuscript
 
Practiced entertainment law for 17 years
Continued