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From his early acting days on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Happy Days," Ron Howard has become one of today’s most prominent filmmakers and producers in the entertainment industry. Howard has directed an impressive number of films including "Splash," "Parenthood," "Cocoon," "Apollo 13," "A Beautiful Mind," "Cinderella Man," "The Da Vinci Code," and "Frost/Nixon." Among these films, he won two Oscars for "A Beautiful Mind," both for Best Picture and Best Director, 9 Academy Award nominations for "Apollo 13," and most recently, a Best Picture Oscar nomination for "Frost/Nixon." Howard is also the co-chairman of Imagine Entertainment, which has produced projects such as "Friday Night Lights," "8 Mile," "Inside Deep Throat," and "24." Howard gives some extraordinary insight into his work as a director and discusses his current project, "Angels and Demons," the prequel to the widely popular "Da Vinci Code."
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