The 71-year-old put his mum Jean Speegle Howard, in his 1995 space drama movie as astronaut Jim Lovell's mother, but said it took persuasion from her and his father she could looking sufficiently old ...

The director, 71, told Vulture in an interview published on Aug. 13 that he needed some convincing from his dad, Rance Howard ...

Five years before Tom Hanks got stuck on an island in Cast Away (2000), he was stuck in space in Ron Howard's film Apollo 13, ...

Apollo 13 director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer paid tribute today to Jim Lovell, commander of the ill-fated moon ...

The 'Apollo 13' director celebrated the real-life astronaut's 'intellect, courage and commitment to duty' after his death.

Apollo 13 (1995) was directed by Ron Howard and it is a dramatized account of the Apollo 13 lunar mission in the 1970s. William Broyles Jr.

Key Points Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts ...

There’s a difference between being an Oscar-winning director and directing an Oscar-winning movie, not that Ron Howard cares ...

Ron Howard hasn't had much lately at the box-office, despite his efforts. In The Heart Of The Sea wasn't exactly warmly received at the box-office and came under $10,000,000 short of its budget.

Apollo 13, Ron Howard's docudrama about a disastrous mission to the moon, turns 30 this month. Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, and Bill Paxton led the cast, each playing the real-life astronauts who ...