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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Ronald Bass</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Ronald Jay Bass</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1942-03-26</span>) </span>March 26, 1942<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 82)</span><br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Yale_University" title="Yale University">Yale University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Harvard_University" title="Harvard University">Harvard University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Juris_Doctor" title="Juris Doctor">JD</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Screenwriter, film producer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span style="white-space:nowrap;">Notable work</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay</a><br /><i>Rain Man</i> (1988)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ronald Jay Bass</b> (born March 26, 1942), sometimes <a href="/wiki/WGA_screenwriting_credit_system" title="WGA screenwriting credit system">credited</a> as <b>Ron Bass</b>, is an American <a href="/wiki/Screenwriter" title="Screenwriter">screenwriter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Film_producer" title="Film producer">film producer</a>. He won an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Academy Award for writing the screenplay</a> for <a href="/wiki/Barry_Levinson" title="Barry Levinson">Barry Levinson</a>'s film <i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i>, and films that Bass is associated with are regularly nominated for multiple motion picture awards. His films have grossed over $2 billion.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Bass was born in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles,_California" class="mw-redirect" title="Los Angeles, California">Los Angeles, California</a>. From the age of 3 to 11, Bass was afflicted with an undiagnosed condition that kept him bedridden. His symptoms included <a href="/wiki/Respiration_(physiology)" title="Respiration (physiology)">respiratory</a> problems and <a href="/wiki/Abdominal_pain" title="Abdominal pain">stomach pains</a> with high fevers and nausea. It was during this illness, at age six, that Bass is said to have started writing. </p><p>During his teens, Bass began work on a <a href="/wiki/Novel" title="Novel">novel</a>, which he entitled <i>Voleur</i>. He completed this work at age 17 and showed it to his English teacher. He took her <a href="/wiki/Literary_criticism" title="Literary criticism">critique</a> of his first completed project quite hard. She described the writing as very good, but she felt that it was too personal to be published. Bass's response was to later burn his <a href="/wiki/Manuscript" title="Manuscript">manuscript</a>. Later in life, Bass recalled "it was like the voice of God telling me I didn't have what it takes to be a writer, and I should find something practical to do with my life".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Bass would revisit his teenage writings later in life. </p><p>Bass entered law studies, first at <a href="/wiki/Stanford" class="mw-redirect" title="Stanford">Stanford</a>, then <a href="/wiki/Yale" class="mw-redirect" title="Yale">Yale</a>, and finally at <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a>, where he graduated in 1967 with a degree in law. He seemed quite confident about his future prospects, saying, "When I learned there was such a thing as entertainment law, I thought, 'This is where I belong'".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Back in Los Angeles, Bass began a seventeen-year career practicing law in the entertainment business. He was successful, and eventually rose to the level of <a href="/wiki/Partnership" title="Partnership">partner</a> in his <a href="/wiki/Law_firm" title="Law firm">law firm</a>. </p><p>Bass has worked with his sister Diane Bass, who served as an uncredited <a href="/w/index.php?title=Technical_consultant&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Technical consultant (page does not exist)">technical consultant</a> on the film <i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i>. </p><p>As he moved up the career ladder in law, the love of writing that Bass had acquired as a child never left him. He started writing again, usually during the predawn hours before going to work. Writing and working at unusual hours became a lifelong habit of his. In 1974, he began to rework his novel <i>Voleur</i>, apparently from memory, as he had burned the manuscript in a fit of pique when he was 17. In 1978, he completed the work, renaming it <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Perfect_Thief&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Perfect Thief (page does not exist)">The Perfect Thief</a></i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-515-04622-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-515-04622-1">0-515-04622-1</a>). This was the first of his three published novels. In 1982, Bass published his second novel, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lime%27s_crisis:_A_novel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lime's crisis: A novel (page does not exist)">Lime's crisis: A novel</a></i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-01025-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-01025-3">0-688-01025-3</a>). The <i>Lime</i> referred to in the title is <a href="/wiki/Harry_Lime_(character)" class="mw-redirect" title="Harry Lime (character)">Harry Lime</a>, the central mystery character of the 1949 motion picture <i><a href="/wiki/The_Third_Man" title="The Third Man">The Third Man</a></i>. On January 1, 1984, his third novel was published, <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Emerald_Illusion&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Emerald Illusion (page does not exist)">The Emerald Illusion</a></i> (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-02622-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-02622-2">0-688-02622-2</a>). The following year, he wrote the screenplay <i><a href="/wiki/Code_Name:_Emerald" title="Code Name: Emerald">Code Name: Emerald</a></i>, based on this novel. It was his debut as a screenwriter with a produced script.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a screenwriter, Bass is known for successfully working in collaboration with other writers, including <a href="/wiki/Amy_Tan" title="Amy Tan">Amy Tan</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Joy_Luck_Club_(film)" title="The Joy Luck Club (film)">The Joy Luck Club</a></i> and <a href="/wiki/Al_Franken" title="Al Franken">Al Franken</a> on <i><a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(film)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (film)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a></i>. He also collaborated on the script for the 2022 film <i><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_Daughter_(2022_film)" title="The King's Daughter (2022 film)">The King's Daughter</a></i>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Ron is currently under contract to write an original Screenplay entitled "Pegasus" for Pegasus Productions Corp. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""The_Ronettes""><span id=".22The_Ronettes.22"></span>"The Ronettes"</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: "The Ronettes""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A small controversy has arisen over Bass's use of assistants to help him write screenplays. While it is common for screenwriters to employ assistants to help them with research and typing, Bass employs six or seven mostly female assistants that one journalist dubbed "The Ronettes". According to Bass, his assistants help him in research and also in critiquing his scripts. They enable him to write, revise, or polish a comparatively large number of screenplays each year.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Works">Works</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Works"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Novels">Novels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Novels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Perfect Thief</i>, 1978, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-515-04622-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-515-04622-1">0-515-04622-1</a></li> <li><i>Lime's crisis: A novel</i>, 1982, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-01025-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-01025-3">0-688-01025-3</a></li> <li><i>The Emerald Illusion</i>, January 1, 1984, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-688-02622-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-688-02622-2">0-688-02622-2</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Films">Films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Please see the <a href="/wiki/WGA_screenwriting_credit_system" title="WGA screenwriting credit system">WGA screenwriting credit system</a> for an explanation of the terms <i>story by</i>, <i>screenplay by</i>, and <i>written by</i>. Also note that under the rules of the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America" title="Writers Guild of America">Writers Guild of America</a>, Bass has not received on-screen credit for every script he has contributed to. It is thought that Bass has helped to write or consulted on more than 100 screenplays (not all of which have necessarily been produced).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2010)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Film</th> <th>Year</th> <th>Writing Credit</th> <th>Producing Credit</th> <th>Alternate Name Credit</th> <th>Additional Information </th></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Code_Name:_Emerald" title="Code Name: Emerald">Code Name: Emerald</a></i></td> <td>1985</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Adapted from his novel <i>The Emerald Illusion</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Gardens_of_Stone" title="Gardens of Stone">Gardens of Stone</a></i></td> <td rowspan="2">1987</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(1987_film)" title="Black Widow (1987 film)">Black Widow</a></i></td> <td>Written</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rain_Man" title="Rain Man">Rain Man</a></i></td> <td>1988</td> <td>screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Original_Screenplay" title="Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay">Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sleeping_with_the_Enemy" title="Sleeping with the Enemy">Sleeping with the Enemy</a></i></td> <td>1991</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Joy_Luck_Club_(film)" title="The Joy Luck Club (film)">The Joy Luck Club</a></i></td> <td>1993</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Producer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reunion_(1994_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reunion (1994 film) (page does not exist)">Reunion</a></i></td> <td rowspan="3">1994</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Teleplay" title="Teleplay">Teleplay</a></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Made-for-television" class="mw-redirect" title="Made-for-television">Made-for-television</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/When_a_Man_Loves_a_Woman_(film)" title="When a Man Loves a Woman (film)">When a Man Loves a Woman</a></i></td> <td>Written</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td></td> <td>Role as "<a href="/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous" title="Alcoholics Anonymous">AA</a> Man #1" </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(1994_film)" title="The Enemy Within (1994 film)">The Enemy Within</a></i></td> <td>Teleplay</td> <td></td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td>Made-for-television </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Waiting_to_Exhale" title="Waiting to Exhale">Waiting to Exhale</a></i></td> <td rowspan="2">1995</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dangerous_Minds" title="Dangerous Minds">Dangerous Minds</a></i></td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Best_Friend%27s_Wedding" title="My Best Friend's Wedding">My Best Friend's Wedding</a></i></td> <td>1997</td> <td>Written</td> <td>Producer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Stepmom_(1998_film)" title="Stepmom (1998 film)">Stepmom</a></i></td> <td rowspan="3">1998</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come_(film)" title="What Dreams May Come (film)">What Dreams May Come</a></i></td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/How_Stella_Got_Her_Groove_Back" title="How Stella Got Her Groove Back">How Stella Got Her Groove Back</a></i></td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Snow_Falling_on_Cedars_(film)" title="Snow Falling on Cedars (film)">Snow Falling on Cedars</a></i></td> <td rowspan="5">1999</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Entrapment_(film)" title="Entrapment (film)">Entrapment</a></i></td> <td>Story & screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Swing_Vote_(1999_film)" title="Swing Vote (1999 film)">Swing Vote</a></i></td> <td>Written</td> <td></td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td>Made-for-television </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Invisible_Child_(film)" title="Invisible Child (film)">Invisible Child</a></i></td> <td>Story</td> <td></td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td>Made-for-television </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Border_Line_(1999_film)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Border Line (1999 film) (page does not exist)">Border Line</a></i></td> <td>Story & teleplay</td> <td></td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td>Made-for-television </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Passion_of_Mind" title="Passion of Mind">Passion of Mind</a></i></td> <td>2000</td> <td>Written</td> <td>Producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Lazarus_Child" title="The Lazarus Child">The Lazarus Child</a></i></td> <td>2004</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mozart_and_the_Whale" title="Mozart and the Whale">Mozart and the Whale</a></i></td> <td>2005</td> <td>Written</td> <td>Producer</td> <td>as <i>Ron Bass</i></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Amelia_(film)" title="Amelia (film)">Amelia</a></i></td> <td>2009</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td>Executive producer</td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Snow_Flower_and_the_Secret_Fan_(film)" title="Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (film)">Snow Flower and the Secret Fan</a></i></td> <td>2011</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Before_We_Go" title="Before We Go">Before We Go</a></i></td> <td>2014</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Persuasion_(2022_film)" title="Persuasion (2022 film)"><i>Persuasion</i></a></td> <td>2022</td> <td>Screenplay</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pegasusmovie.net">Pegasus</a></i> </td> <td>2022 </td> <td>Screenplay </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>In Development </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2000/01/24/the-two-billion-dollar-man">"The Two-Billion-Dollar Man"</a>. <i>The New Yorker</i> – via www.newyorker.com.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+Yorker&rft.atitle=The+Two-Billion-Dollar+Man&rft.date=2000-01-17&rft.aulast=Friend&rft.aufirst=Tad&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fmagazine%2F2000%2F01%2F24%2Fthe-two-billion-dollar-man&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARonald+Bass" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation magazine cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/the-making-of-rain-man-19890112">"The Making of 'Rain Man'<span class="cs1-kern-right"></span>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rolling+Stone&rft.atitle=The+Making+of+%27Rain+Man%27&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2Fmusic%2Ffeatures%2Fthe-making-of-rain-man-19890112&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARonald+Bass" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDutka1997" class="citation web cs1">Dutka, Elaine (10 August 1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-10-ca-20955-story.html">"Ron Bass, Screenwriting Machine"</a> – via LA Times.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Ron+Bass%2C+Screenwriting+Machine&rft.date=1997-08-10&rft.aulast=Dutka&rft.aufirst=Elaine&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Farchives%2Fla-xpm-1997-aug-10-ca-20955-story.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARonald+Bass" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060214165339/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/146">"Bfi | Sight & Sound | Bass Hysteria"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/146/">the original</a> on 2006-02-14<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-02-18</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Bfi+%26%23124%3B+Sight+%26+Sound+%26%23124%3B+Bass+Hysteria&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bfi.org.uk%2Fsightandsound%2Ffeature%2F146%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARonald+Bass" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/long-soho-house-why-hollywood-players-are-working-offbeat-offices-1025745">"So Long, Soho House! Why Hollywood Players Are Working in Offbeat Offices"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hollywood_Reporter" title="The Hollywood Reporter">The Hollywood Reporter</a></i>. 4 August 2017.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=The+Hollywood+Reporter&rft.atitle=So+Long%2C+Soho+House%21+Why+Hollywood+Players+Are+Working+in+Offbeat+Offices&rft.date=2017-08-04&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hollywoodreporter.com%2Fnews%2Flong-soho-house-why-hollywood-players-are-working-offbeat-offices-1025745&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ARonald+Bass" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ronald_Bass&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> 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title="Archive.today">archive.today</a> (archived 2013-01-25)</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.howstella.com/bbq/ron_b.html">Bio page from the official website of How Stella Got Her Groove Back</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://talentdevelop.com/screenwriting.html">A brief excerpt from Reuters/Variety occurs toward the end of this page from Talent Develop.com</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051030232525/http://moviemaker.com/issues/33/writerbrigade.html">A MovieMaker.com article featuring a sidebar bio on Bass</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050125040104/http://screenmancer.tv/atlarge/bass.htm">A bio from Screenmancer.tv</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060214165339/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/146">An interview with Sight & 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Mankiewicz">Herman J. Mankiewicz</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a> (1941)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Kanin" title="Michael Kanin">Michael Kanin</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ring_Lardner_Jr." title="Ring Lardner Jr.">Ring Lardner Jr.</a> (1942)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norman_Krasna" title="Norman Krasna">Norman Krasna</a> (1943)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Trotti" title="Lamar Trotti">Lamar Trotti</a> (1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Schweizer" title="Richard Schweizer">Richard Schweizer</a> (1945)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muriel_Box" title="Muriel Box">Muriel Box</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Box" title="Sydney Box">Sydney Box</a> (1946)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sidney_Sheldon" title="Sidney Sheldon">Sidney Sheldon</a> (1947)</li> <li>No award (1948)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Pirosh" title="Robert Pirosh">Robert Pirosh</a> (1949)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a>, <a href="/wiki/D._M._Marshman_Jr." title="D. M. Marshman Jr.">D. M. Marshman Jr.</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1950)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Jay_Lerner" title="Alan Jay Lerner">Alan Jay Lerner</a> (1951)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._E._B._Clarke" title="T. E. B. Clarke">T. E. B. Clarke</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Brackett" title="Charles Brackett">Charles Brackett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Richard_L._Breen" title="Richard L. Breen">Richard L. Breen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Walter_Reisch" title="Walter Reisch">Walter Reisch</a> (1953)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Budd_Schulberg" title="Budd Schulberg">Budd Schulberg</a> (1954)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonya_Levien" title="Sonya Levien">Sonya Levien</a> and <a href="/wiki/William_Ludwig_(screenwriter)" title="William Ludwig (screenwriter)">William Ludwig</a> (1955)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Lamorisse" title="Albert Lamorisse">Albert Lamorisse</a> (1956)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Wells_(screenwriter)" title="George Wells (screenwriter)">George Wells</a> (1957)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nedrick_Young" title="Nedrick Young">Nathan E. Douglas</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harold_Jacob_Smith" title="Harold Jacob Smith">Harold Jacob Smith</a> (1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clarence_Greene" title="Clarence Greene">Clarence Greene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Richlin" title="Maurice Richlin">Maurice Richlin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russell_Rouse" title="Russell Rouse">Russell Rouse</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Shapiro" title="Stanley Shapiro">Stanley Shapiro</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/I._A._L._Diamond" title="I. A. L. Diamond">I. A. L. Diamond</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Wilder" title="Billy Wilder">Billy Wilder</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Inge" title="William Inge">William Inge</a> (1961)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ennio_de_Concini" title="Ennio de Concini">Ennio de Concini</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Germi" title="Pietro Germi">Pietro Germi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alfredo_Giannetti" title="Alfredo Giannetti">Alfredo Giannetti</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Webb" title="James R. Webb">James Webb</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._H._Barnett" title="S. H. Barnett">S. H. Barnett</a>, <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stone_(writer)" title="Peter Stone (writer)">Peter Stone</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Tarloff" title="Frank Tarloff">Frank Tarloff</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Raphael" title="Frederic Raphael">Frederic Raphael</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claude_Lelouch" title="Claude Lelouch">Claude Lelouch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Uytterhoeven" title="Pierre Uytterhoeven">Pierre Uytterhoeven</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Rose_(screenwriter)" title="William Rose (screenwriter)">William Rose</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mel_Brooks" title="Mel Brooks">Mel Brooks</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Goldman" title="William Goldman">William Goldman</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Francis_Ford_Coppola" title="Francis Ford Coppola">Francis Ford Coppola</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edmund_H._North" title="Edmund H. North">Edmund H. North</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Larner" title="Jeremy Larner">Jeremy Larner</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_S._Ward" title="David S. Ward">David S. Ward</a> (1973)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Towne" title="Robert Towne">Robert Towne</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Pierson" title="Frank Pierson">Frank Pierson</a> (1975)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #EEDD82;width:1%">1976–2000</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paddy_Chayefsky" title="Paddy Chayefsky">Paddy Chayefsky</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Allen" title="Woody Allen">Woody Allen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Brickman" title="Marshall Brickman">Marshall Brickman</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_C._Jones" title="Robert C. Jones">Robert C. Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Waldo_Salt" title="Waldo Salt">Waldo Salt</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Dowd" title="Nancy Dowd">Nancy Dowd</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Steve_Tesich" title="Steve Tesich">Steve Tesich</a> (1979)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bo_Goldman" title="Bo Goldman">Bo Goldman</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_Welland" title="Colin Welland">Colin Welland</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Briley" title="John Briley">John Briley</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horton_Foote" title="Horton Foote">Horton Foote</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Benton" title="Robert Benton">Robert Benton</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kelley_(screenwriter)" title="William Kelley (screenwriter)">William Kelley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pamela_Wallace" title="Pamela Wallace">Pamela Wallace</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Earl_W._Wallace" title="Earl W. Wallace">Earl W. 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