- Nickname
- Big Daddy
- Emmy-nominated director/writer/producer/composer Ron Oliver started his career with the cult hit Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II--called "the Blue Velvet of high school horror movies" by the Los Angeles Times--and since then has directed and/or written award-winning theatrical feature films and television ratings hits for studios such as Warner Brothers, Fox, Universal, and The Walt Disney Co. His Hallmark Hall of Fame Christmas movies are among the highest rated in the network's history and his work on the iconic Nickelodeon series "Are You Afraid of the Dark" has been heralded as one of the "Top Ten Most Frightening TV Shows" ever made. Canadian-born Oliver has been twice nominated for the prestigious Director's Guild of America Award. He has traveled around the world to film in London, Paris, Berlin, Johannesburg and all the way back home to Hollywood, California. He is also a published author of award-winning short fiction as well as penning an acclaimed series of comic essays on film-making in the well-regarded "MovieScope" magazine. Oliver was knighted in 2019 by the sovereign nation of Sealand, and is now referred to as Sir Ronald Robert Oliver OMS.- IMDb Mini Biography By: SW (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- Emmy-nominated director/writer/producer/composer Ron Oliver started his career with the cult hit "Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II" --called "the Blue Velvet of high school horror movies" by the L.A. Times--and since then has directed and/or written award-winning hits for Universal, Netflix, Hallmark, Amazon, Warner Brothers and many others. His well-regarded Christmas movies are among the highest rated in the genre ("Falling For Christmas" was the #1 Netflix movie in the world on release) and his work on the iconic Nickelodeon series "Are You Afraid of the Dark" has been heralded as one of the "Top Ten Most Frightening TV Shows" ever made. Oliver has been twice nominated for the prestigious Director's Guild of America Award. He has traveled the world to film in Canada, the UK, France, Greece, Germany, South Africa and all the way back home in Hollywood, California. He is also a songwriter and published author of award-winning short fiction as well as penning an acclaimed series of comic essays on film-making in the well-regarded "MovieScope" magazine. Oliver was knighted in 2019 by the sovereign nation of Sealand, and is now referred to as Sir Ronald Robert Oliver OMS.- IMDb Mini Biography By: EB
- Emmy-nominated director/writer/producer/composer Ron Oliver started his career with the cult hit "Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II" --called "the Blue Velvet of high school horror movies" by the L.A. Times--and since then has directed and/or written award-winning hits for Universal, Netflix, Hallmark, Amazon, Warner Brothers and many others. His well-regarded Christmas movies are among the highest rated in the genre ("Falling For Christmas" was the #1 Netflix movie in the world on release) and his work on the iconic Nickelodeon series "Are You Afraid of the Dark" has been heralded as one of the "Top Ten Most Frightening TV Shows" ever made. Oliver has been twice nominated for the prestigious Director's Guild of America Award. He has traveled the world to film in Canada, the UK, France, Greece, Germany, South Africa and all the way back home in Hollywood, California. He is also a songwriter and published author of award-winning short fiction as well as penning an acclaimed series of comic essays on film-making in the internationally respected "MovieScope" magazine. Oliver lives in Palm Springs, California with his husband, two rescue dogs and a pair of desert tortoises named "Nick" and "Nora". A proud magician-member of the Academy of Magical Arts at the Magic Castle in Hollywood he was knighted in 2019 by the sovereign nation of Sealand, and is now referred to by those in the know as Sir Ronald Robert Oliver OMS.- IMDb Mini Biography By: EB
- SpousesEric Dizon Bowes(December 25, 2013 - present)Anthony Bernardo(August 6, 2000 - July 18, 2003) (divorced)
- His mother insists that she went into labor with him at a drive-in screening of Psycho (1960). She says the contractions started during the shower scene.
- Is good friends and neighbors with Udo Kier, who became an ordained minister in order to officiate the marriage of Ron and his husband.
- Known for including Easter Egg tributes to his deceased dog "Crawford T Manchester" in his films.
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