Ronald Bass won an Academy Award for writing the screenplay for Barry Levinson's film Rain Man, and films that Bass is associated with are regularly nominated for multiple motion picture awards.
14 Facts About Ronald Bass
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Ronald Bass completed this work at age 17 and showed it to his English teacher.
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Ronald Bass took her critique of his first completed project quite hard.
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Ronald Bass described the writing as very good, but she felt that it was too personal to be published.
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Later in life, Ronald 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".
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Ronald Bass entered law studies, first at Stanford, then Yale, and finally at Harvard Law School, where he graduated in 1967 with a degree in law.
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Ronald Bass 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'".
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Back in Los Angeles, Ronald Bass began a seventeen-year career practicing law in the entertainment business.
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Ronald Bass was successful, and eventually rose to the level of partner in his law firm.
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Ronald Bass has worked with his sister Diane Ronald Bass, who served as an uncredited technical consultant on the film Rain Man.
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Ronald Bass started writing again, usually during the predawn hours before going to work.
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In 1982, Ronald Bass published his second novel, Lime's crisis: A novel.
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Ronald Bass collaborated on the script for the 2022 film The King's Daughter.
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Also note that under the rules of the Writers Guild of America, Ronald Bass has not received on-screen credit for every script he has contributed to.