‘I’m grateful for an entire lifetime spent involved in this creative process’ — Ron Howard Oscar nominations, wins
Posted: August 2026
List of Oscar nominations and wins for Ron Howard. Ron Howard has been nominated for 4 Academy Awards and won 2. Sources: Oscars.org, Internet Movie Database
2008: Frost/Nixon (Best Picture) (shared with Brian Grazer, Eric Fellner) — lost to Slumdog Millionaire (Christian Colson). Other nominees: The Reader (Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Donna Gigliotti, Redmond Morris), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin), Milk (Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen)
2008: Frost/Nixon (Best Director) — lost to Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire). Other nominees: Gus Van Sant (Milk), David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Stephen Daldry (The Reader)
WON: 2001: A Beautiful Mind (Best Picture) (shared with Brian Grazer) — Other nominees: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh), Moulin Rouge! (Fred Baron, Martin Brown, Baz Luhrmann), Gosford Park (Robert Altman, Bob Balaban, David Levy), In the Bedroom (Graham Leader, Ross Katz, Todd Field)
WON: 2001: A Beautiful Mind (Best Director) — Other nominees: Robert Altman (Gosford Park), Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring), Ridley Scott (Black Hawk Down), David Lynch (Mulholland Drive)
