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Ron Shelton has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.

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Ron Shelton has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Shelton set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Doug Hall
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · White Men Can't Jump

Lolita Davidovich
Actor
2 shared titles · Hollywood Homicide

Kevin Costner
Actor
2 shared titles · Tin Cup

Woody Harrelson
Actor
2 shared titles · White Men Can't Jump

Richard Masur
Actor
2 shared titles · Play It to the Bone

Alex Wurman
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · Hollywood Homicide

Barry Peterson
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Hollywood Homicide
Kimberly Ray
Editor
2 shared titles · Tin Cup

Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Tin Cup
Clayton Frohman
Screenplay
2 shared titles · Under Fire
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