Ron Howard Takes Top Honors at AFF

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Academy award winning director Ron Howard is taking top honors at this year's Austin Film Festival.
The former child actor was presented with the Austin Film Festival Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking Award.
At the Austin Club when the Angel's Verse Demon's Director was presented with the award by Golden Globe and Emmy nominated actor Michael Keaton.
Howard thanked the Austin Film Festival for the award and told the crowd stories about his previous work and writing for the silver screen.
Howard has a long list of feature films he's directed, including films like: Frost Nixon, The Da Vinci Code, Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Apollo 13, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Howard has also acted in several of his films and sitcoms since he was a young boy.