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:''This article is about the screenwriter. For the professional wrestler see Ron Bass. Ronald Bass (born March 26, 1942), sometimes credited as Ron Bass, is an American screenwriter. Also a film producer, Bass's work is characterized as being highly in demand, and he is thought to be among the most highly paid writers in Hollywood. He is often called the "King of the Pitches". In 1988, he received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for ''Rain Man'', and films that Bass is associated with are regularly nominated for multiple motion picture awards. ==Life and career== Bass was born in Los Angeles, California. From the age of 3 to 11, Bass was afflicted with an undiagnosed condition that kept him bedridden. His symptoms included respiratory problems and stomach pains with high fevers and nausea. It was during this illness, at age six, that Bass is said to have started writing. During his teens, Bass began work on a novel, which he entitled ''Voleur''. He completed this work at age 17 and showed it to his English teacher. He took her critique of his first completed project quite hard. She described the writing as very good, but she felt that it was too personal to be published. Bass's response was to later burn his manuscript. Later in life, 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". Bass would revisit his teenage writings later in life. 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. He 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'". Back in Los Angeles, Bass began a seventeen-year career practicing law in the entertainment business. He was successful, and eventually rose to the level of partner in his law firm. Bass has worked with his sister Diane Bass, who served as an uncredited technical consultant on the film ''Rain Man''. As he moved up the career ladder in law, the love of writing that Bass had acquired as a child never left him. He started writing again, usually during the predawn hours before going to work. Writing and working at unusual hours became a lifelong habit of his. In 1974, he began to rework his novel ''Voleur'', apparently from memory, as he had—in a fit of pique—burned the manuscript when he was 17. In 1978, he completed the work, renaming it ''The Perfect Thief'' (ISBN 0-515-04622-1). This was the first of his three published novels. In 1982, Bass published his second novel, ''Lime's crisis: A novel'' (ISBN 0-688-01025-3). The ''Lime'' referred to in the title is Harry Lime, the central mystery character of the 1949 motion picture ''The Third Man''. On January 1, 1984, his third novel was published, ''The Emerald Illusion'' (ISBN 0-688-02622-2). The following year, he wrote the screenplay ''Code Name: Emerald'', based on this novel. It was his debut as a screenwriter with a produced script. As a screenwriter, Bass is known for successfully working in collaboration with other writers, including Amy Tan on ''The Joy Luck Club'' and Al Franken on ''When a Man Loves a Woman''. Bass is currently producing the upcoming film ''The Moon and the Sun''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ronald Bass」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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