Ron Oliver

Ron Oliver

1960-06-15 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA 82 Credits

Biography

Ron Oliver is a Canadian-born writer, director, producer, and actor who started with the cult hit Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II. He was also a host on Canada's YTV. He has gone on to direct various television and motion picture scripts. He has been nominated twice for the Directors Guild of America Award. He received an Emmy nomination for producing the NBC children's series "Scout's Safari" filmed on location in South Africa. He recently directed the Disney production of Harriet the Spy, shot...

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To Barcelona, Forever

To Barcelona, Forever

2025

Director

7.0
Directing

As Anna travels back to Barcelona, reuniting with Erica to celebrate her engagement to Nico, she meets a charming farmer and accidentally finds hersel...

To Barcelona, with Love

To Barcelona, with Love

2025

Director

6.0
Directing

Erica, an American translator, secretly revises a novel set in Barcelona. Everything is fine until bookstore owner Nico invites the credited author, A...

The Groomsmen: Last Dance

The Groomsmen: Last Dance

2024

Director

6.4
Directing

Jackson moves to Italy to be near his daughter, but a chance meeting with café owner Gabriella, and some meddling friends, may lead to a second chance...

The Groomsmen: Second Chances

The Groomsmen: Second Chances

2024

Director

7.0
Directing

Danny finds the courage to admit his romantic feelings for his best friend, when he is asked to be the best man at his wedding in Greece.

The Groomsmen: First Look

The Groomsmen: First Look

2024

Director

6.0
Directing

A pediatrician and an overseas doctor, meet at a wedding in Philadelphia, but the long distance, family, and their friends may hinder their budding ro...

The Wedding Veil Journey

The Wedding Veil Journey

2023

Director

7.5
Directing

Tracy and Nick agree to set aside work to make time for a long overdue honeymoon to Greece. However, they soon find themselves confronting life choice...

Hotel for the Holidays

Hotel for the Holidays

2022

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

Georgia is an ambitious young woman and the manager of the high-end hotel, which attracts guests of all kinds—including heartbroken singles, an infamo...

Hotel for the Holidays

Hotel for the Holidays

2022

Director, Executive Producer

6.1
Directing Producing

Georgia is an ambitious young woman and the manager of the high-end hotel, which attracts guests of all kinds—including heartbroken singles, an infamo...

Falling for Christmas

Falling for Christmas

2022

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

An engaged, spoiled hotel heiress finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter after getting amnesia i...

Jolly Good Christmas

Jolly Good Christmas

2022

Writer

6.6
Writing

David is an American architect who relocates across the pond to take up a job at a prestigious London firm. As the clock counts down to Christmas Day,...

Love in the Limelight

Love in the Limelight

2022

Director

6.9
Directing

Pen pals for years, Summer finally meets Nick, her former teen crush and boy band lead singer, when he comes to town for a concert. Their friendship's...

The Housewives of the North Pole

The Housewives of the North Pole

2021

Director

4.7
Directing

The Christmas Queens of North Pole, Vermont, Trish and Diana, have won the Best Holiday House decorating competition every year for the past nine year...

A Timeless Christmas

A Timeless Christmas

2020

Writer, Director

6.4
Writing Directing

Charles Whitley travels from 1903 to 2020 where he meets Megan Turner, a tour guide at his historic mansion, and experiences a 21st Century Christmas.

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

2020

Director

7.1
Directing

While backstage on opening night of a new play by celebrated murder mystery author/director Neil Khan, photographer Allie Adams discovers the body of ...

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds

2020

Director

7.6
Directing

Photographer Allie and Detective Sam's investigation into a priceless stolen necklace leads to danger and an unexpected death.

Christmas at the Plaza

Christmas at the Plaza

2019

Writer, Director

6.4
Writing Directing

With Christmas approaching in New York City, historian Jessica is hired to create an exhibition honoring the history of Christmas at The Plaza Hotel. ...

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

2019

Director

7.3
Directing

Small-town New England professional wedding photographer Allie Adams finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery when the groom is suddenly shot a...

Grand-Daddy Day Care

Grand-Daddy Day Care

2019

Director

5.8
Directing

A man has to figure out a way to make extra money when his father-in-law moves in.

Christmas Everlasting

Christmas Everlasting

2018

Director, Teleplay

5.9
Directing

Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York’s top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey will ...

Truly, Madly, Sweetly

Truly, Madly, Sweetly

2018

Director, Teleplay

6.5
Directing

Natalie, the owner of a San Francisco food truck business selling cupcakes, and Eric, a finance manager and divorced dad are brought together when Eri...

Romance at Reindeer Lodge

Romance at Reindeer Lodge

2017

Writer

6.0
Writing

Molly and Jared have both sworn off holiday events. When they find themselves stuck at a Christmas-themed ranch, they have no choice but to allow thei...

The Christmas Train

The Christmas Train

2017

Director

6.4
Directing

Forced to take the intercontinental trip to Los Angeles by train, and determined to chronicle his adventure, disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon find...

A Man For Every Month

A Man For Every Month

2017

Director

5.8
Directing

An shy writer has to go out on a date with a different man every month in order to write an article for her company's 'Man for Every Month' blog.

Bigger Fatter Liar

Bigger Fatter Liar

2017

Director

5.3
Directing

Kevin Shepard is a tech-savvy young genius who uses his intelligence to slack off. When greedy video game executive Alan Wolf gets a hold of his ideas...

Like Cats & Dogs

Like Cats & Dogs

2017

Writer, Director

6.2
Writing Directing

Spencer is a cat person. Laura is a dog person. Spencer is headed to a beach town to work on his thesis. Laura is coming to the same beach town to esc...

My Christmas Dream

My Christmas Dream

2016

Writer

5.9
Writing

A department store manager sets out to create an amazing holiday display window to impress the owner. She asks a recently-fired employee to help her m...

Operation Christmas

Operation Christmas

2016

Teleplay

6.2

As her new romance blossoms, a single mother, Olivia, is dismayed when her boyfriend, Scott, a military sergeant, is deployed right before Christmas. ...

Every Christmas Has a Story

Every Christmas Has a Story

2016

Writer, Director

5.2
Writing Directing

A TV personality has an on-air snafu and admits she hates Christmas. Following the debacle, she is invited to the Most Christmas-y town in America to ...

The Swap

The Swap

2016

Director

6.7
Directing

Based on the book by Megan Shull, The Swap follows the adventures of a rhythmic gymnast named Ellie with a make-it-or-break-it competition, and the yo...

Diagnosis Delicious

Diagnosis Delicious

2016

Director

6.2
Directing

Chef Dave Oberlin's career is in shambles when his altercation with a famous food critic goes viral. After being blacklisted by the elite restaurants...

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

2016

Screenplay, Director

6.1
Writing Directing

Just one enchanted jewel stands between earth and an army of evil spirits led by the devious ghoul, Phears. With the help of his new girlfriend and gh...

Date with Love

Date with Love

2016

Director

6.3
Directing

When a boy’s video to a female star goes viral, it scores him a date with his celebrity crush to the prom. Complications arise when the famous starlet...

Angel of Christmas

Angel of Christmas

2015

Director

6.1
Directing

Susan is a newspaper staffer who decides to generate some Christmas spirit by writing an article about her family’s storied 100-year-old, hand-carved,...

A Christmas Detour

A Christmas Detour

2015

Director

6.1
Directing

A bubbly bride-to-be’s Christmas plans take an unexpected turn when her holiday flight to New York is detoured and she encounters a cynical bar manage...

Harvest Moon

Harvest Moon

2015

Writer

6.1
Writing

When her family goes bankrupt, privileged city girl Jen Stone travels to the country to try and fix up a struggling pumpkin farm that her father bough...

Perfect Match

Perfect Match

2015

Director

6.0
Directing

When an engaged couple can’t agree on anything, the mother of the groom hires a wedding planner and an event planner to help put together the wedding ...

Romantically Speaking

Romantically Speaking

2015

Director

6.3
Directing

A young lady who has grown up with her father being a radio DJ, becomes one herself. Falls in love and hosts a 'Romantically Speaking' show.

I Do, I Do, I Do

I Do, I Do, I Do

2015

Director

6.2
Directing

An architect heads to the altar with her fiancé, unsure of her marriage and their future. She relives her disastrous wedding day, put together by he...

Wedding Planner Mystery

Wedding Planner Mystery

2014

Director

5.9
Directing

Wedding Planner Mystery follows the exploits of a quirky but lovable event planner who makes murder as fun as can be. Homicide doesn't follow our hero...

Recipe for Love

Recipe for Love

2014

Director

5.9
Directing

Lauren Hennessey has always loved to cook and is a proud perfectionist at her job at "Food & Entertainment Magazine's" test kitchen while she dreams o...

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014

Director, Writer

5.7
Directing Writing

After everyone's favorite St. Bernard gets fired from a movie, Beethoven begins the long journey home with his trainer, Eddie. On their way, they beco...

Perfect on Paper

Perfect on Paper

2014

Director

6.3
Directing

Portland book editor Natalie Holland has chosen the wrong guy – another underachiever – once again. With her life going nowhere fast, she accepts a jo...

A Lesson in Romance

A Lesson in Romance

2014

Director

6.1
Directing

A successful career Mom gets a case of empty nest syndrome when her children go off to college, and her husband decides to join them and follow his ow...

The Good Mistress

The Good Mistress

2014

Writer

4.2
Writing

A woman's one-night stand turns out to be her friend's husband, and a local political candidate.

Her Husband's Betrayal

Her Husband's Betrayal

2013

Director

4.9
Directing

Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened wi...

The Trainer

The Trainer

2013

Director

4.8
Directing

Annie, 28 and recently divorced, is doing everything she can to get her life back on track. When she decides to join the New Life Fitness gym she's in...

Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade

2012

Director

6.4
Directing

As Chicago gears up for its annual Thanksgiving Day parade, Emily Jones, an eager parade coordinator is shocked when Henry Williams, a wealthy new dev...

Cupid

Cupid

2012

Director

5.3
Directing

With Valentine’s Day approaching, Eve Lovett, a workaholic TV talk show host with a string of failed relationships, is worried she will never find tru...

The Music Teacher

The Music Teacher

2012

Director

5.0
Directing

Music Teacher revolves around Alyson Daley (Potts), a high school music teacher who is on the brink of losing her beloved school music program because...

Broken Trust

Broken Trust

2012

Director

4.8
Directing

Sophie Anderson is the lead attorney on an intellectual property case against a corrupt pharmaceutical company. When her mentor and boss is kidnapped,...

Gone

Gone

2011

Writer

5.2
Writing

The kidnapping of a young girl propels her mother into a web of conspiracies.

Smooch

Smooch

2011

Director

6.0
Directing

An imaginative youngster comes across an amnesiac prince, who she believes is a fairy-tale figure. Convinced the man would be perfect for her widowed ...

Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars

Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars

2010

Director

5.1
Directing

Young spy Harriet Welsch crosses paths with popular student Marion Hawthorne as the two girls vie to become the official blogger of their high school ...

Martinis and Murder

Martinis and Murder

2009

2.0
Acting

Take a trip behind the scenes of the Donald Strachey Mystery series, featuring exclusive interviews with the cast and crew.

Something Evil Comes

Something Evil Comes

2009

Director

6.2
Directing

When a young lawyer is murdered to cover up a dangerous corporate secret, his sister must face off against the ruthless killer sent to finish the job....

Red Torrent

Red Torrent

2009

Director

5.2
Directing

A reclusive scientific prodigy and three college friends find themselves in the middle of a toxic storm, when an unscrupulous business deal rains terr...

Ice Blues

Ice Blues

2008

Director

5.5
Directing

America's favorite gay private investigator, Donald Strachey, takes on the most complicated case of his career. After his long-time partner, Tim, asks...

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

2008

Director

5.1
Directing

Settled into a cozy home life in Milan with his boyfriend Paolo and his daughter Julia, photographer and ex-spy Jacob Keane is suddenly drawn back int...

Bridal Fever

Bridal Fever

2008

Director

5.2
Directing

It’s a race to the altar when a steamy romance novelist with a long line of torrid romances – and ex-husbands – sets out to help a single woman ditch ...

On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery

On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery

2008

Director

5.6
Directing

When the residents of a neighborhood are offered huge sums of money to sell their homes to a developer, the only ones to refuse are an elderly lesbian...

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

2007

Director

5.5
Directing

A Dennis The Menace version of A Christmas Carol where Mr. Wilson plays his own version of Scrooge. While Dennis has problems of his own with the neig...

Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die

Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die

2007

Director

6.7
Directing

Greg and his friends break into an old warehouse, where they find an unusual camera. However, the photographs Greg takes with it seem to predict disas...

All She Wants for Christmas

All She Wants for Christmas

2006

Director

5.2
Directing

Forest City depends entirely on the Aikens Christmas decoration factory. Local economics graduate Judith 'Noelle' Dunn returned there to finish her th...

My Silent Partner

My Silent Partner

2006

Director

5.2
Directing

A San Francisco policewoman accepts a favor from a local crime boss to counter a nasty child custody battle with her ex-husband, and finds herself dan...

Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

2006

Director

6.1
Directing

When hard boiled private eye Donald Strachey finds his latest client dead, an apparent suicide, Albany’s favorite gay detective smells a rat and decid...

Chasing Christmas

Chasing Christmas

2005

Director

4.4
Directing

Jack Cameron is a single dad that decides not to observe Christmas because his wife left him around that time. The ghosts of Christmas past and presen...

Goosebumps: The Perfect School

Goosebumps: The Perfect School

2005

Director

7.5
Directing

When he pulls yet another prank on his little brother, Brian's parents decide to send him to a summer school which claims to be perfect. After being t...

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery

2005

Director

5.7
Directing

Gay detective Donald Strachey is commissioned to protect gay activist John Rutka, known for "outing" prominent citizens.

Goosebumps: Cry of the Cat

Goosebumps: Cry of the Cat

2005

Director, Teleplay

7.1
Directing

Allison accidentally kills a cat on her bike. But she soon finds out that this kitty has nine lives.

Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head

Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head

2005

Teleplay, Director

6.9
Directing

After receiving a mysterious shrunken head from his Aunt Benna, young Mark travels to the jungle island of Baladora where he finds his Aunt has disapp...

Blood Angels

Blood Angels

2005

Director

4.8
Directing

A young woman gets caught up in the plans of a coven of vampires fighting to free themselves from their master.

Blue Demon

Blue Demon

2004

Writer

3.2
Writing

The "Blue Demon" project is an attempt by a team of scientists to train Great White sharks to protect America's coastline from any intruders.

Have You Heard?  Secret Central

Have You Heard? Secret Central

2004

Director

6.0
Directing

A popular toy line is brought to the screen in this new animated show made especially for teenagers. Senior year is proving to be quite a challenge fo...

Goosebumps: Welcome to Camp Nightmare

Goosebumps: Welcome to Camp Nightmare

1999

Director

8.1
Directing

The summer camp of Billy's dreams is turning out to be a total nightmare. The food stinks. The counselors are weird. And who or what is this vicious b...

Goosebumps: Werewolf Skin

1998

Director

5.5
Directing

Alex is determined to figure out what is going on in Wolf Creek, and is horrified to discover that his aunt and uncle may be the werewolves who have b...

Super Nova

Super Nova

1997

Director

4.5
Directing

As things settle down on the Lexx, the crew realizes Kai needs a constant supply of proto-blood to continue to function in the real world. Stanley and...

Cold Sweat

Cold Sweat

1993

Creative Consultant

4.5

Mark Cahill is a good family man with a loving wife and two wonderful children. Mark also happens to be a hit man who is haunted by his last victim, a...

The Tomorrow People

The Tomorrow People

1992

Director

2.0
Directing

A group of young people discover they have special powers that link them to each other and to a mysterious wrecked spacecraft on a Pacific Island. Dan...

Liar's Edge

Liar's Edge

1992

Director, Writer

3.4
Directing Writing

A child is traumatized when his father, a stuntman, dies in an attempt to go over Niagara Falls. Later, his mother meets and marries a truck driver, a...

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

1990

Director, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

Mary Lou, the prom queen burned to death by her boyfriend back in the fifties, has escaped from hell and is once again walking the hallways of Hamilto...

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

1987

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

When Hamilton High’s Prom Queen of 1957, Mary Lou Maloney is killed by her jilted boyfriend, she comes back for revenge thirty years later.

My Secret Santa

N/A

Screenplay

Writing