Ron Howard directed The Paper.
Cotton Candy is a 1978 American made-for-television drama film directed by Ron Howard and broadcast on NBC . Ron Howard . Howard is best known for playing two high-profile roles in television sitcoms in his youth and directing a number of successful feature films later in his career . His films include : the science-fiction/fantasy film Cocoon ( 1985 ) , the historical docudrama Apollo 13 ( 1995 ) , the biographical drama A Beautiful Mind ( 2001 ) ( earning him the Academy Award for Best Director ) , and the thriller The Da Vinci Code ( 2006 ) . The Paper is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Ron Howard and starring Michael Keaton , Glenn Close , Marisa Tomei , Randy Quaid and Robert Duvall .