Director / Producer
Ron co-directed/produced Pageant (2009, Wolfe Video), a film that follows the lives of five female impersonators as they vie for the crown at the 34th annual Miss Gay America Pageant. Pageant made its theatrical debut at New York City's Cinema Village theater and its television premiere on The Sundance Channel.
Miss You Can Do It (2013, HBO Documentary Films Original), chronicled Abbey Curran, Miss Iowa USA 2008 and the first woman with a disability to compete at the Miss USA Pageant, as well as eight young girls with various disabilities as they participate in the Miss You Can Do It Pageant.
Harry and Snowman (2016, FilmRise), tells the remarkable love story between Dutch immigrant Harry deLeyer and the horse Snowman, which he bought for $80 off of a slaughter truck bound for the glue factory. The film was a critical and box office hit as one of 2016’s top theatrical grossing documentary films.
Life in The Doghouse (2018, FIlmRise), which tells the inspiring story of Danny Robertshaw and Ron Danta who have saved and found homes for more than 11,000 abused, abandoned and starving dogs. The documentary finished its 2018 award-winning film festival season and Gathr Theatrical On-Demand® release and premiered on Netflix in summer 2019.
2022 and 2023 releases include I Am We, the story of one woman’s journey with dissociative identity disorder, ParaGold, the story of four para athletes vying for a spot on the US Paralympic team and Dawn: A Charleston Legend, a short film about transgender and interracial marriage pioneer Dawn Langley Simmons.
Ron and Docutainment have several film and television projects currently in development.