Ronald Jay 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.
Carolco Pictures paid him $2 million for an adaptation of T.R. Wright's supernatural thriller 'Manhattan Ghost Story' in 1990.
A prolific Oscar-winning screenwriter. He is in such demand, that he employs a staff to help him research his material.
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1997.
