Ron Oliver

WriterDirectorActorProducerCrew Jun 15 (age 65) Dundalk, Ontario, Canada 1973–2025 (52 year career)

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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.

Known For

Film

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Director

Film

Queer As Folk

Director

Film

Goosebumps

Director

Film

Falling for Christmas

Screenplay

Film

The Swap

Director

Film

Degrassi

Director

Film

Lexx

Director

Film

My Secret Santa

Screenplay

Filmography

Acting (3)

Movies (2)

Hotel for the Holidays

2022

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

5.9

Martinis and Murder

2009

2.0

Television (1)

Romeo!

2003

6.0

Crew (124)

Movies (99)

My Secret Santa

2025

Screenplay

6.3

To Barcelona, Forever

2025

Director

6.8

To Barcelona, with Love

2025

Director

6.5

The Groomsmen: First Look

2024

Director

5.8

The Groomsmen: Second Chances

2024

Director

6.8

The Groomsmen: Last Dance

2024

Director

6.3

The Wedding Veil Journey

2023

Director

7.5

Hotel for the Holidays

2022

Director

5.9

Hotel for the Holidays

2022

Executive Producer

5.9

Falling for Christmas

Screenplay

Jolly Good Christmas

Writer

Love in the Limelight

2022

Director

6.9

The Housewives of the North Pole

Director

A Timeless Christmas

Director

A Timeless Christmas

Writer

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds

2020

Director

7.6

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

Director

Grand-Daddy Day Care

Director

Christmas at the Plaza

2019

Director

6.4

Christmas at the Plaza

2019

Writer

6.4

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

2019

Director

7.3

Truly, Madly, Sweetly

2018

Director

6.5

Truly, Madly, Sweetly

2018

Teleplay

6.5

Christmas Everlasting

2018

Director

5.8

Christmas Everlasting

Teleplay

The Christmas Train

Director

Bigger Fatter Liar

Director

Like Cats & Dogs

Director

Like Cats & Dogs

Writer

Romance at Reindeer Lodge

2017

Writer

6.0

A Man For Every Month

2017

Director

5.8

Every Christmas Has a Story

2016

Director

5.2

Every Christmas Has a Story

Writer

The Swap

Director

My Christmas Dream

Writer

Operation Christmas

Teleplay

Date with Love

Director

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

2016

Director

6.2

Mostly Ghostly 3: One Night in Doom House

Screenplay

Diagnosis Delicious

Director

Romantically Speaking

Director

Perfect Match

Director

Harvest Moon

Writer

A Christmas Detour

Director

I Do, I Do, I Do

Director

Angel of Christmas

Director

Wedding Planner Mystery

2014

Director

6.0

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

2014

Director

5.7

Beethoven's Treasure Tail

Writer

Perfect on Paper

Director

Recipe for Love

Director

A Lesson in Romance

Director

The Good Mistress

Writer

Her Husband's Betrayal

Director

The Trainer

Director

Broken Trust

Director

Cupid

Director

Love at the Thanksgiving Day Parade

Director

The Music Teacher

Director

Gone

Writer

Smooch

Director

Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars

Director

Red Torrent

Director

Something Evil Comes

Director

Ice Blues: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Director

Kiss Me Deadly

Director

On the Other Hand, Death: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Director

Bridal Fever

Director

A Dennis the Menace Christmas

Director

My Silent Partner

Director

Shock to the System: A Donald Strachey Mystery

2006

Director

5.9

All She Wants for Christmas

2006

Director

5.4

Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head

2005

Director

6.9

Goosebumps: How I Got My Shrunken Head

Teleplay

Chasing Christmas

Director

Third Man Out: A Donald Strachey Mystery

Director

Blood Angels

Director

Goosebumps: Cry of the Cat

2005

Director

7.1

Goosebumps: Cry of the Cat

2005

Teleplay

7.1

Goosebumps: The Perfect School

Director

Blue Demon

Writer

Have You Heard? Secret Central

2004

Director

6.0

Goosebumps: Bride of the Living Dummy

1998

Writer

Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die... Again

1998

Director

Super Nova

1997

Director

5.0

Goosebumps: Werewolf Skin

1997

Director

5.5

Goosebumps: How to Kill a Monster

1997

Director

Goosebumps: How to Kill a Monster

1997

Writer

Goosebumps: Let's Get Invisible

1997

Director

Goosebumps: Say Cheese and Die

1996

Director

6.7

Goosebumps: Vampire Breath

1996

Director

Goosebumps: Welcome to Camp Nightmare

Director

Cold Sweat

Creative Consultant

Liar's Edge

Director

Liar's Edge

Writer

The Tomorrow People

Director

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

1990

Director

5.2

Prom Night III: The Last Kiss

1990

Writer

5.2

Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II

1987

Screenplay

6.1

Television (25)

Young Blades

Director

Romeo!

Director

Degrassi

Director

The Nightmare Room

Director

The Sausage Factory

Director

The Chris Isaak Show

Director

Queer As Folk

Director

The Immortal

Director

The Zack Files

Director

Beggars and Choosers

Director

Animorphs

Director

Animorphs

Writer

The New Addams Family

Director

Lexx

Director

Breaker High

Director

Police Academy: The Series

1997

Director

5.8

Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

Director

Goosebumps

Director

The Hardy Boys

Director

The Secret World of Alex Mack

Director

Dead at 21

Director

Chris Cross

Director

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

1992

Director

8.2

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Writer

The Tomorrow People

Director