Ron Mita

After beginning his career as a graphic artist, Ron quickly realized his true passion was storytelling. That realization led him to Loyola Marymount University, where he pursued a graduate degree in screenwriting, and before graduating, sold his first screenplay to Columbia Pictures in 1993, launching a career that now spans more than three decades.

That early success opened the door to work with many of Hollywood’s major studios, including Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures, Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures, Warner Bros., DreamWorks, HBO, TNT, Screen Gems, and CBS.

Ron’s produced credits include the animated hit Robots for 20th Century Fox; S.W.A.T., starring Samuel L. Jackson and Colin Farrell; Sniper II, starring Tom Berenger; and 24 Hours to Live, starring Ethan Hawke. These films have earned in excess of $550,000,000 at the box office and in other venues.

He is currently developing an animated adaptation of The Wizard of Oz with Studio Action Synthèse in France.

Since 2002, Ron has helped shape the next generation of filmmakers as a screenwriting professor at College of the Canyons, and he also teaches filmmaking at Antelope Valley College.

Early in his career, Ron developed the Magnificent 7–24 Method, a screenwriting architecture designed to help writers move from idea to page with clarity and confidence. Built as a flexible framework rather than a rigid formula, it removes the fear that often stops aspiring screenwriters before they begin. The method remains the foundation of both his professional work and his teaching.

A working screenwriter and dedicated educator, Ron continues to move between the classroom and the industry, where story always comes first.