Ron de Moraes

Ron began his career as a boy soprano soloist for the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. After a childhood filled with classical music training as a violinist, pianist and conductor (at the age of fourteen, Ron conducted the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra), he made the transition to television. From directing the original Ginsu knife commercial to the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Opening Ceremonies, for which he won an Emmy for "Outstanding Directing For A Music/Variety Program", Ron's long career in television as a Director has been filled with historical, comical and illustrious credits. Ron is perhaps best known for having directed over 5,000 shows of the grounding-breaking entertainment news show "Entertainment Tonight" for which he was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Individual Achievement, Directing" and the show, twelve times, for "Outstanding Non-Fiction Series, Informational". Though he left "ET" as the director in 1997, he continued as a creative consultant for over