---
name: "Ron Yerxa"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ron-yerxa"
fi1m_id: "ron-yerxa"
imdb_id: "nm0947695"
tmdb_id: 17173
wikidata_id: "Q15842992"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "18 May 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T04:05:15.058264+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ron Yerxa

## Identity

Ron Yerxa

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ron-yerxa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ron-yerxa
- **IMDb ID:** nm0947695
- **TMDB ID:** 17173
- **Wikidata ID:** Q15842992
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Yerxa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15842992, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17173

Producer. Born 18 May 1947 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 18 May 1947, United States
- **Active:** 1993–2018
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 1 acting, 6 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Albert Berger](https://film.one/person/albert-berger.md), [Alexander Payne](https://film.one/person/alexander-payne.md), [Jim Taylor](https://film.one/person/jim-taylor.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as producer, over 6 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (2), 2000s 78 (2), 2010s 80 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 80 to 72 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Comedy 3, Romance 2, Adventure 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $158m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Yerxa, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15842992, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0947695/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17173

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Election*](https://film.one/film/election.md) (86)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Little Children*](https://film.one/film/little-children.md) (77)
- **Pluto TV:** [*Juliet, Naked*](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md) (70)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Ron Yerxa is an American film producer. Born on 18 May 1947, he attended Stanford University and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He worked as a studio executive at CBS Theatrical Films before forming the production company Bona Fide Productions with Albert Berger in the early 1990s.

Yerxa and Berger produced their first film together, *King of the Hill* (1993), directed by Steven Soderbergh. Their subsequent credits include *Election* (1999), *Cold Mountain* (2003), *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), *Little Children* (2006), *Nebraska* (2013) and *The Peanut Butter Falcon* (2019). Yerxa and Berger received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture for *Nebraska* and an Independent Spirit Award for *Little Miss Sunshine*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (1)

- *King of the Hill* (1993), Fi1m 84, as Donald Miller — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)

### Produced (6) — the average rests on these

- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Fi1m 70, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *The Leftovers* (2014), Fi1m 87, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Nebraska* (2013), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/nebraska.md)
- *Little Children* (2006), Fi1m 77, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/little-children.md)
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Fi1m 78, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *Election* (1999), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/election.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Everybody Digs Bill Evans* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Somewhere in Queens* (2023), Producer
- *YES DAY* (2021), as Officiant
- *The Last Shift* (2020), Producer
- *The Peanut Butter Falcon* (2019), Producer
- *Blow the Man Down* (2019), Executive Producer
- *What They Had* (2018), Producer
- *Juliet, Naked* (2018), Producer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/juliet-naked.md)
- *The Only Living Boy in New York* (2017), Producer
- *Louder Than Bombs* (2015), Producer
- *The Leftovers* (2014), series, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-leftovers.md)
- *Low Down* (2014), Producer
- *Nebraska* (2013), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/nebraska.md)
- *Charlie Countryman* (2013), Producer
- *Ruby Sparks* (2012), Producer
- *The Queen of Versailles* (2012), Thanks
- *Ain't in It for My Health: A Film About Levon Helm* (2010), Executive Producer
- *The Switch* (2010), Producer
- *Hamlet 2* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Little Children* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/little-children.md)
- *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/little-miss-sunshine.md)
- *The Ice Harvest* (2005), Producer
- *Bee Season* (2005), Producer
- *The Bug Man* (2003), Thanks
- *Pumpkin* (2002), Producer
- *Chuck & Buck* (2000), as Minister
- *The Wood* (1999), Producer
- *Election* (1999), Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/election.md)
- *The Spree* (1998), Executive Producer
- *King of the Hill* (1993), as Donald Miller · Producer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)
- *Jack the Bear* (1993), Executive Producer
- *Hate to See You Go*, Executive Producer
- *Last Days of Basic Cable*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Ron Yerxa](https://film.one/media/person/9955/gallery-42908a402941.png) Ron Yerxa — Canadian Film Centre, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Ron_Yerxa.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![<a href="http://cfccreates.com" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com</a> (L-R) Michelle Sutter, Isabel Gomez-Moriana, and Ron Yerxa. To mark 25 years of in (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/9955/gallery-97c24e124a64.jpg) <a href="http://cfccreates.com" rel="nofollow">cfccreates.com</a> (L-R) Michelle Sutter, Isabel Gomez-Moriana, and Ron Yerxa. To mark 25 years of in (2013) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/CFC_25th_Anniversary_Celebration_in_LA_%288577114059%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_25th_Anniversary_Celebration_in_LA_%288577114059%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Participants of the 2011-2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab, with Ron Yerxa, Nia Vardalos and Carolle Brabant. To learn more about the Canadian Film Centr](https://film.one/media/person/9955/gallery-2d0526b40a1f.jpg) Participants of the 2011-2012 Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab, with Ron Yerxa, Nia Vardalos and Carolle Brabant. To learn more about the Canadian Film Centr — Jesse Grant via Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/CFC_In_LA_2012_30_%286962381051%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_In_LA_2012_30_%286962381051%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Chip Diggins; Michelle Satter; Ron Yerxa; and Isabel Gomez-Moriana, Executive, Project Development & Packaging, CFC. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2016)](https://film.one/media/person/9955/gallery-6fee2a18d340.jpg) Chip Diggins; Michelle Satter; Ron Yerxa; and Isabel Gomez-Moriana, Executive, Project Development & Packaging, CFC. Photo: Jesse Grant. (2016) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_Don_McKellar_%2825945001391%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_Don_McKellar_%2825945001391%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Isabel Gomez-Moriana, Executive in Charge of Project Development, Marketplace & Packaging, CFC with Ron Yerxa and Michelle Satter. Photos by: Jesse Grant (2015)](https://film.one/media/person/9955/gallery-f1ef58a63e39.jpg) Isabel Gomez-Moriana, Executive in Charge of Project Development, Marketplace & Packaging, CFC with Ron Yerxa and Michelle Satter. Photos by: Jesse Grant (2015) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_John_Fawcett_and_Graeme_Manson_%2816947588355%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._-_Honouring_John_Fawcett_and_Graeme_Manson_%2816947588355%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 09: (L-R) Kirsten Smith, producer Ron Yerxa and Michelle Satter attend The Canadian Film Centre cocktail reception celebrating the Tel (2011)](https://film.one/media/person/9955/gallery-5e270a595606.jpg) BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MARCH 09: (L-R) Kirsten Smith, producer Ron Yerxa and Michelle Satter attend The Canadian Film Centre cocktail reception celebrating the Tel (2011) — Canadian Film Centre from Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/CFC_in_L.A._59_%285974674098%29.jpg/1280px-CFC_in_L.A._59_%285974674098%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Best Picture (nominated), for *Nebraska*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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