Ronald S. Teachworth is a notable artist, writer and film director from Rochester Hills, MI.
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Ron received his B.A. in Fine Art from Central Michigan University (1968), and an M.A. from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI (1972). In the 1970's and 1980's, he worked as a high school art and filmmaking teacher, primarily in the Utica Community Schools district of Southeast Michigan. Later, he served as an administrator in the same district. In recent years, he has returned to his teaching roots, serving numerous college and community programs.
Ron's work in painting, watercolor and collage have been featured in six solo exhibitions (five in Michigan, one in New York) and over 30 group exhibitions.
Ron's most notable film is the 1983 release Going Back, for which he directed and wrote the screenplay. The film is a coming-of-age nostalgia piece that features many of Teachworth's own life experiences. It stars Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead, Army of Darkness, Bubba Ho-Tep, Burn Notice) and Christopher Howe (Rookie of the Year, Timequest), and takes place in 1964 rural Michigan. Teachworth re-acquired the distribution rights to Going Back after it spent nearly 20 years in limbo as part of the back-catalog of bankrupt distributor Vestron Video, allowing for its re-release on DVD in 2006. After writing the screenplay for Going Back, Ron started writing fiction. The first published was Two Stones. It was later followed by a collection of short stories called Beyond. As of 2011, Ron has written two novels, The Mound and Finn's Promise, and has continued to exhibit his visual art.