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Ridley Scott

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Known For

87 Years Old

Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. He directs films in the science fiction, crime, and historical epic genres with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising as a director of commercials. He made his film directorial debut with The Duellists (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, Alien (1979). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century Rome in Gladiator (2000) and its 2024 sequel, 12th-century Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), medieval England in Robin Hood (2010), ancient Memphis in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), contemporary Mogadishu in Black Hawk Down (2001), futuristic cityscapes of Los Angeles in Blade Runner (1982) and extraterrestrial worlds in Alien, Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015) and Alien: Covenant (2017). Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Directing for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture and received a nomination in the same category for The Martian. In 1995, Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Scott's films Alien, Blade Runner and Thelma & Louise were each selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a 2004 BBC poll, Scott was ranked 10 on the list of most influential people in British culture. Scott also works in television and has earned 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won twice, for Outstanding Television Film for the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002) and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for the History Channel's Gettysburg (2011). He was Emmy-nominated for RKO 281 (1999), The Andromeda Strain (2008), and The Pillars of the Earth (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ridley Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born

South Shields, County Durham, England, UK on 30th November 1937

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Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma Image
Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest
Kulturzeit Image
Kulturzeit
self
The Directors Image
The Directors
Self
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction Image
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter Image
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors Image
Variety Studio: Directors on Directors
Self
Prophets of Science Fiction Image
Prophets of Science Fiction
Himself - Presenter
The Hollywood Greats Image
The Hollywood Greats
Memory: The Origins of Alien Image
Memory: The Origins of Alien
Self (archival footage)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood Image
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Image
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Self (archive footage)
Trespassing Bergman Image
Trespassing Bergman
Self
The Blade Runner Phenomenon Image
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Director (1982)
The Alien Saga Image
The Alien Saga
Self (archive footage)
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Image
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
The Making of Gladiator II Image
The Making of Gladiator II
Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub Image
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal Image
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies Image
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money Image
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
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Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic Image
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
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Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema Image
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
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The Real Robin Hood Image
The Real Robin Hood
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Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' Image
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
Alien, Terror in Space Image
Alien, Terror in Space
Self (archive footage)
The Path to Redemption Image
The Path to Redemption
Self
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus Image
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
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Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us Image
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
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The Beast Within: Making Alien Image
The Beast Within: Making Alien
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Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero Image
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
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Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey Image
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
Self
Thelma et Louise, un western féministe Image
Thelma et Louise, un western féministe
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On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Image
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
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Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Image
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher Image
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
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Strength and Honor: Production Pods Image
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
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The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' Image
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
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The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth
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50 Films to See Before You Die Image
50 Films to See Before You Die
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Film: The Living Record of Our Memory Image
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
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The Making of the Last Duel Image
The Making of the Last Duel
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The Alien Legacy Image
The Alien Legacy
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Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' Image
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
Himself
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport Image
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
Self
Trumbull Land Image
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
Black Rain: Making The Film Image
Black Rain: Making The Film
Self
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema Image
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
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Murder by Numbers
Self
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds Image
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard Image
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self
Hollywood Halloween Image
Hollywood Halloween
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Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film
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Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
One of the Missing Image
One of the Missing
Unionist officer (uncredited)
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous Image
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous
himself
Giger's Alien Image
Giger's Alien
Self
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema Image
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' Image
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'