- BIRTH 30/11/1937
- Country United Kingdom
- SHOWS 3
- MOVIES 10
- DIRECTOR 37
- SCRIPT 3
- PRODUCTION 97
Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Leighton Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. 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).
Shows (3)
Movies (10)
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Director (37)
Gladiator
Gladiator II
The Martian
Prometheus
Alien
Thelma & Louise
Blade Runner
The Dog Stars
Alien: Covenant
Black Hawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven
The Last Duel
American Gangster
Hannibal
Robin Hood
Napoleon
G.I. Jane
House of Gucci
Body of Lies
Exodus: Gods and Kings
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Legend
A Good Year
Black Rain
All the Money in the World
The Counselor
Matchstick Men
The Duellists
White Squall
Someone to Watch Over Me
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
All the Invisible Children
Boy and Bicycle
Hyde
Les enfants invisibles
Script (3)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter
Boy and Bicycle
Production (97)
Gladiator
Gladiator II
The Martian
Prometheus
Blade Runner 2049
Alien: Romulus
Trap House
Murder on the Orient Express
Thelma & Louise
The Dog Stars
Alien: Covenant
A Haunting in Venice
Black Hawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven
Death on the Nile
The Last Duel
American Gangster
Hannibal
Robin Hood
Napoleon
The A-Team
G.I. Jane
Echo Valley
House of Gucci
Body of Lies
Choose or Die
Boston Strangler
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Equals
Stoker
Child 44
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Grey
In Her Shoes
Before I Go to Sleep
A Good Year
Morgan
Concussion
The Aftermath
The Counselor
Matchstick Men
All the Money in the World
Phoenix Forgotten
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2036: Nexus Dawn
The East
Cracks
Out of the Furnace
Tristan & Isolde
A Sacrifice
Jungleland
FX's A Christmas Carol
Zoe
Newness
Monkey Trouble
Welcome to the Punch
White Squall
The Last Vermeer
Earthquake Bird
Naked Singularity
Cyrus
Get Santa
Tell-Tale
Where the Money Is
Someone to Watch Over Me
Welcome to the Rileys
RKO 281
American Woman
Springsteen & I
Halo: Nightfall
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
Our Friend
Into the Storm
Ghost Recon: Alpha
Killing Kennedy
The Browning Version
The Donut King
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
Switzerlanders
Boy and Bicycle
Clay Pigeons
Life in a Day
War Party
Japan in a Day
The Force
Beat the Devil
The Gathering Storm
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Hostage
Boston Strangler
Life in a Day 2020
Killing Lincoln
Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
Ticker
Mindhorn
Mind MGMT
