- BIRTH 30/11/1937
- Country United Kingdom
- SHOWS 3
- MOVIES 10
- DIRECTOR 37
- SCRIPT 3
- PRODUCTION 98
Ridley Scott
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).
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Shows (3)
Movies (10)
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Director (37)
Gladiator II
Gladiator
Alien
Blade Runner
The Martian
Prometheus
Alien: Covenant
Thelma & Louise
Hannibal
Kingdom of Heaven
Black Hawk Down
Napoleon
House of Gucci
Robin Hood
The Last Duel
American Gangster
Matchstick Men
The Dog Stars
Exodus: Gods and Kings
G.I. Jane
The Counselor
Body of Lies
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Legend
A Good Year
Black Rain
All the Money in the World
Hyde
The Duellists
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
Someone to Watch Over Me
White Squall
Boy and Bicycle
All the Invisible Children
Les enfants invisibles
Script (3)
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper
Boy and Bicycle
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Meet Walter
Production (98)
Gladiator II
Alien: Romulus
Gladiator
Trap House
Murder on the Orient Express
The Martian
Blade Runner 2049
Prometheus
A Haunting in Venice
Alien: Covenant
Death on the Nile
Hannibal
Thelma & Louise
Kingdom of Heaven
Black Hawk Down
Napoleon
House of Gucci
Robin Hood
The Last Duel
The Chronology of Water
The A-Team
American Gangster
Echo Valley
Matchstick Men
The Dog Stars
Exodus: Gods and Kings
G.I. Jane
The Grey
Concussion
The Counselor
Body of Lies
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Choose or Die
Boston Strangler
1492: Conquest of Paradise
In Her Shoes
Stoker
2036: Nexus Dawn
Before I Go to Sleep
A Sacrifice
Child 44
Tristan & Isolde
Out of the Furnace
Morgan
A Good Year
Welcome to the Rileys
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
All the Money in the World
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
Equals
Zoe
American Woman
Jungleland
Our Friend
Newness
Someone to Watch Over Me
The Last Vermeer
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Clay Pigeons
Cracks
Where the Money Is
Boy and Bicycle
Get Santa
Welcome to the Punch
FX's A Christmas Carol
The East
The Aftermath
White Squall
Killing Kennedy
Phoenix Forgotten
Monkey Trouble
RKO 281
Tell-Tale
The Gathering Storm
War Party
Into the Storm
Cyrus
Springsteen & I
Switzerlanders
Killing Lincoln
Life in a Day
Boston Strangler
The Browning Version
Mind MGMT
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
Mindhorn
Halo: Nightfall
Naked Singularity
The Force
The Donut King
Ticker
Hostage
Beat the Devil
Ghost Recon: Alpha
Life in a Day 2020
Earthquake Bird
Japan in a Day
