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