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