Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

  • Birthday: 1937-11-30
  • Place of birth: South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
  • Also know as: Sir Ridley Scott

Biography

Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937) is an English filmmaker. He was raised in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life, his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley's older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. During this time the family moved around, living in (among other areas) Cumbria, Wales and Germany. He has a younger brother, Tony, also a film director. After the Second World War, the Scott family moved back to their native north-east England, eventually settling in Teesside (whose industrial landscape would later inspire similar scenes in Blade Runner). He enjoyed watching films, and his favourites include Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane and Seven Samurai. Scott studied in Teesside from 1954 to 1958, at Grangefield Grammar School and later in West Hartlepool College of Art, graduating with a Diploma in Design. He progressed to an M.A. in graphic design at the Royal College of Art from 1960 to 1962. At the RCA he contributed to the college magazine, ARK and helped to establish its film department. For his final show, he made a black and white short film, Boy and Bicycle, starring his younger brother, Tony Scott, and his father. The film's main visual elements would become features of Scott's later work; it was issued on the 'Extras' section of The Duellists DVD. After graduation in 1963, he secured a job as a trainee set designer with the BBC, leading to work on the popular television police series Z-Cars and the science fiction series Out of the Unknown. Scott was an admirer of Stanley Kubrick early in his development as a director. For his entry to the BBC traineeship, Scott remade Paths of Glory as a short film. He was assigned to design the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, which would have entailed realising the famous alien creatures. However, shortly before Scott was due to start work, a schedule conflict meant that he was replaced on the serial by Raymond Cusick. At the BBC, Scott was placed into a director training programme and, before he left the corporation, had directed episodes of Z-Cars, its spin-off, Softly, Softly, and adventure series Adam Adamant Lives! In 1968, Ridley and Tony Scott founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company.Five members of the Scott family are directors, all working for RSA. Brother Tony has been a successful film director for more than two decades; sons, Jake and Luke are both acclaimed commercials directors as is his daughter, Jordan Scott. Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles and Luke is based in London. In 1995, Shepperton Studios was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.  

Filmography

The Real Robin Hood

2010

As Self

The Alien Legacy

1999

As Self

Giger's Alien

1979

As Self

One of the Missing

1968

As Unionist officer (uncredited)

Trumbull Land

2018

As Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Halloween

1997

As Himself

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

2021

As Self

Murder by Numbers

2004

As Self

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

2021

As Self - Director (1982)

Sword-and-Sandal

2019

As Self (archive footage)

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine

2015

As Himself (archive footage)

Memory: The Origins of Alien

2019

As Self (archival footage)

Trespassing Bergman

2013

As Self

Bergmans video

2012

As Self

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Duellists

1977

As Camera Operator

Thlípsi

2018

As Thanks

Gladiator

2000

As Director

Blade Runner

1982

As Director

Alien

1979

As Director

Black Hawk Down

2001

As Director

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

As Director

Thelma & Louise

1991

As Director

White Squall

1996

As Director

Black Rain

1989

As Director

G.I. Jane

1997

As Director

American Gangster

2007

As Director

Robin Hood

2010

As Director

Matchstick Men

2003

As Director

Someone to Watch Over Me

1987

As Director

Legend

1985

As Director

Body of Lies

2008

As Director

A Good Year

2006

As Director

Hannibal

2001

As Director

Boy and Bicycle

1965

As Director

The Duellists

1977

As Director

Prometheus

2012

As Director

The Counselor

2013

As Director

Alien: Covenant

2017

As Director

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

As Director

The Martian

2015

As Director

Le court des grands

2005

As Director

The King of Ads, Part 2

1993

As Director

The King of Ads

1991

As Director

Untitled Gladiator Sequel

2024

As Director

The Journey

2019

As Director

Queen & Country

0000

As Director

The Last Duel

2021

As Director

House of Gucci

2021

As Director

Napoleon

2023

As Director

Behold

2023

As Director

Robert

1967

As Director

Bomb

0000

As Director

Thunder Perfect Mind

2005

As Director

Untitled Bee Gees Biopic

0000

As Director

Black Hawk Down

2001

As Producer

Kingdom of Heaven

2005

As Producer

Thelma & Louise

1991

As Producer

White Squall

1996

As Executive Producer

G.I. Jane

1997

As Producer

American Gangster

2007

As Producer

Robin Hood

2010

As Producer

In Her Shoes

2005

As Producer

Body of Lies

2008

As Producer

A Good Year

2006

As Producer

Hannibal

2001

As Producer

RKO 281

2000

As Executive Producer

Prometheus

2012

As Producer

The Grey

2012

As Producer

Stoker

2013

As Producer

The East

2013

As Producer

Child 44

2015

As Producer

Out of the Furnace

2013

As Producer

Loom

2012

As Executive Producer

Killing Kennedy

2013

As Executive Producer

The Counselor

2013

As Producer

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014

As Producer

Tristan & Isolde

2006

As Executive Producer

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani

2014

As Executive Producer

The Martian

2015

As Producer

Concussion

2015

As Producer

Life in a Day

2011

As Executive Producer

Mind MGMT

0000

As Producer

American Woman

2018

As Producer

Zero

2015

As Executive Producer

Matchstick Men

2003

As Producer

Cracks

2009

As Executive Producer

Gladiator

2000

As Executive Producer

Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs

2015

As Executive Producer

Alien: Covenant

2017

As Producer

Morgan

2016

As Producer

Equals

2015

As Executive Producer

India In a Day

2016

As Executive Producer

Bruce Springsteen - Springsteen & I

2013

As Executive Producer

Monkey Trouble

1994

As Executive Producer

Cyrus

2010

As Executive Producer

Blade Runner 2049

2017

As Executive Producer

2036: Nexus Dawn

2017

As Producer

Phoenix Forgotten

2017

As Producer

Clay Pigeons

1998

As Producer

Into the Storm

2009

As Executive Producer

Japan in a Day

2012

As Executive Producer

Mindhorn

2016

As Executive Producer

Zoe

2018

As Executive Producer

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

2017

As Executive Producer

The Aftermath

2019

As Producer

Queen & Country

0000

As Producer

Untitled Gladiator Sequel

2024

As Producer

The Last Duel

2021

As Producer

Jungleland

2020

As Executive Producer

Our Friend

2019

As Executive Producer

Someone to Watch Over Me

1987

As Executive Producer

House of Gucci

2021

As Producer

Earthquake Bird

2019

As Producer

A Christmas Carol

2019

As Executive Producer

Naked Singularity

2021

As Executive Producer

Welcome to the Punch

2013

As Executive Producer

Beat the Devil

2002

As Executive Producer

Hostage

2002

As Executive Producer

Ticker

2002

As Executive Producer

Switzerlanders

2020

As Executive Producer

Life in a Day 2020

2021

As Executive Producer

Death on the Nile

2022

As Producer

The Last Debate

2000

As Executive Producer

Napoleon

2023

As Producer

The Last Vermeer

2019

As Executive Producer

The Browning Version

1994

As Producer

The Donut King

2020

As Executive Producer

Halo: Nightfall

2014

As Executive Producer

Choose or Die

2022

As Executive Producer

The Polar Bears

2012

As Producer

Newness

2017

As Executive Producer

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone

2021

As Executive Producer

Where the Money Is

2000

As Producer

Boston Strangler

2023

As Producer

First Ascent

0000

As Producer

Orpheus

2006

As Executive Producer

Killing Lincoln

2013

As Executive Producer

War Party

0000

As Producer

The Chronology of Water

0000

As Producer

Berlin Nobody

0000

As Producer

Outside

0000

As Producer

Britain in a Day

2012

As Executive Producer

Boy and Bicycle

1965

As Producer

A Haunting in Venice

2023

As Producer

Welcome to the Rileys

2010

As Executive Producer

Alien: Romulus

2024

As Producer

Echo Valley

0000

As Producer

Ghost Recon: Alpha

2012

As Producer

Christmas in a Day

2013

As Producer

The A-Team

2010

As Executive Producer

Bomb

0000

As Producer

Children of the Jungle

0000

As Producer

Vicious

0000

As Producer

2036: Nexus Dawn

2017

As Screenstory

Boy and Bicycle

1965

As Writer

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