Ridley Scott

Known for DirectingBorn 1937-11-30 (age 88)South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

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).Read more

Movies & web series

The Making of Gladiator II

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

AFP: American Fighter Pilot

The Making of the Last Duel

The Last Debate

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

The Peter Weyland Files: TED Conference, 2023

50 Films to See Before You Die

The Beast Within: Making Alien

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

Gladiator

Life in a Day 2020

The Path to Redemption

Taboo

Le court des grands

The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone

Hollywood Halloween

Alien

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

The Martian

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani

Prophets of Science Fiction

The Peter Weyland Files: Happy Birthday, David

Blade Runner 2049

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

The Pillars of the Earth

Still Missing Morgan

Blade Runner

Raised by Wolves

The Good Fight

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

The Good Wife

The Man in the High Castle

Robert

American Gangster

The Last Duel

The Terror

Alien: Earth

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

Trumbull Land

Thelma & Louise

Springsteen & I

Black Hawk Down