Ridley Scott

Known For: Directing
Born: November 30, 1937
Place of Birth: 1937 (88 yaşında) Doğum Yeri South Shields, County Durham, İngiltere, Birleşik Krallık

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 wid…

Filmography

The Riders

2027 · Producer

The Dog Stars

2026 · Director, Producer

The Terror: Devil in Silver

2026 · Executive Producer

Trap House

2025 · Executive Producer

Flight 182

2025 · Executive Producer

Alien: Earth

2025 · Executive Producer

Echo Valley

2025 · Producer

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live

2025 · Self

Dope Thief

2025 · Executive Producer, Director

Prime Target

2025 · Executive Producer

The Making of Gladiator II

2024 · Self

Gladiator II

2024 · Director, Producer

Alien: Romulus

2024 · Producer

A Sacrifice

2024 · Producer

Napoleon

2023 · Director, Producer

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

2023 · Self - Guest

A Haunting in Venice

2023 · Producer

L'Âge d'or de la pub

2023 · Self (archive footage)

Great Expectations

2023 · Executive Producer

Boston Strangler

2023 · Producer

Still Missing Morgan

2023 · Executive Producer

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero

2023 · Self

Kaleidoscope

2023 · Executive Producer

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

2022 · Self

Choose or Die

2022 · Executive Producer

Death on the Nile

2022 · Producer

The Making of the Last Duel

2021 · Self

House of Gucci

2021 · Director, Producer

The Last Duel

2021 · Director, Producer

Naked Singularity

2021 · Executive Producer

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone

2021 · Executive Producer

The Blade Runner Phenomenon

2021 · Self - Director (1982)

Kreka: Dreamcatcher

2021 · Self

Directors on Directors

2021 · Self

Life in a Day 2020

2021 · Executive Producer

Jungleland

2020 · Executive Producer

Raised by Wolves

2020 · Executive Producer, Director

The Donut King

2020 · Executive Producer

Switzerlanders

2020 · Executive Producer

FX's A Christmas Carol

2019 · Executive Producer

Earthquake Bird

2019 · Producer

The Last Vermeer

2019 · Executive Producer

Our Friend

2019 · Executive Producer

The Hot Zone

2019 · Executive Producer

Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic

2019 · Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

The Aftermath

2019 · Executive Producer

The Passage

2019 · Executive Producer

Thlípsi

2018 · Thanks

Trumbull Land

2018 · Self (archive footage)

Zoe

2018 · Executive Producer

Strange Angel

2018 · Executive Producer

American Woman

2018 · Producer

James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction

2018 · Self

The Terror

2018 · Executive Producer

The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema

2018

All the Money in the World

2017 · Director, Producer

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies

2017 · Self

Newness

2017 · Executive Producer

Murder on the Orient Express

2017 · Producer

Blade Runner 2049

2017 · Executive Producer

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

2017 · Producer

2036: Nexus Dawn

2017 · Screenstory, Producer

Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous

Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous

2017 · himself

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos

2017 · Producer

Alien: Covenant

2017 · Director, Producer

Phoenix Forgotten

2017 · Producer

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

2017 · Executive Producer

Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages

Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages

2017 · Director

The Good Fight

2017 · Executive Producer

Taboo

2017 · Executive Producer

Mindhorn

2016 · Executive Producer

India In a Day

2016 · Executive Producer

Morgan

2016 · Producer

Jean-Claude Van Johnson

2016 · Executive Producer

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'

2016 · Self

Concussion

2015 · Producer

The Martian

2015 · Director, Producer

Zero

2015 · Executive Producer

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

2015 · Self

Equals

2015 · Executive Producer

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'

2015 · Self

Child 44

2015 · Producer

Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs

Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs

2015 · Executive Producer

The Man in the High Castle

2015 · Executive Producer

Get Santa

2014 · Executive Producer

Exodus: Gods and Kings

2014 · Director, Producer

Before I Go to Sleep

2014 · Executive Producer

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani

2014 · Executive Producer

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

2014 · Self

Halo: Nightfall

2014 · Executive Producer

Klondike

2014 · Executive Producer

Out of the Furnace

2013 · Producer

Killing Kennedy

2013 · Executive Producer

The Counselor

2013 · Director, Producer

Trespassing Bergman

2013 · Self

Springsteen & I

2013 · Executive Producer

Crimes of the Century

2013 · Executive Producer

The East

2013 · Producer

Welcome to the Punch

2013 · Executive Producer

Stoker

2013 · Producer

Killing Lincoln

2013 · Executive Producer

The Polar Bears

2012 · Producer

Japan in a Day

2012 · Executive Producer

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus

2012 · Self

World Without End

2012 · Producer

Coma

2012 · Executive Producer

Loom

2012 · Executive Producer

Britain in a Day

2012 · Executive Producer

Prometheus

2012 · Director, Producer

Ghost Recon: Alpha

2012 · Producer

The Grey

2012 · Producer

Prophets of Science Fiction

2011 · Himself - Presenter

Life in a Day

2011 · Executive Producer

Welcome to the Rileys

2010 · Executive Producer

Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood

2010 · Self

The Pillars of the Earth

2010 · Executive Producer

Cyrus

2010 · Executive Producer

The A-Team

2010 · Executive Producer

Robin Hood

2010 · Director, Producer

The Real Robin Hood

2010 · Self, Producer

Cracks

2009 · Executive Producer

The Good Wife

2009 · Executive Producer

Into the Storm

2009 · Executive Producer

Tell-Tale

2009 · Producer

Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'

2009 · Self

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'

2008 · Self

Body of Lies

2008 · Director, Producer

The Andromeda Strain

2008 · Executive Producer

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner

2007 · Self

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard

2007 · Self

Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film

Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film

2007 · Self

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling

2007 · Self

The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth

The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth

2007 · Self

American Gangster

2007 · Director, Producer

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)

2007 · Director

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007 · Producer

The Company

2007 · Executive Producer

Black Rain: Making The Film

2006 · Self

A Good Year

2006 · Director, Producer

50 Films to See Before You Die

2006 · Self

The Path to Redemption

2006 · Self

Tristan & Isolde

2006 · Executive Producer

All the Invisible Children

2006 · Director

Orpheus

2006 · Executive Producer

Le court des grands

2005 · Director

In Her Shoes

2005 · Producer

Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema

2005 · Self

Strength and Honor: Production Pods

2005 · Self

Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us

2005 · Self

Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'

2005 · Self

Kingdom of Heaven

2005 · Director, Producer

Nos Bastidores de Hollywood

2005 · Self (archive footage)

Numb3rs

2005 · Executive Producer

The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing

2004 · Self

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

2004 · Self

Murder by Numbers

2004 · Self

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003 · Self

Matchstick Men

2003 · Director, Producer

Cinema16: British Short Films

2003 · Director

Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey

2003 · Self

Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds

2002 · Self, Thanks

Beat the Devil

2002 · Executive Producer

The Alien Saga

2002 · Self (archive footage)

Ticker

2002 · Executive Producer

Hostage

2002 · Executive Producer

The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'

2002

Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'

2002 · Himself

The Gathering Storm

2002 · Executive Producer

AFP: American Fighter Pilot

AFP: American Fighter Pilot

2002 · Producer

Black Hawk Down

2001 · Director, Producer

Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal

2001 · Self

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

2001 · Self

Hannibal

2001 · Director, Producer

Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport

2000 · Self

The Last Debate

2000 · Executive Producer

On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'

2000 · Self

Gladiator

2000 · Director, Executive Producer

Where the Money Is

2000 · Producer

RKO 281

1999 · Executive Producer

The Alien Legacy

1999 · Self

The Directors

1999 · Self

Clay Pigeons

1998 · Producer

G.I. Jane

1997 · Director, Producer

The Swords

1997 · Executive Producer

Hollywood Halloween

1997 · Self

The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money

1996 · Self

White Squall

1996 · Director, Executive Producer

Kulturzeit

1995 · self

The Browning Version

1994 · Producer

Monkey Trouble

1994 · Executive Producer

The King of Ads, Part 2

1993 · Director

Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott

Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott

1992

1492: Conquest of Paradise

1992 · Director, Producer

The King of Ads

1991 · Director

Thelma & Louise

1991 · Director, Producer

Black Rain

1989 · Director

Someone to Watch Over Me

1987 · Director, Executive Producer

A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema

1986 · Self

Legend

1985 · Director

Blade Runner

1982 · Director

Giger's Alien

1979 · Self

Alien

1979 · Director

The Duellists

1977 · Director, Camera Operator

The Hollywood Greats

1977

One of the Missing

1968 · Unionist officer (uncredited)

Robert

1967 · Director

Half Hour Story

1967 · Director

The Informer

1966 · Director

Adam Adamant Lives!

1966 · Director

Some Lapse of Time

1965 · Production Design

Thirty-Minute Theatre

1965 · Director

Out of the Unknown

1965 · Production Design

Boy and Bicycle

1965 · Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography

Z-Cars

1962 · Director

Comedy Playhouse

1961 · Production Design

Sunday-Night Play

Sunday-Night Play

1960 · Production Design

American Gangster Special

American Gangster Special

— · Self

Outside

— · Producer

Mind MGMT

— · Producer

First Ascent

— · Producer

War Party

— · Producer

Children of the Jungle

Children of the Jungle

— · Producer

Vicious

— · Producer

Gladiator III

— · Producer, Writer

Embraced by the Light

Embraced by the Light

— · Producer

Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel

Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel

— · Producer

Narco Sub

— · Producer

God of the Rodeo

God of the Rodeo

— · Producer

Whoever Fights Monsters

Whoever Fights Monsters

— · Producer

You Should Be Dancing

You Should Be Dancing

— · Director

Inground

— · Producer

Here Be Monsters

Here Be Monsters

— · Producer

Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

— · Director

Nightwatching

— · Producer

They Like the Dark

They Like the Dark

— · Producer

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

— · Director, Producer

Nue

— · Producer

The Vesuvius Challenge

The Vesuvius Challenge

— · Executive Producer

Blade Runner 2099

— · Executive Producer

Pompeii: A Day of Fire

Pompeii: A Day of Fire

— · Executive Producer

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