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Ridley Scott
Sir Ridley Scott is an English filmmaker. His work includes science fiction, crime, and historical epic films, with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott is the eighth-highest-grossing director of all time, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received numerous accolades including two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as no…
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entertainment · English filmmaker (born 1937) · film director · film producer · executive producer · television producer · director · filmmaker · producer · also Ridley Scott, Scott
Born 30 November 1937 · Q56005
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2026· 9 entries
MUNDIARIO: Qué ver en cines: nueva aventura de Tadeo Jones y lo último de Sorogoyen y Ridley Scott
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Los Angeles Times: When Ridley Scott goes small: 7 movies that reveal another side of the master of spectacle
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Investing.com España: Sera Prognostics nombra a Scott Gleason como director financiero
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El Confidencial: Uno de los castillos románicos mejor conservados de Europa está en Huesca: mil años en pie y Ridley Scott lo eligió para rodar 'El reino de los cielos'
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AS USA: Ridley Scott (‘Alien’) on his retirement: “It sounds like a death sentence”
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Cinemascomics.com: Ridley Scott convierte La constelación del perro en su nuevo fin del mundo: vídeo exclusivo
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The Guardian: Glenn Close and Ridley Scott among names set to receive honorary Oscars
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Was announced as the recipient of an Academy Honorary Award
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2025· 4 entries
The Guardian: Bad movies: is Ridley Scott right to say that 60% of films stink?
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The Guardian: ‘I turned down $20m to do Terminator 3. I can’t be bought, dude’: Ridley Scott on directing, Daleks and ... cherry jam
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The Guardian: Post your questions for Ridley Scott
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The Guardian: Ridley Scott is a genius film-maker who can do anything – even start a political crisis in Malta
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2024· 4 entries
The Guardian: Paul Mescal to star in Beatles film, Ridley Scott appears to confirm
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The Guardian: Ridley Scott says Denzel Washington’s same-sex kiss in Gladiator II ‘didn’t happen’
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The Guardian: When historians and directors clash: ‘Ridley Scott was Napoleonic – there was no doubt who was in charge’
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Filmmaker Christopher Nolan wrote about Scott's influence, "Despite all his success, [Ridley] Scott's contribution to the evolution of cinematic storytelling has never been properly acknowledged
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2020· 1 entry
Scott directed The Last Duel, a film adaptation of Eric Jager's 2004 book The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France, starring Adam Driver, Matt Damon and Jodie Comer which was
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2018· 1 entry
Received the highest accolade from BAFTA, the BAFTA Fellowship, for lifetime achievement
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2017· 1 entry
The German newspaper FAZ compared Scott's influence on the science fiction film genre to Sir Alfred Hitchcock's on thrillers and John Ford's on Westerns
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2016· 1 entry
Premiered in London on 4 May 2017, and received general release on 19 May 2017
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2015· 2 entries
And that Harrison Ford has signed on to reprise his role from the original film but his character should only appear in "the third act" of the sequel
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Married actress Giannina Facio, whom he has cast in all his films since White Squall except American Gangster and The Martian
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2014· 1 entry
Although when asked by the BBC in a September 2014 interview if he believes in God, Scott replied:
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2013· 2 entries
Scott stated that he is an atheist
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In 2013, Scott stated that he is an atheist.
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2012· 3 entries
Scott produced the commercial for Lady Gaga's fragrance, "Fame"
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Scott was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir Peter Blake to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork, The Beatles' Sgt
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His younger brother Tony, who was also his business partner in their company Scott Free, died on 19 August 2012 at the age of 68 after jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge which spans Los Angeles Harbor, after an originally disputed long struggle with cancer.
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2011· 1 entry
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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2009· 1 entry
The TV series The Good Wife premiered with Ridley and his brother Tony credited as executive producers
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2007· 1 entry
Awarded Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2007).
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2006· 3 entries
Scott stated: "It depends who's in the driving seat
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“s Cut, feeling that the original was”
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But the project languished in development hell for several years, with different directors entering talks to sign on, before he returned to the project in November 2019
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2005· 1 entry
Scott made the modestly successful Kingdom of Heaven, a film about the Crusades
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2003· 2 entries
And appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024
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Scott directed a smaller scale project, Matchstick Men, adapted from the novel by Eric Garcia and starring Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell and Alison Lohman
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2002· 1 entry
Ridley Scott and his brother Tony were among the executive producers of The Gathering Storm, a television biographical film of Winston Churchill in the years just prior to World War II
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2001· 1 entry
Shepperton merged with Pinewood Studios to become The Pinewood Studios Group, which has its headquarters in Buckinghamshire, England
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1995· 5 entries
Ridley and his brother Tony received the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
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Both Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema
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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
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Ridley and his brother Tony formed a production company, Scott Free Productions, in Los Angeles
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The two brothers purchased a controlling interest in the British film studio Shepperton Studios
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1991· 1 entry
Scott's notes were used by Warner Bros
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1987· 1 entry
And Black Rain (1989), a police drama starring Michael Douglas and Andy García, shot partially in Japan
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1985· 1 entry
Scott directed Legend, a fantasy film produced by Arnon Milchan
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1984· 1 entry
Scott collaborated with Apple Inc
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1983· 1 entry
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for Blade Runner (1983).
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1982· 1 entry
And was criticised by Pauline Kael in The New Yorker who wrote "
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation for Alien (1980).
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1979· 1 entry
With whom he had a daughter, Jordan Scott, also a director, and divorced in 1989
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1968· 1 entry
Ridley and his younger brother, Tony Scott, who would also go on to become a film director, founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company
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1965· 1 entry
Began directing episodes of television series for the BBC, only one of which, an episode of Adam Adamant Lives
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1963· 1 entry
Secured a job as a trainee set designer with the BBC, leading to work on the popular television police series Z-Cars and science fiction series Out of the Unknown
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1937· 1 entry
Born 1937-11-30.
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