Ridley Scott

Ridley Scott

  • Highest Rated: 97% Alien (1979)
  • Lowest Rated: 18% Domino (2005)
  • Birthday: Nov 30, 1937
  • Birthplace: South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

  • Graduated from London's Royal College of Art with first-class honours. For his final project at the Royal College, made a short black and white film, Boy and Bicycle, starring his father and younger brother, Tony. Began career in the 1960s as a set designer, then director, for BBC TV. First feature film, The Duellists, was nominated for the Palme d'Or and unanimously won Best First Work at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977. Founded Ridley Scott Associates, a U.K.-based commercial production company, through which he directed some 3,000 TV commercials, including the classic 1984 ad for Apple Computers that aired during the 1984 Super Bowl. Owns a production company called Scott Free with his brother, director Tony Scott. His son Jake and daughter Jordan are both filmmakers. Knighted in 2003. Paid tribute to his late brother, Tony, at the 2016 Golden Globes, after his film,The Martian, won Best Motion Picture.

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Filmography

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51% Earthquake Bird Executive Producer — 2019
89% American Woman Producer — 2019
No Score Yet American Woman Producer — 2019
No Score Yet American Woman Producer — 2019
No Score Yet A Christmas Carol Executive Producer — 2019
79% All the Money in the World Director Producer $20.2M 2017
60% Murder On The Orient Express Producer $101.6M 2017
87% Blade Runner 2049 Executive Producer Producer $91.9M 2017
78% Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives Executive Producer — 2017
35% Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House Producer $0.8M 2017
66% Alien: Covenant Producer Director $74.3M 2017
41% Phoenix Forgotten Producer $3.6M 2017
No Score Yet Timeless Producer — 2017
38% Morgan Producer $4M 2016
35% Equals Executive Producer — 2016
59% Concussion Producer $23.3M 2015
91% The Martian Producer Director $202.4M 2015
27% Child 44 Producer $1.4M 2015
No Score Yet Halo: Nightfall Executive Producer Producer — 2015
No Score Yet Red Riding Director — 2015
43% Killing Jesus Producer — 2015
30% Exodus: Gods and Kings Director Producer — 2014
37% Before I Go to Sleep Producer — 2014
79% Get Santa Executive Producer $1.8M 2014
No Score Yet Klondike Executive Producer — 2014
53% Out of the Furnace Producer $8.4M 2013
34% The Counselor Director Producer $14.7M 2013
88% Springsteen And I Executive Producer — 2013
75% The East Producer $1.7M 2013
48% Welcome to the Punch Executive Producer $7.3K 2013
69% Stoker Producer $1.8M 2013
No Score Yet The Counsellor Director — 2013
No Score Yet Gucci Director — 2013
56% Killing Kennedy Executive Producer — 2013
No Score Yet Trespassing Bergman Actor — 2013
No Score Yet Killing Lincoln Executive Producer — 2013
73% Prometheus Producer Director $126.5M 2012
79% The Grey Producer $51.6M 2012
No Score Yet The Kind One Director — 2012
81% Life in a Day Executive Producer Producer $0.3M 2011
43% Cracks Executive Producer $18.1K 2011
No Score Yet Gettysburg Director Executive Producer — 2011
54% Welcome to the Rileys Executive Producer $0.2M 2010
80% Cyrus Executive Producer $7.5M 2010
49% The A-Team Executive Producer Producer $77.3M 2010
No Score Yet Tell-Tale (Tell Tale) Producer — 2010
43% Robin Hood Director Producer $105.3M 2010
No Score Yet The Real Robin Hood Producer — 2010
55% Body of Lies Producer Director $39.4M 2008
No Score Yet Into the Storm Executive Producer — 2008
80% American Gangster Director Producer $130.2M 2007
77% The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford Producer $4M 2007
No Score Yet The Company Executive Producer — 2007
25% A Good Year Director Producer $7.4M 2006
No Score Yet The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing Actor — 2006
31% Tristan & Isolde Executive Producer Producer $14.6M 2006
No Score Yet All the Invisible Children Director — 2006
18% Domino Producer $10.2M 2005
75% In Her Shoes Producer $32.9M 2005
No Score Yet All the Invisible Children Director Screenwriter — 2005
39% Kingdom of Heaven Producer Director $47.3M 2005
82% Matchstick Men Director Producer $36.9M 2003
94% Alien: The Director's Cut Director — 2003
68% Red Dragon Producer $93M 2002
83% The Gathering Storm Executive Producer — 2002
No Score Yet The 'Alien' Saga Actor — 2002
76% Black Hawk Down Producer Director $108.6M 2001
39% Hannibal Director Producer $163.9M 2001
76% Gladiator Director — 2000
47% Where the Money Is Producer — 2000
No Score Yet The Last Debate Executive Producer — 2000
93% RKO 281 Executive Producer — 1999
62% Clay Pigeons Producer — 1998
52% G.I. Jane Producer Director — 1997
60% White Squall Director Executive Producer — 1996
78% The Browning Version Producer — 1994
50% Monkey Trouble Executive Producer Producer — 1994
32% 1492: Conquest of Paradise Producer Director — 1992
84% Thelma & Louise Producer Director — 1991
No Score Yet Robin Hood Producer — 1991
52% Black Rain Director — 1989
69% Someone to Watch over Me Executive Producer Director — 1987
36% Legend Director — 1985
89% Blade Runner Director Screenwriter — 1982
92% Blade Runner (The Final Cut) Director $0.3M 1982
97% Alien Director — 1979
No Score Yet Alien Legacy Director — 1979
92% The Duellists Director — 1977
No Score Yet Boy and Bicycle (Boy on a Bicycle) Director Producer — 1965

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62% The Passage
2019
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71% Strange Angel
2018
Executive Producer
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86% The Terror
2018
Executive Producer
  • 2019
  • 2018
96% The Good Fight
2017
Executive Producer
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  • 2017
No Score Yet Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter
2015
Guest
  • 2018
83% The Man in the High Castle
2015
Producer Executive Producer
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  • 2016
  • 2015
76% Taboo
2017
Executive Producer
  • 2017
69% Jean-Claude Van Johnson
2016-2017
Producer
  • 2017
  • 2016
73% Mercy Street
2016-2017
Executive Producer
  • 2017
  • 2016
65% BrainDead
2016
Executive Producer
  • 2016
94% The Good Wife
2009-2016
Producer Executive Producer
  • 2016
  • 2015
  • 2014
  • 2013
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  • 2011
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  • 2009
80% Klondike
2014
Producer Executive Producer
  • 2014
64% Labyrinth
2012
Producer Executive Producer
  • 2014
48% Coma
2012
Producer Executive Producer
  • 2012
No Score Yet Numb3rs
2005-2010
Producer Executive Producer
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
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  • 2006
  • 2005
40% The Andromeda Strain
2008
Producer Executive Producer
  • 2008
73% The Company
2007
Executive Producer
  • 2007
No Score Yet 3001: The Final Odyssey
2015
Producer Executive Producer
86% Pillars of the Earth
2010
Producer Executive Producer
67% The Movies
2019
No Score Yet The New Drama
2016
Producer
No Score Yet Z Cars
1962
Director

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