
Directing
Born November 30, 1937 · South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ridley Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

The Dog Stars
2026

Gladiator II
2024

Napoleon
2023

Behold
2023

House of Gucci
2021

The Last Duel
2021

The Journey
2019

All the Money in the World
2017

Alien: Covenant
2017

Alien: Covenant - Prologue: The Crossing
2017

The Martian
2015

Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014

The Counselor
2013

Prometheus
2012

Robin Hood
2010

Body of Lies
2008

American Gangster
2007

Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007

A Good Year
2006

All the Invisible Children
2006

Le court des grands
2005

Kingdom of Heaven
2005

Thunder Perfect Mind
2005

Matchstick Men
2003

Cinema16: British Short Films
2003

L'esattore (parodia de "Il gladiatore")
2002

Black Hawk Down
2001

Hannibal
2001

Gladiator
2000

Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
2025

The Making of Gladiator II
2024

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023

Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
2023

Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022

The Making of the Last Duel
2021

The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021

Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021

Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019

Trumbull Land
2018

The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018

Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017

Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
2017
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous
2017

The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016

Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014

Trespassing Bergman
2013

The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012

Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
2010

The Real Robin Hood
2010

Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
2009

Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008

Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007

Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007
Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film
2007