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 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).
48 directing credits · 63 acting credits
Directing · 48
Alien
1979
Gladiator
2000
The Martian
2015
Black Hawk Down
2001
Z-Cars
1962
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Raised by Wolves
2020
Blade Runner
1982
Gladiator II
2024
Alien: Covenant
2017
Prometheus
2012
Thelma & Louise
1991
Napoleon
2023
Dope Thief
2025
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014
American Gangster
2007
The Counselor
2013
Robin Hood
2010
Legend
1985
The Last Duel
2021
House of Gucci
2021
The Dog Stars
2026
A Good Year
2006
Body of Lies
2008
G.I. Jane
1997
Black Rain
1989
The Informer
1966
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966
White Squall
1996
The Duellists
1977
All the Money in the World
2017
Matchstick Men
2003
Alien: Paradise
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Hannibal
2001
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987
All the Invisible Children
2006
The King of Ads, Part 2
1993
The King of Ads
1991
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003
Le court des grands
2005
Boy and Bicycle
1965
You Should Be Dancing
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Bomb
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Robert
1967
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007
Freewalkers
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Battle of Britain
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Acting · 63
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015
Kulturzeit
1995
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
The Directors
1999
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018
Directors on Directors
2021
The Hollywood Greats
1977
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004
Prophets of Science Fiction
2011
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Trespassing Bergman
2013
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
2025
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
2005
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017
The Alien Saga
2002
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
1986
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
The Real Robin Hood
2010
The Path to Redemption
2006
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000
The Making of the Last Duel
2021
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
2023
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
2002
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
One of the Missing
1968
The Making of Gladiator II
2024
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2004
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018
The Alien Legacy
1999
Trumbull Land
2018
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
2009
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
2000
Hollywood Halloween
1997
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007
Murder by Numbers
2004
The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth
2007
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
2010
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous
2017
Giger's Alien
1979
Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film
2007
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
2002
American Gangster Special
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