Ridley Scott
Directing
Born: November 30, 1937 (age 88) · South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Highest Rated
Biography
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).
Known for
The Martian
2015
Gladiator
2000
Alien
1979
Blade Runner 2049
2017
Blade Runner
1982
Prometheus
2012
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Alien: Covenant
2017
Black Hawk Down
2001
American Gangster
2007
Hannibal
2001
Kingdom of Heaven
2005
Photos (4)
Movies (3)
TV Shows (1)
Self / Appearances (51)
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self · 2 eps
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Guest · 1 eps
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
Self · 5 eps
Directors on Directors
Self · 1 eps
The Directors
Self · 1 eps
Trespassing Bergman
Self
Prophets of Science Fiction
Himself - Presenter · 8 eps
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Self
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
Self
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Self
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
Self
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
Self
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Self
The Real Robin Hood
Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Self
The Alien Saga
Self (archive footage)
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Self
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Self
The Path to Redemption
Self
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
Self
Black Rain: Making The Film
Self
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
Self
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Self - Director (1982)
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
Self
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Self
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Self
Trumbull Land
Self (archive footage)
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Self
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Self
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
Himself
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
Self
The Making of Gladiator II
Self
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
Self
Murder by Numbers
Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Self
The Alien Legacy
Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Self
Giger's Alien
Self
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Self
Hollywood Halloween
Self
The Making of the Last Duel
Self
Upcoming (4)
Directing (45)
The Dog Stars
Director
Gladiator
Director
Alien
Director
The Martian
Director
Kingdom of Heaven
Director
Blade Runner
Director
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director
Black Hawk Down
Director
Alien: Covenant
Director
Gladiator II
Director
Legend
Director
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Director
Z-Cars
Director
American Gangster
Director
Prometheus
Director
Raised by Wolves
Director
Napoleon
Director
Thelma & Louise
Director
The Counselor
Director
Robin Hood
Director
Dope Thief
Director
The Last Duel
Director
Body of Lies
Director
All the Money in the World
Director
House of Gucci
Director
Black Rain
Director
G.I. Jane
Director
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Director
A Good Year
Director
Matchstick Men
Director
Half Hour Story
Director
White Squall
Director
The Duellists
Director
Adam Adamant Lives!
Director
Someone to Watch Over Me
Director
The Informer
Director
Hannibal
Director
The King of Ads
Director
Cinema16: British Short Films
Director
All the Invisible Children
Director
Le court des grands
Director
Boy and Bicycle
Director
The King of Ads, Part 2
Director
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
Robert
Director
Writing (2)
Producing (126)
The Dog Stars
Producer
The Good Wife
Executive Producer
Numb3rs
Executive Producer
Gladiator
Executive Producer
The Good Fight
Executive Producer
The Man in the High Castle
Executive Producer
Blade Runner 2049
Executive Producer
The Martian
Producer
Kingdom of Heaven
Producer
Alien: Earth
Executive Producer
Alien: Romulus
Producer
Black Hawk Down
Producer
The Terror
Executive Producer
Alien: Covenant
Producer
Gladiator II
Producer
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Producer
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Executive Producer
American Gangster
Producer
Prometheus
Producer
Taboo
Executive Producer
Before I Go to Sleep
Executive Producer
Raised by Wolves
Executive Producer
Death on the Nile
Producer
A Haunting in Venice
Producer
Napoleon
Producer
Murder on the Orient Express
Producer
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
Thelma & Louise
Producer
The Counselor
Producer
Robin Hood
Producer
Prime Target
Executive Producer
Dope Thief
Executive Producer
The Last Duel
Producer
Trap House
Executive Producer
Kaleidoscope
Executive Producer
Child 44
Producer
The Passage
Executive Producer
The Pillars of the Earth
Executive Producer
The A-Team
Executive Producer
Body of Lies
Producer
All the Money in the World
Producer
The Grey
Producer
Newness
Executive Producer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Producer
House of Gucci
Producer
The Hot Zone
Executive Producer
The Chronology of Water
Executive Producer
Out of the Furnace
Producer
G.I. Jane
Producer
World Without End
Producer
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Producer
Stoker
Producer
Welcome to the Punch
Executive Producer
Echo Valley
Producer
The Andromeda Strain
Executive Producer
Equals
Executive Producer
Strange Angel
Executive Producer
A Good Year
Producer
Boston Strangler
Producer
Our Friend
Executive Producer
The Company
Executive Producer
Matchstick Men
Producer
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Producer
In Her Shoes
Producer
The Aftermath
Executive Producer
Concussion
Producer
Tristan & Isolde
Executive Producer
Morgan
Producer
Klondike
Executive Producer
Halo: Nightfall
Executive Producer
White Squall
Executive Producer
Naked Singularity
Executive Producer
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Executive Producer
FX's A Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
Coma
Executive Producer
Zoe
Executive Producer
The East
Producer
Monkey Trouble
Executive Producer
Someone to Watch Over Me
Executive Producer
Welcome to the Rileys
Executive Producer
The Last Vermeer
Executive Producer
Choose or Die
Executive Producer
Jungleland
Executive Producer
Cyrus
Executive Producer
Cracks
Executive Producer
A Sacrifice
Producer
Into the Storm
Executive Producer
Earthquake Bird
Producer
Where the Money Is
Producer
Still Missing Morgan
Executive Producer
Get Santa
Executive Producer
RKO 281
Executive Producer
Phoenix Forgotten
Producer
Hannibal
Producer
Clay Pigeons
Producer
Killing Lincoln
Executive Producer
The Gathering Storm
Executive Producer
2036: Nexus Dawn
Producer
American Woman
Producer
Ticker
Executive Producer
Hostage
Executive Producer
Mindhorn
Executive Producer
Killing Kennedy
Executive Producer
Beat the Devil
Executive Producer
Crimes of the Century
Executive Producer
Life in a Day
Executive Producer
Tell-Tale
Producer
Flight 182
Executive Producer
The Browning Version
Producer
Switzerlanders
Executive Producer
The Real Robin Hood
Producer
Ghost Recon: Alpha
Producer
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
Executive Producer
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Executive Producer
Boy and Bicycle
Producer
Springsteen & I
Executive Producer
The Last Debate
Executive Producer
The Donut King
Executive Producer
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
Producer
The Swords
Executive Producer
Life in a Day 2020
Executive Producer
India In a Day
Executive Producer
Loom
Executive Producer
Japan in a Day
Executive Producer
Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
Executive Producer
Britain in a Day
Executive Producer
Other Crew (7)
Out of the Unknown
Production Design
Comedy Playhouse
Production Design
The Duellists
Camera Operator
Boy and Bicycle
Director of Photography
Thlípsi
Thanks
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
Thanks
Some Lapse of Time
Production Design