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| General info : | | Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK) is an English film director and producer.
Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien (1979), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Hannibal (2001), Matchstick Men (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), American Gangster (2007), Robin Hood (2010), and Prometheus (2012).
Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down), plus two Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards.
In 2003, Scott was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his "services to the British film industry".
He is the older brother of the late Tony Scott.
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| Name | | Ridley Scott | |
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| General info : | Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK) is an English film director and producer.
Following his commercial breakthrough with Alien (1979), his best-known works are sci-fi classic Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), best picture Oscar-winner Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), Hannibal (2001), Matchstick Men (2003), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), American Gangster (2007), Robin Hood (2010), and Prometheus (2012).
Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for Thelma and Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down), plus two Golden Globe and two BAFTA Awards.
In 2003, Scott was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for his "services to the British film industry".
He is the older brother of the late Tony Scott. | Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK) is an English film director and producer.
Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien, his best known works include the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner, historical drama Gladiator (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), and science fiction film The Martian.
Scott is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 2nd century Rome (Gladiator), 12th century Jerusalem (Kingdom of Heaven), Medieval England (Robin Hood), contemporary Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down), the future cityscapes of Blade Runner, or the distant planets in Alien, Prometheus, The Martian and Alien: Covenant. His films are also known for their strong female characters.
Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down). In 1995, both Ridley and his brother Tony received a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2003, Scott was knighted for his "services to the British film industry". In a 2004 BBC poll Scott was named the tenth most influential person in British culture. In 2015 he received an honorary doctorate from the Royal College of Art in London. | |
| Relations : | | Married to : Giannina Faciom. 2015 | |
| Relations : | | Brother of : Tony Scott | |
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