Biography
Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937) is an English filmmaker. He was raised in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life, his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley's older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. During this time the family moved around, living in (among other areas) Cumbria, Wales and Germany. He has a younger brother, Tony, also a film director. After the Second World War, the Scott family moved back to their native north-east England, eventually settling in Teesside (whose industrial landscape would later inspire similar scenes in Blade Runner). He enjoyed watching films, and his favourites include Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane and Seven Samurai. Scott studied in Teesside from 1954 to 1958, at Grangefield Grammar School and later in West Hartlepool College of Art, graduating with a Diploma in Design. He progressed to an M.A. in graphic design at the Royal College of Art from 1960 to 1962.
At the RCA he contributed to the college magazine, ARK and helped to establish its film department. For his final show, he made a black and white short film, Boy and Bicycle, starring his younger brother, Tony Scott, and his father. The film's main visual elements would become features of Scott's later work; it was issued on the 'Extras' section of The Duellists DVD. After graduation in 1963, he secured a job as a trainee set designer with the BBC, leading to work on the popular television police series Z-Cars and the science fiction series Out of the Unknown. Scott was an admirer of Stanley Kubrick early in his development as a director. For his entry to the BBC traineeship, Scott remade Paths of Glory as a short film.
He was assigned to design the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, which would have entailed realising the famous alien creatures. However, shortly before Scott was due to start work, a schedule conflict meant that he was replaced on the serial by Raymond Cusick.
At the BBC, Scott was placed into a director training programme and, before he left the corporation, had directed episodes of Z-Cars, its spin-off, Softly, Softly, and adventure series Adam Adamant Lives!
In 1968, Ridley and Tony Scott founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company.Five members of the Scott family are directors, all working for RSA. Brother Tony has been a successful film director for more than two decades; sons, Jake and Luke are both acclaimed commercials directors as is his daughter, Jordan Scott. Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles and Luke is based in London.
In 1995, Shepperton Studios was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.
Filmography
all 259
Movies 221
Producer 173
self 60
TV Shows 38
Director 20

Dope Thief (2025)

Alien, Terror in Space (2025)

Prime Target (2025)

Gladiator II (2024)

Alien: Romulus (2024)

A Sacrifice (2024)

Napoleon (2023)

Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma (2023)

L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)

Great Expectations (2023)

Boston Strangler (2023)

Still Missing Morgan (2023)

Behold (2023)

Kaleidoscope (2023)

Choose or Die (2022)

House of Gucci (2021)

The Last Duel (2021)

Naked Singularity (2021)

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021)

The Blade Runner Phenomenon (2021)

Life in a Day 2020 (2021)

Jungleland (2020)

Raised by Wolves (2020)

The Donut King (2020)

Switzerlanders (2020)

FX's A Christmas Carol (2019)

Earthquake Bird (2019)

The Last Vermeer (2019)

Our Friend (2019)

The Hot Zone (2019)

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

The Aftermath (2019)

The Journey (2019)

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)

The Passage (2019)

Thlípsi (2018)

Trumbull Land (2018)

Zoe (2018)

Strange Angel (2018)

American Woman (2018)

The Terror (2018)

All the Money in the World (2017)

Newness (2017)

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)

Alien: Covenant (2017)

Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017)

The Good Fight (2017)

Taboo (2017)

Mindhorn (2016)

India In a Day (2016)

Morgan (2016)

Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016)

Concussion (2015)

The Martian (2015)

Zero (2015)

Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015)

Equals (2015)

Child 44 (2015)

Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs (2015)

The Man in the High Castle (2015)

Get Santa (2014)

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani (2014)

Halo: Nightfall (2014)

Klondike (2014)

Killing Kennedy (2013)

Out of the Furnace (2013)

The Counselor (2013)

Springsteen & I (2013)

Crimes of the Century (2013)

The East (2013)

Welcome to the Punch (2013)

Stoker (2013)

Killing Lincoln (2013)

The Polar Bears (2012)

Japan in a Day (2012)

World Without End (2012)

Coma (2012)

Loom (2012)

Britain in a Day (2012)

Prometheus (2012)

Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012)

The Grey (2012)

Prophets of Science Fiction (2011)

Life in a Day (2011)

Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

The Pillars of the Earth (2010)

Cyrus (2010)

The A-Team (2010)

Robin Hood (2010)

The Real Robin Hood (2010)

Cracks (2009)

The Good Wife (2009)

Into the Storm (2009)

Tell-Tale (2009)

Body of Lies (2008)

The Andromeda Strain (2008)

American Gangster (2007)

The Company (2007)

A Good Year (2006)

Tristan & Isolde (2006)

Orpheus (2006)

Le court des grands (2005)

In Her Shoes (2005)

Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

Thunder Perfect Mind (2005)

Numb3rs (2005)

Tricks of the Trade: Making 'Matchstick Men' (2004)

Matchstick Men (2003)

Beat the Devil (2002)

The Alien Saga (2002)

Ticker (2002)

Hostage (2002)

The Gathering Storm (2002)

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Hannibal (2001)

The Last Debate (2000)

Gladiator (2000)

Where the Money Is (2000)

RKO 281 (2000)

Clay Pigeons (1998)

G.I. Jane (1997)

Menage a Trois (1997)

White Squall (1996)

The Browning Version (1994)

Monkey Trouble (1994)

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)

The King of Ads (1991)

Thelma & Louise (1991)

Black Rain (1989)

Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)

Legend (1985)

Blade Runner (1982)

Alien (1979)

The Duellists (1977)

One of the Missing (1968)

Robert (1967)

Adam Adamant Lives! (1966)

Some Lapse of Time (1965)

Boy and Bicycle (1965)

Z-Cars (1962)

The Dog Stars

The Killing Sea

Gladiator III

Human, Anew

Trap House

The King of L.A.

Archangels

Gertrude Bell

The Infinite Machine

Emma's War

Fae

The Big Blow

Gravity Rush

Outside

Vicious

Task Force Two

Potsdamer Platz

The Asset

The Chronology of Water

First Ascent

A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii

The Fishing Fleet

Conspiracy of Paper

Shadow Divers

David

War Party

A Better Place

Bomb

Cascade

Embraced by the Light

Timeless

Earthless

Freewalkers

Children of the Jungle

Mgmt

Claire

Nemesis

In Vitro

The Last Werewolf

Settle Down

Echo Valley

Alien: Earth

Narco Sub

The Devil in the Kitchen

The Riders

The Kind One

The Hunger

You Should Be Dancing

Hello America

Blade Runner 2099

Mind MGMT
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1937-11-30 (87 years old)
Birth PlaceSouth Shields, United Kingdom
Religionatheism
Height173-centimeter
RelationshipsFelicity Heywood (1964 - 1975), Sandy Watson (1979 - 1989)
SpouseGiannina Facio
ChildrenJordan Scott, Jake Scott, Luke Scott
MotherElizabeth Jean Scott
SiblingsTony Scott
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
Also Known As Sir Ridley Scott, ริดลีย์ สก็อตต์, Ridley Leighton Scott, リドリー スコット, ریدلی اسکات
AwardsKnight Bachelor, Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, The George Pal Memorial Award, Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame, Commander of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, David di Donatello for Best Foreign Director
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