Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
2025 · Movie
as Self
Ridley Scott
1937-11-30
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South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
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).
Filmography
The Making of Gladiator II
2024 · Movie
as Self
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
2023 · Movie
as Self
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023 · TV Show
as Self - Guest
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
2022 · Movie
as Self
The Making of the Last Duel
2021 · Movie
as Self
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
2021 · Movie
as Self
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021 · Movie
as Self - Director (1982)
Directors on Directors
2021 · TV Show
as Self
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019 · Movie
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018 · Movie
Trumbull Land
2018 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
2018 · TV Show
as Self
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
2017 · Movie
as Self
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Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous
2017 · Movie
as himself
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
2016 · Movie
as Self
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
2015 · Movie
as Self
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · TV Show
as Self
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Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014 · Movie
as Self
Trespassing Bergman
2013 · Movie
as Self
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
2012 · Movie
as Self
Prophets of Science Fiction
2011 · TV Show
as Himself - Presenter
The Real Robin Hood
2010 · Movie
as Self
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
2010 · Movie
as Self
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
2009 · Movie
as Self
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
2008 · Movie
as Self
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
2007 · Movie
as Self
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Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film
2007 · Movie
as Self
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Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
2007 · Movie
as Self
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The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth
2007 · Movie
as Self
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
2007 · Movie
as Self
50 Films to See Before You Die
2006 · Movie
as Self
Black Rain: Making The Film
2006 · Movie
as Self
The Path to Redemption
2006 · Movie
as Self
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
2005 · Movie
as Self
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
2005 · Movie
as Self
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
2005 · Movie
as Self
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
2005 · Movie
as Self
Murder by Numbers
2004 · Movie
as Self
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
2004 · Movie
as Self
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
2004 · Movie
as Self
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003 · Movie
as Self
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
2003 · Movie
as Self
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
2002 · Movie
as Himself
The Alien Saga
2002 · Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002 · Movie
as Self
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
2002 · Movie
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Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001 · Movie
as Self
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
2001 · Movie
as Self
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
2000 · Movie
as Self
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
2000 · Movie
as Self
The Alien Legacy
1999 · Movie
as Self
The Directors
1999 · TV Show
as Self
Hollywood Halloween
1997 · Movie
as Self
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
1996 · Movie
as Self
Kulturzeit
1995 · TV Show
as self
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Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
1992 · Movie
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
1986 · Movie
as Self
Giger's Alien
1979 · Movie
as Self
The Hollywood Greats
1977 · TV Show
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Film '72
1971 · TV Show
as Self
One of the Missing
1968 · Movie
as Unionist officer (uncredited)
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American Gangster Special
· Movie
as Self
Crew Credits
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The Riders
2027 · Movie
Producer
The Dog Stars
2026 · Movie
Director, Producer
Blade Runner 2099
2026 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Terror: Devil in Silver
2026 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Echo Valley
2025 · Movie
Producer
Trap House
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Flight 182
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Chronology of Water
2025 · Movie
Executive Producer
Dope Thief
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer, Director
Prime Target
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Alien: Earth
2025 · TV Show
Executive Producer
A Sacrifice
2024 · Movie
Producer
Alien: Romulus
2024 · Movie
Producer
Gladiator II
2024 · Movie
Director, Producer
Boston Strangler
2023 · Movie
Producer
A Haunting in Venice
2023 · Movie
Producer
Napoleon
2023 · Movie
Director, Producer
Kaleidoscope
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Great Expectations
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Still Missing Morgan
2023 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Choose or Die
2022 · Movie
Executive Producer
Death on the Nile
2022 · Movie
Producer
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Last Duel
2021 · Movie
Director, Producer
House of Gucci
2021 · Movie
Director, Producer
Naked Singularity
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
Life in a Day 2020
2021 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Donut King
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
Jungleland
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
Switzerlanders
2020 · Movie
Executive Producer
Raised by Wolves
2020 · TV Show
Director, Executive Producer
Our Friend
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
Earthquake Bird
2019 · Movie
Producer
FX's A Christmas Carol
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Last Vermeer
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Aftermath
2019 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Passage
2019 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Hot Zone
2019 · TV Show
Executive Producer
American Woman
2018 · Movie
Producer
Zoe
2018 · Movie
Executive Producer
Thlípsi
2018 · Movie
Thanks
Strange Angel
2018 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Terror
2018 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Alien: Covenant
2017 · Movie
Director, Producer
Newness
2017 · Movie
Executive Producer
All the Money in the World
2017 · Movie
Director, Producer
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Movie
Executive Producer
Murder on the Orient Express
2017 · Movie
Producer
2036: Nexus Dawn
2017 · Movie
Screenstory, Producer
Phoenix Forgotten
2017 · Movie
Producer
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017 · Movie
Producer
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2017 · Movie
Executive Producer
Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos
2017 · Movie
Producer
The Good Fight
2017 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Taboo
2017 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Morgan
2016 · Movie
Producer
India In a Day
2016 · Movie
Executive Producer
Mindhorn
2016 · Movie
Executive Producer
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
2016 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Child 44
2015 · Movie
Producer
The Martian
2015 · Movie
Director, Producer
Concussion
2015 · Movie
Producer
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Zero
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
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Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
Equals
2015 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Man in the High Castle
2015 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Halo: Nightfall
2014 · Movie
Executive Producer
Exodus: Gods and Kings
2014 · Movie
Director, Producer
Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
2014 · Movie
Executive Producer
Get Santa
2014 · Movie
Executive Producer
Before I Go to Sleep
2014 · Movie
Executive Producer
Klondike
2014 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The East
2013 · Movie
Producer
Stoker
2013 · Movie
Producer
The Counselor
2013 · Movie
Director, Producer
Out of the Furnace
2013 · Movie
Producer
Killing Kennedy
2013 · Movie
Executive Producer
Killing Lincoln
2013 · Movie
Executive Producer
Springsteen & I
2013 · Movie
Executive Producer
Welcome to the Punch
2013 · Movie
Executive Producer
Crimes of the Century
2013 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Prometheus
2012 · Movie
Director, Producer
The Grey
2012 · Movie
Producer
Britain in a Day
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Polar Bears
2012 · Movie
Producer
Loom
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer
Japan in a Day
2012 · Movie
Executive Producer
Ghost Recon: Alpha
2012 · Movie
Producer
World Without End
2012 · TV Show
Producer
Coma
2012 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Life in a Day
2011 · Movie
Executive Producer
Robin Hood
2010 · Movie
Director, Producer
The A-Team
2010 · Movie
Executive Producer
Cyrus
2010 · Movie
Executive Producer
Welcome to the Rileys
2010 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Real Robin Hood
2010 · Movie
Producer
The Pillars of the Earth
2010 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Cracks
2009 · Movie
Executive Producer
Into the Storm
2009 · Movie
Executive Producer
Tell-Tale
2009 · Movie
Producer
The Good Wife
2009 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Body of Lies
2008 · Movie
Director, Producer
The Andromeda Strain
2008 · TV Show
Executive Producer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007 · Movie
Producer
American Gangster
2007 · Movie
Director, Producer
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
2007 · Movie
Director
The Company
2007 · TV Show
Executive Producer
A Good Year
2006 · Movie
Director, Producer
Tristan & Isolde
2006 · Movie
Executive Producer
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Orpheus
2006 · Movie
Executive Producer
All the Invisible Children
2006 · Movie
Director
Kingdom of Heaven
2005 · Movie
Director, Producer
In Her Shoes
2005 · Movie
Producer
Le court des grands
2005 · Movie
Director
Numb3rs
2005 · TV Show
Executive Producer
Matchstick Men
2003 · Movie
Director, Producer
Cinema16: British Short Films
2003 · Movie
Director
The Gathering Storm
2002 · Movie
Executive Producer
Hostage
2002 · Movie
Executive Producer
Ticker
2002 · Movie
Executive Producer
Beat the Devil
2002 · Movie
Executive Producer
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
2002 · Movie
Thanks
No image
AFP: American Fighter Pilot
2002 · TV Show
Producer
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Movie
Director, Producer
Hannibal
2001 · Movie
Director, Producer
Gladiator
2000 · Movie
Director, Executive Producer
Where the Money Is
2000 · Movie
Producer
The Last Debate
2000 · Movie
Executive Producer
RKO 281
1999 · Movie
Executive Producer
Clay Pigeons
1998 · Movie
Producer
G.I. Jane
1997 · Movie
Director, Producer
The Swords
1997 · Movie
Executive Producer
White Squall
1996 · Movie
Director, Executive Producer
Monkey Trouble
1994 · Movie
Executive Producer
The Browning Version
1994 · Movie
Producer
The King of Ads, Part 2
1993 · Movie
Director
1492: Conquest of Paradise
1992 · Movie
Director, Producer
Thelma & Louise
1991 · Movie
Director, Producer
The King of Ads
1991 · Movie
Director
Black Rain
1989 · Movie
Director
Someone to Watch Over Me
1987 · Movie
Director, Executive Producer
Legend
1985 · Movie
Director
Blade Runner
1982 · Movie
Director
Alien
1979 · Movie
Director
The Duellists
1977 · Movie
Director, Camera Operator
Robert
1967 · Movie
Director
Half Hour Story
1967 · TV Show
Director
Adam Adamant Lives!
1966 · TV Show
Director
The Informer
1966 · TV Show
Director
Boy and Bicycle
1965 · Movie
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography
Some Lapse of Time
1965 · Movie
Production Design
Out of the Unknown
1965 · TV Show
Production Design
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965 · TV Show
Director
Z-Cars
1962 · TV Show
Director
Comedy Playhouse
1961 · TV Show
Production Design
No image
Sunday-Night Play
1960 · TV Show
Production Design
No image
Outside
· Movie
Producer
No image
Mind MGMT
· Movie
Producer
No image
First Ascent
· Movie
Producer
No image
War Party
· Movie
Producer
No image
Children of the Jungle
· Movie
Producer
Vicious
· Movie
Producer
No image
Gladiator III
· Movie
Producer, Writer
No image
Embraced by the Light
· Movie
Producer
No image
Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel
· Movie
Producer
No image
Narco Sub
· Movie
Producer
No image
God of the Rodeo
· Movie
Producer
No image
Whoever Fights Monsters
· Movie
Producer
No image
You Should Be Dancing
· Movie
Director
No image
Inground
· Movie
Producer
No image
Here Be Monsters
· Movie
Producer
No image
Battle of Britain
· Movie
Director
No image
Nightwatching
· Movie
Producer
No image
They Like the Dark
· Movie
Producer
Treasure Island
· Movie
Director, Producer
No image
Nue
· Movie
Producer
No image
The Vesuvius Challenge
· Movie
Executive Producer
No image
Untitled Ernest Shackleton Film
· Movie
Producer
No image
Pompeii: A Day of Fire
· TV Show
Executive Producer
