Ridley Scott
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1937-11-30 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Ridley Scott
Biography
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. 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).
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Acting
(2025)
Alien, Terror in Space
as Self (archive footage)
(2025)
(2024)
The Making of Gladiator II
as Self
(2023)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
(2022)
(2021)
The Making of the Last Duel
as Self
(2021)
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
(2021)
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Director (1982)
(2019)
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(2019)
Memory: The Origins of Alien
as Self (archival footage)
(2018)
(2018)
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
(2017)
(2017)
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous
as himself
(2016)
(2015)
(2015)
Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
as Himself (archive footage)
(2014)
(2013)
Trespassing Bergman
as Self
(2012)
(2010)
The Real Robin Hood
as Self
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
(2007)
(2006)
(2006)
Black Rain: Making The Film
as Self
(2006)
The Path to Redemption
as Self
(2005)
(2005)
(2005)
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
as Self
(2005)
(2004)
Murder by Numbers
as Self
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
(2002)
The Alien Saga
as Self (archive footage)
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
(2001)
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
The Alien Legacy
as Self
(1997)
Hollywood Halloween
as Self
(1996)
(1986)
(1979)
Giger's Alien
as Self
(1968)
One of the Missing
as Unionist officer (uncredited)
Crew
Outside
Producer
Mind MGMT
Producer
First Ascent
Producer
War Party
Producer
Bomb
Director, Producer
The Chronology of Water
Producer
Freewalkers
Director, Producer
Children of the Jungle
Producer
Vicious
Producer
Trap House
Executive Producer
Gladiator III
Producer, Writer
Embraced by the Light
Producer
The Dog Stars
Director, Producer
Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel
Producer
Narco Sub
Producer
The Riders
Producer
God of the Rodeo
Producer
(2025)
Echo Valley
Producer
(2024)
A Sacrifice
Producer
(2024)
Alien: Romulus
Producer
(2024)
Gladiator II
Director, Producer
(2023)
Boston Strangler
Producer
(2023)
A Haunting in Venice
Producer
(2023)
Behold
Director
(2023)
Napoleon
Director, Producer
(2022)
Choose or Die
Executive Producer
(2022)
Death on the Nile
Producer
(2021)
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
Executive Producer
(2021)
The Last Duel
Director, Producer
(2021)
House of Gucci
Director, Producer
(2021)
Naked Singularity
Executive Producer
(2021)
Life in a Day 2020
Executive Producer
(2020)
The Donut King
Executive Producer
(2020)
Jungleland
Executive Producer
(2020)
Switzerlanders
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Journey
Director
(2019)
Our Friend
Executive Producer
(2019)
Earthquake Bird
Producer
(2019)
FX's A Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Last Vermeer
Executive Producer
(2019)
The Aftermath
Executive Producer
(2018)
American Woman
Producer
(2018)
Zoe
Executive Producer
(2018)
Thlípsi
Thanks
(2017)
Alien: Covenant
Director, Producer
(2017)
Newness
Executive Producer
(2017)
All the Money in the World
Director, Producer
(2017)
Blade Runner 2049
Executive Producer
(2017)
Murder on the Orient Express
Producer
(2017)
2036: Nexus Dawn
Screenstory, Producer
(2017)
Phoenix Forgotten
Producer
(2017)
(2017)
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
Executive Producer
(2017)
Prologue: The Crossing
Director, Writer
(2017)
Phobos
Producer
(2017)
Prologue: Last Supper
Producer
(2016)
Morgan
Producer
(2016)
India In a Day
Executive Producer
(2016)
Mindhorn
Executive Producer
(2015)
Child 44
Producer
(2015)
The Martian
Director, Producer
(2015)
Concussion
Producer
(2015)
Zero
Executive Producer
(2015)
Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs
Executive Producer
(2015)
Equals
Executive Producer
(2014)
Halo: Nightfall
Executive Producer
(2014)
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Director, Producer
(2014)
Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
Executive Producer
(2014)
Get Santa
Executive Producer
(2014)
Before I Go to Sleep
Executive Producer
(2013)
The East
Producer
(2013)
Stoker
Producer
(2013)
The Counselor
Director, Producer
(2013)
Out of the Furnace
Producer
(2013)
Killing Kennedy
Executive Producer
(2013)
Killing Lincoln
Executive Producer
(2013)
Springsteen & I
Executive Producer
(2013)
Welcome to the Punch
Executive Producer
(2012)
Prometheus
Director, Producer
(2012)
The Grey
Producer
(2012)
Britain in a Day
Executive Producer
(2012)
The Polar Bears
Producer
(2012)
Loom
Executive Producer
(2012)
Japan in a Day
Executive Producer
(2012)
Ghost Recon: Alpha
Producer
(2012)
Peter Weyland at TED2023
Producer
(2012)
Happy Birthday David
Producer
(2012)
Transmission
Producer
(2011)
Life in a Day
Executive Producer
(2010)
Robin Hood
Director, Producer
(2010)
The A-Team
Executive Producer
(2010)
Cyrus
Executive Producer
(2010)
Welcome to the Rileys
Executive Producer
(2010)
The Real Robin Hood
Producer
(2009)
Cracks
Executive Producer
(2009)
Into the Storm
Executive Producer
(2009)
Tell-Tale
Producer
(2008)
Body of Lies
Director, Producer
(2007)
(2007)
American Gangster
Director, Producer
(2007)
(2006)
A Good Year
Director, Producer
(2006)
Tristan & Isolde
Executive Producer
(2006)
Orpheus
Executive Producer
(2005)
Kingdom of Heaven
Director, Producer
(2005)
In Her Shoes
Producer
(2005)
Le court des grands
Director
(2005)
Thunder Perfect Mind
Director
(2005)
All the Invisible Children
Director
(2003)
Matchstick Men
Director, Producer
(2003)
Cinema16: British Short Films
Director
(2002)
The Gathering Storm
Executive Producer
(2002)
Hostage
Executive Producer
(2002)
Ticker
Executive Producer
(2002)
Beat the Devil
Executive Producer
(2002)
(2002)
(2001)
Black Hawk Down
Director, Producer
(2001)
Hannibal
Director, Producer
(2000)
Gladiator
Director, Executive Producer
(2000)
RKO 281
Executive Producer
(2000)
Where the Money Is
Producer
(2000)
The Last Debate
Executive Producer
(1998)
Clay Pigeons
Producer
(1997)
G.I. Jane
Director, Producer
(1997)
The Swords
Executive Producer
(1997)
Menage a Trois
Executive Producer
(1996)
White Squall
Director, Executive Producer
(1994)
Monkey Trouble
Executive Producer
(1994)
The Browning Version
Producer
(1993)
The King of Ads, Part 2
Director
(1992)
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Director, Producer
(1991)
Thelma & Louise
Director, Producer
(1991)
The King of Ads
Director
(1989)
Black Rain
Director
(1987)
Someone to Watch Over Me
Director, Executive Producer
(1985)
Legend
Director
(1982)
Blade Runner
Director
(1979)
Alien
Director
(1977)
The Duellists
Director, Camera Operator
(1967)
Robert
Director
(1965)
Boy and Bicycle
Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography