Ridley Scott
Biography
Ridley Scott is an English filmmaker born on November 30, 1937, in South Shields, County Durham, England, UK. He began his career in television as a designer and director. Scott directs films in various genres, including science fiction, crime, and historical epic, with a distinctive visual style. He has received numerous accolades and has been knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003. Scott is also a Knight Grand Cross, appointed by King Charles III in 2024. He is an alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London. Scott's films have grossed a cumulative $5 billion worldwide, ranking him among the highest-grossing directors.
Career overview
Ridley Scott is a British filmmaker known for directing films in various genres, including science fiction, crime, and historical epic. His visual style is characterized as atmospheric and highly concentrated. Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before transitioning to film.
Throughout his career, Scott has directed numerous films, with a cumulative worldwide gross of $5 billion. He has also worked in television, although specific details about his TV work are not provided. Scott's filmography is extensive, with 240 known credits.
As a result of his contributions to the film industry, Scott has received various accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018. He has also been recognized with two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Additionally, Scott has been honored with a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024.
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- The Dog Stars (2026) Director
- The Dog Stars (2026) Producer
- The Terror: Devil in Silver (2026) Executive Producer
- Alien: Earth (2025) Executive Producer
- Prime Target (2025) Executive Producer
- Trap House (2025) Executive Producer
- Dope Thief (2025) Executive Producer
- Dope Thief (2025) Director
- Echo Valley (2025) Producer
- Flight 182 (2025) Executive Producer
- Thelma & Louise: Born to Live (2025) as Self
- Alien: Romulus (2024) Producer
- Gladiator II (2024) Director
- Gladiator II (2024) Producer
- A Sacrifice (2024) Producer
- The Making of Gladiator II (2024) as Self
- Kaleidoscope (2023) Executive Producer
- Great Expectations (2023) Executive Producer
- Napoleon (2023) Director
- Napoleon (2023) Producer
- A Haunting in Venice (2023) Producer
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma (2023) as Self - Guest
- Boston Strangler (2023) Producer
- Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero (2023) as Self
- Still Missing Morgan (2023) Executive Producer
- L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Death on the Nile (2022) Producer
- Choose or Die (2022) Executive Producer
- Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2022) as Self
- The Last Duel (2021) Director
- The Last Duel (2021) Producer
- House of Gucci (2021) Director
- House of Gucci (2021) Producer
- Directors on Directors (2021) as Self
- Naked Singularity (2021) Executive Producer
- Life in a Day 2020 (2021) Executive Producer
- The Making of the Last Duel (2021) as Self
- The Blade Runner Phenomenon (2021) as Self - Director (1982)
- Kreka: Dreamcatcher (2021) as Self
- Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021) Executive Producer
- Raised by Wolves (2020) Director
- Raised by Wolves (2020) Executive Producer
- The Donut King (2020) Executive Producer
- Jungleland (2020) Executive Producer
- Switzerlanders (2020) Executive Producer
- The Passage (2019) Executive Producer
- The Hot Zone (2019) Executive Producer
- The Aftermath (2019) Executive Producer
- FX's A Christmas Carol (2019) Executive Producer
- Earthquake Bird (2019) Producer
- The Last Vermeer (2019) Executive Producer
- Our Friend (2019) Executive Producer
- Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic (2019) as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
- The Terror (2018) Executive Producer
- James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction (2018) as Self
- Strange Angel (2018) Executive Producer
- Zoe (2018) Executive Producer
- Thlípsi (2018) Thanks
- American Woman (2018) Producer
- Trumbull Land (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema (2018)
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Executive Producer
- The Good Fight (2017) Executive Producer
- Alien: Covenant (2017) Director
- Alien: Covenant (2017) Producer
- Taboo (2017) Executive Producer
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017) Producer
- Newness (2017) Executive Producer
- All the Money in the World (2017) Director
- All the Money in the World (2017) Producer
- Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous (2017) as himself
- Phoenix Forgotten (2017) Producer
- Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017) Producer
- 2036: Nexus Dawn (2017) Screenstory
- 2036: Nexus Dawn (2017) Producer
- Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Phobos (2017) Producer
- Alien: Covenant - Crew Messages (2017) Director
- Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies (2017) as Self
- Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives (2017) Executive Producer
- Morgan (2016) Producer
- Jean-Claude Van Johnson (2016) Executive Producer
- Mindhorn (2016) Executive Producer
- The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016) as Self
- India In a Day (2016) Executive Producer
- The Man in the High Castle (2015) Executive Producer
- The Martian (2015) Director
- The Martian (2015) Producer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) as Self
- Child 44 (2015) Producer
- Concussion (2015) Producer
- Equals (2015) Executive Producer
- Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015) as Self
- Zero (2015) Executive Producer
- Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs (2015) Executive Producer
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) Director
- Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014) Producer
- Before I Go to Sleep (2014) Executive Producer
- Klondike (2014) Executive Producer
- Halo: Nightfall (2014) Executive Producer
- Get Santa (2014) Executive Producer
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014) as Self
- Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani (2014) Executive Producer
- The Counselor (2013) Director
- The Counselor (2013) Producer
- Welcome to the Punch (2013) Executive Producer
- Out of the Furnace (2013) Producer
- Stoker (2013) Producer
- Trespassing Bergman (2013) as Self
- The East (2013) Producer
- Killing Lincoln (2013) Executive Producer
- Killing Kennedy (2013) Executive Producer
- Crimes of the Century (2013) Executive Producer
- Springsteen & I (2013) Executive Producer
- Prometheus (2012) Director
- Prometheus (2012) Producer
- The Grey (2012) Producer
- World Without End (2012) Producer
- Coma (2012) Executive Producer
- Ghost Recon: Alpha (2012) Producer
- The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus (2012) as Self
- The Polar Bears (2012) Producer
- Japan in a Day (2012) Executive Producer
- Loom (2012) Executive Producer
- Britain in a Day (2012) Executive Producer
- Prophets of Science Fiction (2011) as Himself - Presenter
- Life in a Day (2011) Executive Producer
- The Pillars of the Earth (2010) Executive Producer
- Robin Hood (2010) Director
- Robin Hood (2010) Producer
- The A-Team (2010) Executive Producer
- Welcome to the Rileys (2010) Executive Producer
- Cyrus (2010) Executive Producer
- The Real Robin Hood (2010) as Self
- The Real Robin Hood (2010) Producer
- Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood (2010) as Self
- The Good Wife (2009) Executive Producer
- Cracks (2009) Executive Producer
- Into the Storm (2009) Executive Producer
- Tell-Tale (2009) Producer
- Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies' (2009) as Self
- Body of Lies (2008) Director
- Body of Lies (2008) Producer
- The Andromeda Strain (2008) Executive Producer
- Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster' (2008) as Self
- American Gangster (2007) Director
- American Gangster (2007) Producer
- The Company (2007) Executive Producer
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) Producer
- Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007) as Self
- Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition) (2007) Director
- Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard (2007) as Self
- Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling (2007) as Self
- Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film (2007) as Self
- The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth (2007) as Self
- A Good Year (2006) Director
- A Good Year (2006) Producer
- Tristan & Isolde (2006) Executive Producer
- All the Invisible Children (2006) Director
- The Path to Redemption (2006) as Self
- Orpheus (2006) Executive Producer
- 50 Films to See Before You Die (2006) as Self
- Black Rain: Making The Film (2006) as Self
- Numb3rs (2005) Executive Producer
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Director
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) Producer
- In Her Shoes (2005) Producer
- Nos Bastidores de Hollywood (2005) as Self (archive footage)
- Le court des grands (2005) Director
- Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' (2005) as Self
- Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005) as Self
- Strength and Honor: Production Pods (2005) as Self
- Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us (2005) as Self
- The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing (2004) as Self
- The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (2004) as Self
- Murder by Numbers (2004) as Self
- Matchstick Men (2003) Director
- Matchstick Men (2003) Producer
- Cinema16: British Short Films (2003) Director
- The Beast Within: Making Alien (2003) as Self
- Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2003) as Self
- The Alien Saga (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- The Gathering Storm (2002) Executive Producer
- AFP: American Fighter Pilot (2002) Producer
- Ticker (2002) Executive Producer
- Beat the Devil (2002) Executive Producer
- The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down' (2002)
- Hostage (2002) Executive Producer
- Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' (2002) as Himself
- Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds (2002) as Self
- Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds (2002) Thanks
- Black Hawk Down (2001) Director
- Black Hawk Down (2001) Producer
- Hannibal (2001) Director
- Hannibal (2001) Producer
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal (2001) as Self
- Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul (2001) as Self
- Gladiator (2000) Director
- Gladiator (2000) Executive Producer
- Where the Money Is (2000) Producer
- Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport (2000) as Self
- The Last Debate (2000) Executive Producer
- On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000) as Self
- The Directors (1999) as Self
- RKO 281 (1999) Executive Producer
- The Alien Legacy (1999) as Self
- Clay Pigeons (1998) Producer
- G.I. Jane (1997) Director
- G.I. Jane (1997) Producer
- The Swords (1997) Executive Producer
- Hollywood Halloween (1997) as Self
- White Squall (1996) Director
- White Squall (1996) Executive Producer
- The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money (1996) as Self
- Kulturzeit (1995) as self
- Monkey Trouble (1994) Executive Producer
- The Browning Version (1994) Producer
- The King of Ads, Part 2 (1993) Director
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Director
- 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992) Producer
- Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott (1992)
- Thelma & Louise (1991) Director
- Thelma & Louise (1991) Producer
- The King of Ads (1991) Director
- Black Rain (1989) Director
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) Director
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987) Executive Producer
- A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema (1986) as Self
- Legend (1985) Director
- Blade Runner (1982) Director
- Alien (1979) Director
- Giger's Alien (1979) as Self
- The Hollywood Greats (1977)
- The Duellists (1977) Director
- The Duellists (1977) Camera Operator
- Film '72 (1971) as Self
- One of the Missing (1968) as Unionist officer (uncredited)
- Half Hour Story (1967) Director
- Robert (1967) Director
- Adam Adamant Lives! (1966) Director
- The Informer (1966) Director
- Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965) Director
- Out of the Unknown (1965) Production Design
- Boy and Bicycle (1965) Director
- Boy and Bicycle (1965) Writer
- Boy and Bicycle (1965) Producer
- Boy and Bicycle (1965) Director of Photography
- Some Lapse of Time (1965) Production Design
- Z-Cars (1962) Director
- Comedy Playhouse (1961) Production Design
- Sunday-Night Play (1960) Production Design
- Blade Runner 2099 Executive Producer
- First Ascent Producer
- Treasure Island Director
- Treasure Island Producer
- Nightwatching Producer
- Nue Producer
- You Should Be Dancing Director
- Pompeii: A Day of Fire Executive Producer
- Narco Sub Producer
- They Like the Dark Producer
- Untitled Alien: Romulus Sequel Producer
- Mind MGMT Producer
- Whoever Fights Monsters Producer
- Gladiator III Producer
- Gladiator III Writer
- Battle of Britain Director
- God of the Rodeo Producer
- Vicious Producer
- The Riders Producer
- Embraced by the Light Producer
- The Vesuvius Challenge Executive Producer
- Children of the Jungle Producer
- War Party Producer
- American Gangster Special as Self
- Inground Producer
- Here Be Monsters Producer
- Outside Producer