Ridley Scott
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 (64 Appearances)
American Gangster Special
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
The Making of Gladiator II
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
The Making of the Last Duel
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
Directors on Directors
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Trumbull Land
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies
Alien: Covenant - Master Class: Ridley Scott
Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous
The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian'
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings'
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Trespassing Bergman
The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus
Prophets of Science Fiction
Rise and Rise Again: Making Ridley Scott's Robin Hood
The Real Robin Hood
Actionable Intelligence: Deconstructing 'Body of Lies'
Fallen Empire: Making 'American Gangster'
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner
Sacrificial Sheep: The Novel vs. the Film
Deck-A-Rep: The True Nature of Rick Deckard
Fashion Forward: Wardrobe and Styling
The Light That Burns: Remembering Jordan Cronenweth
Black Rain: Making The Film
50 Films to See Before You Die
The Path to Redemption
Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema
Strength and Honor: Production Pods
Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us
Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator'
Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars'
Murder by Numbers
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey
Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds
The Alien Saga
The Essence of Combat: Making 'Black Hawk Down'
Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Gladiator Games: The Roman Bloodsport
On the Edge of 'Blade Runner'
The Alien Legacy
The Directors
Hollywood Halloween
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money
Kulturzeit
A Turnip Head's Guide To The British Cinema
Giger's Alien
The Hollywood Greats
One of the Missing