Ridley Scott
Directing
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).
Known for
Directing49
movieThe Dog Stars
2026
Director
tvDope Thief
2025
Director
movieGladiator II
2024
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movieNapoleon
2023
Director
movieHouse of Gucci
2021
Director
movieThe Last Duel
2021
Director
tvRaised by Wolves
2020
Director
movieAlien: Covenant
2017
Director
movieThe Martian
2015
Director
movieExodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Director
movieThe Counselor
2013
Director
moviePrometheus
2012
Director
movieRobin Hood
2010
Director
movieBody of Lies
2008
Director
movieAmerican Gangster
2007
Director
movieA Good Year
2006
Director
movieLe court des grands
2005
Director
movieKingdom of Heaven
2005
Director
movieMatchstick Men
2003
Director
movieBlack Hawk Down
2001
Director
movieHannibal
2001
Director
movieGladiator
2000
Director
movieG.I. Jane
1997
Director
movieWhite Squall
1996
Director
movieThe King of Ads, Part 2
1993
Director
movieThe King of Ads
1991
Director
movieThelma & Louise
1991
Director
movieBlack Rain
1989
Director
movieLegend
1985
Director
movieBlade Runner
1982
Director
movieAlien
1979
Director
movieThe Duellists
1977
Director
movieRobert
1967
Director
tvHalf Hour Story
1967
Director
tvThe Informer
1966
Director
tvAdam Adamant Lives!
1966
Director
tvThirty-Minute Theatre
1965
Director
movieBoy and Bicycle
1965
Director
tvZ-Cars
1962
Director
Production152
The Riders
2027
Producer
movieThe Dog Stars
2026
Producer
tvThe Terror: Devil in Silver
2026
Executive Producer
movieTrap House
2025
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movieFlight 182
2025
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tvAlien: Earth
2025
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movieEcho Valley
2025
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tvDope Thief
2025
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tvPrime Target
2025
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movieGladiator II
2024
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movieAlien: Romulus
2024
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movieA Sacrifice
2024
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movieNapoleon
2023
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movieA Haunting in Venice
2023
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tvGreat Expectations
2023
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movieBoston Strangler
2023
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tvStill Missing Morgan
2023
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tvKaleidoscope
2023
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movieChoose or Die
2022
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movieDeath on the Nile
2022
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movieHouse of Gucci
2021
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movieThe Last Duel
2021
Producer
movieNaked Singularity
2021
Executive Producer
movieKipchoge: The Last Milestone
2021
Executive Producer
movieLife in a Day 2020
2021
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movieJungleland
2020
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tvRaised by Wolves
2020
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movieThe Donut King
2020
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movieSwitzerlanders
2020
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movieFX's A Christmas Carol
2019
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movieEarthquake Bird
2019
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movieThe Last Vermeer
2019
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movieOur Friend
2019
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tvThe Hot Zone
2019
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movieThe Aftermath
2019
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tvThe Passage
2019
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movieZoe
2018
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tvStrange Angel
2018
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movieAmerican Woman
2018
Producer
tvThe Terror
2018
Executive Producer
movieNewness
2017
Executive Producer
movieBlade Runner 2049
2017
Executive Producer
movie2036: Nexus Dawn
2017
Producer
movieAlien: Covenant
2017
Producer
moviePhoenix Forgotten
2017
Producer
movieClive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives
2017
Executive Producer
tvThe Good Fight
2017
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tvTaboo
2017
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movieMindhorn
2016
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movieIndia In a Day
2016
Executive Producer
movieMorgan
2016
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tvJean-Claude Van Johnson
2016
Executive Producer
movieConcussion
2015
Producer
movieThe Martian
2015
Producer
Zero
2015
Executive Producer
movieEquals
2015
Executive Producer
movieChild 44
2015
Producer
Annabel's: A String of Naked Lightbulbs
2015
Executive Producer
tvThe Man in the High Castle
2015
Executive Producer
movieGet Santa
2014
Executive Producer
movieExodus: Gods and Kings
2014
Producer
movieBefore I Go to Sleep
2014
Executive Producer
movieItaly in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
2014
Executive Producer
movieHalo: Nightfall
2014
Executive Producer
tvKlondike
2014
Executive Producer
movieOut of the Furnace
2013
Producer
movieKilling Kennedy
2013
Executive Producer
movieThe Counselor
2013
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movieSpringsteen & I
2013
Executive Producer
tvCrimes of the Century
2013
Executive Producer
movieThe East
2013
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movieWelcome to the Punch
2013
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movieStoker
2013
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movieKilling Lincoln
2013
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movieThe Polar Bears
2012
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movieJapan in a Day
2012
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tvWorld Without End
2012
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tvComa
2012
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movieLoom
2012
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movieBritain in a Day
2012
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moviePrometheus
2012
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movieGhost Recon: Alpha
2012
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movieThe Grey
2012
Producer
movieLife in a Day
2011
Executive Producer
movieWelcome to the Rileys
2010
Executive Producer
tvThe Pillars of the Earth
2010
Executive Producer
movieCyrus
2010
Executive Producer
movieThe A-Team
2010
Executive Producer
movieRobin Hood
2010
Producer
movieThe Real Robin Hood
2010
Producer
movieCracks
2009
Executive Producer
tvThe Good Wife
2009
Executive Producer
movieInto the Storm
2009
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movieTell-Tale
2009
Producer
movieBody of Lies
2008
Producer
tvThe Andromeda Strain
2008
Executive Producer
movieAmerican Gangster
2007
Producer
tvThe Company
2007
Executive Producer
movieA Good Year
2006
Producer
movieTristan & Isolde
2006
Executive Producer
Orpheus
2006
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movieIn Her Shoes
2005
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movieKingdom of Heaven
2005
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tvNumb3rs
2005
Executive Producer
movieMatchstick Men
2003
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movieBeat the Devil
2002
Executive Producer
movieTicker
2002
Executive Producer
movieHostage
2002
Executive Producer
movieThe Gathering Storm
2002
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movieBlack Hawk Down
2001
Producer
movieHannibal
2001
Producer
movieThe Last Debate
2000
Executive Producer
movieGladiator
2000
Executive Producer
movieWhere the Money Is
2000
Producer
movieRKO 281
1999
Executive Producer
movieClay Pigeons
1998
Producer
movieG.I. Jane
1997
Producer
movieThe Swords
1997
Executive Producer
movieWhite Squall
1996
Executive Producer
movieThe Browning Version
1994
Producer
movieMonkey Trouble
1994
Executive Producer
movieThelma & Louise
1991
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movieSomeone to Watch Over Me
1987
Executive Producer
movieBoy and Bicycle
1965
Producer
Outside
Producer
Mind MGMT
Producer
First Ascent
Producer
War Party
Producer
movieVicious
Producer
Gladiator III
Producer
Narco Sub
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Inground
Producer
Nightwatching
Producer
Nue
Producer
The Vesuvius Challenge
Executive Producer
tvBlade Runner 2099
Executive Producer
Pompeii: A Day of Fire
Executive Producer
Acting65
tvFaut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
2023
Self - Guest
movieL'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Blade Runner Phenomenon
2021
Self - Director (1982)
movieSword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
2019
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
movieTrumbull Land
2018
Self (archive footage)
tvProphets of Science Fiction
2011
Himself - Presenter
movieNos Bastidores de Hollywood
2005
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Alien Saga
2002
Self (archive footage)
tvKulturzeit
1995
self
movieOne of the Missing
1968
Unionist officer (uncredited)
Art4
movieSome Lapse of Time
1965
Production Design
tvOut of the Unknown
1965
Production Design
tvComedy Playhouse
1961
Production Design
Sunday-Night Play
1960
Production Design
Writing3
movie2036: Nexus Dawn
2017
Screenstory
movieBoy and Bicycle
1965
Writer
Camera2
movieThe Duellists
1977
Camera Operator
movieBoy and Bicycle
1965
Director of Photography
