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Ridley Scott

Scott was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, the son of Elizabeth and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. He was raised in an Army family, meaning that for most of his early life, his father — an officer in the Royal Engineers — was absent. Ridley's older brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. During this time the family moved around, living in (among other areas) Cumbria, Wales and Germany. He has a younger brother, Tony, also a film director. After the Second World War, the Scott family moved back to their native north-east England, eventually settling in Teesside (whose industrial landscape would later inspire similar scenes in Blade Runner). He enjoyed watching films, and his favourites include Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane and Seven Samurai. Scott studied in Teesside from 1954 to 1958, at Grangefield Grammar School and later in West Hartlepool College of Art, graduating with a Diploma in Design. He progressed to an M.A. in graphic design at the Royal College of Art from 1960 to 1962. At the RCA he contributed to the college magazine, ARK and helped to establish its film department. For his final show, he made a black and white short film, Boy and Bicycle, starring his younger brother, Tony Scott, and his father. The film's main visual elements would become features of Scott's later work; it was issued on the 'Extras' section of The Duellists DVD. After graduation in 1963, he secured a job as a trainee set designer with the BBC, leading to work on the popular television police series Z-Cars and the science fiction series Out of the Unknown. Scott was an admirer of Stanley Kubrick early in his development as a director. For his entry to the BBC traineeship, Scott remade Paths of Glory as a short film. He was assigned to design the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, which would have entailed realising the famous alien creatures. However, shortly before Scott was due to start work, a schedule conflict meant that he was replaced on the serial by Raymond Cusick. At the BBC, Scott was placed into a director training programme and, before he left the corporation, had directed episodes of Z-Cars, its spin-off, Softly, Softly, and adventure series Adam Adamant Lives! In 1968, Ridley and Tony Scott founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company.Five members of the Scott family are directors, all working for RSA. Brother Tony has been a successful film director for more than two decades; sons, Jake and Luke are both acclaimed commercials directors as is his daughter, Jordan Scott. Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles and Luke is based in London. In 1995, Shepperton Studios was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.  


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Born:
Nov 30, 1937 In South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Movie/TV Credits:
36
First Appeared:
In the series The Hollywood Greats 1977-08-04
Latest Project:
Movie L'Âge d'or de la pub 2023-06-02
Known For
Poster of The Real Robin Hood
Poster of Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner'
Poster of Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend'
Poster of The Alien Legacy
Filmography
Movie L'Âge d'or de la pub Self (archive footage) 2023-06-02
Movie Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face Self - Interviewee (archive footage) 2022-10-09
Movie Kreka: Dreamcatcher Self 2021-05-16
Movie The Blade Runner Phenomenon Self - Director (1982) 2021-05-27
Movie Memory: The Origins of Alien Self (archival footage) 2019-01-24
Movie Sword-and-Sandal Self (archive footage) 2019-04-14
Movie Robin Hood - En vert et contre tous himself 2017-07-30
Movie Laddie: The Man Behind the Movies Self 2017-11-12
Movie The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' Self 2016-06-07
Movie Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Himself (archive footage) 2015-08-07
Movie Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' Self 2015-03-17
Movie Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' Self 2014-02-11
Movie Trespassing Bergman Self 2013-08-28
Movie The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus Self 2012-10-11
Movie Bergmans video Self 2012-08-22
Series Prophets of Science Fiction Himself - Presenter 2011-11-09
Movie The Real Robin Hood Self 2010-05-11
Movie Dangerous Days: Making 'Blade Runner' Self 2007-12-18
Movie Black Rain: Making The Film Self 2006-10-10
Movie The Path to Redemption Self 2006-01-01
Movie 50 Films to See Before You Die Self 2006-07-22
Movie Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' Self 2005-06-07
Movie Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema Self 2005-09-13
Movie Watch the Skies!: Science Fiction, the 1950s and Us Self 2005-07-05
Movie Murder by Numbers Self 2004-03-16
Movie Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey Self 2003-02-04
Movie The Beast Within: Making Alien Self 2003-12-02
Movie Creating a Myth... the Memories of 'Legend' Himself 2002-05-21
Movie Duelling Directors: Ridley Scott & Kevin Reynolds Self 2002-12-03
Movie Breaking the Silence: The Making of Hannibal Self 2001-08-21
Movie On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' Self 2000-07-15
Series The Directors Unknown 1999-01-01
Movie The Alien Legacy Self 1999-06-01
Movie The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money Self 1996-11-17
Movie Giger's Alien Self 1979-01-01
Series The Hollywood Greats Unknown 1977-08-04