Ridley Scott
Gender: Male
Born: 30th November 1937 (currently 74 years old)
Nationality: England
Movies: 1492 Conquest of Paradise, 1984, A Good Year, Alien, Alien Quadrilogy, All the Invisible Children, American Gangster, Black Hawk Down, Black Rain, Blade Runner, Body of Lies, Boy and Bicycle, G.I. Jane, Gladiator, Hannibal, Kingdom of Heaven, Legend, Matchstick Men, Prometheus, Robin Hood, Someone to Watch Over Me, The Duellists, Thelma & Louise, White Squall
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November, 1937) is an English film director and producer. His most famous films include The Duellists (1977), Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Legend (1985), Black Rain (1989), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), Hannibal (2001), Black Hawk Down (2001), Kingdom of Heaven (2005) and American Gangster (2007), Body of Lies (2008).
Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing, as well as Golden Globe and Emmy Awards. He was knighted in the 2003 New Year Honours. In 2011, Scott received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He is the older brother of film director Tony Scott.
Scott was born in South Shields, 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
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