
Ridley Scott
Highest Rated: 98% Alien (1979)
Lowest Rated: 25% A Good Year (2006)
Birthday: Nov 30, 1937
Birthplace: South Shields, England, UK
One of the more respected and prolific filmmakers in modern cinema, director-producer Ridley Scott amassed a portfolio containing some of the most critically and commercially successful movies of all time. Emerging from the world of television commercial production, Scott was nearly 40 years old by the time he helmed his first feature "The Duellists" (1977). Its lackluster reception left audiences ill-prepared for the massive impact that came next with the classic science-fiction/horror film "Alien" (1979). Although a commercial disaster at the time, "Blade Runner" (1982) would later be regarded as one of the most influential sci-fi movies ever made, while Scott's on-set behavior during production earned him a lasting reputation as an exceptionally stubborn and difficult director. The years that followed were marked by the ebb and flow of disappointment and triumph, as illustrated by efforts like "Legend" (1985), "Thelma & Louise" (1991), "White Squall" (1996) and "Gladiator" (2000). Remarkably, Scott moved into the next millennium with an even steadier output of work that included such highlights as "Black Hawk Down" (2001), "Kingdom of Heaven" (2005), "American Gangster" (2007), the "Alien" prequel-of-sorts "Prometheus" (2012) and the Academy Award-nominated science fiction comedy-thriller "The Martian" (2015). Having settled into a more efficient and actor-friendly style of filmmaking during the second half of his career, Scott enjoyed the luxury of tackling themes of personal interest on film projects endowed with budgets less-proven directors could only dream of.
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Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Duel |
Director, Producer |
- | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Death on the Nile | Producer | - | 2021 |
70% | 91% | The Last Vermeer | Executive Producer | $682.3K | 2019 |
28% | 50% | The Aftermath | Executive Producer | $1.6M | 2019 |
74% | 50% | Jungleland | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
50% | 54% | Earthquake Bird | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
32% | 55% | Zoe | Executive Producer | - | 2018 |
88% | 81% | American Woman | Producer | $253.1K | 2018 |
80% | 87% | Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
44% | 40% | Phoenix Forgotten | Producer | $3.6M | 2017 |
80% | 65% | All the Money in the World |
Director, Producer |
$24.8M | 2017 |
65% | 55% | Alien: Covenant |
Director, Producer |
$74.2M | 2017 |
71% | 61% | Newness | Executive Producer | - | 2017 |
36% | 39% | Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Producer | $767.9K | 2017 |
88% | 81% | Blade Runner 2049 | Executive Producer | $91.5M | 2017 |
60% | 53% | Murder on the Orient Express | Producer | $101.5M | 2017 |
63% | 68% | Killing Reagan | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
37% | 30% | Morgan | Producer | $3.9M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | India in a Day | Executive Producer | - | 2016 |
27% | 41% | Child 44 | Producer | $1.2M | 2015 |
43% | 29% | Killing Jesus | Executive Producer | - | 2015 |
36% | 42% | Equals | Executive Producer | $32.1K | 2015 |
59% | 74% | Concussion | Producer | $33.8M | 2015 |
91% | 91% | The Martian |
Director, Producer |
$228.4M | 2015 |
37% | 40% | Before I Go to Sleep | Executive Producer | $3.2M | 2014 |
31% | 35% | Exodus: Gods and Kings |
Director, Producer |
$65M | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Vatican |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 81% | Trespassing Bergman | Unknown (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 27% | The Counsellor | Director | - | 2013 |
70% | 60% | Stoker | Producer | $1.7M | 2013 |
33% | 23% | The Counselor |
Director, Producer |
$16.9M | 2013 |
88% | 79% | Springsteen & I | Executive Producer | - | 2013 |
53% | 52% | Out of the Furnace | Producer | $11.3M | 2013 |
76% | 64% | The East | Producer | $2.3M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Killing Lincoln | Producer | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Japan in a Day | Executive Producer | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Britain in a Day | Executive Producer | - | 2012 |
79% | 61% | The Grey | Producer | $51.5M | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ghost Recon: Alpha | Producer | - | 2012 |
73% | 68% | Prometheus |
Director, Producer |
$126.5M | 2012 |
80% | 79% | Life in a Day | Executive Producer | $247.2K | 2011 |
49% | 66% | The A-Team | Executive Producer | $77.2M | 2010 |
54% | 58% | Welcome to the Rileys | Executive Producer | $152.9K | 2010 |
43% | 58% | Robin Hood |
Director, Producer |
$105.2M | 2010 |
80% | 53% | Cyrus | Executive Producer | $7.5M | 2010 |
44% | 49% | Cracks | Executive Producer | $17.6K | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tell Tale | Producer | - | 2009 |
55% | 62% | Body of Lies |
Director, Producer |
$39.4M | 2008 |
81% | 82% | American Gangster |
Director, Producer |
$130.1M | 2007 |
76% | 75% | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Producer | $3.9M | 2007 |
25% | 65% | A Good Year |
Director, Producer |
$7.5M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 71% | All the Invisible Children | Director | - | 2005 |
39% | 72% | Kingdom of Heaven |
Director, Producer |
$47.4M | 2005 |
75% | 66% | In Her Shoes | Producer | $32.9M | 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alien: The Director's Cut | Director | - | 2003 |
82% | 74% | Matchstick Men | Director | $36.9M | 2003 |
94% | 95% | Alien: The Director's Cut | Director | - | 2003 |
83% | 82% | The Gathering Storm | Executive Producer | - | 2002 |
76% | 88% | Black Hawk Down |
Director, Producer |
$108.6M | 2001 |
39% | 62% | Hannibal | Director | $165.1M | 2001 |
77% | 87% | Gladiator | Director | $187.7M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Debate | Executive Producer | - | 2000 |
48% | 36% | Where the Money Is | Producer | $5.7M | 2000 |
93% | 76% | RKO 281 | Executive Producer | - | 1999 |
62% | 68% | Clay Pigeons | Producer | $1.8M | 1998 |
51% | 53% | G.I. Jane | Director | $48.2M | 1997 |
58% | 65% | White Squall | Director | $10.3M | 1996 |
78% | 79% | The Browning Version | Producer | $172.1K | 1994 |
50% | 41% | Monkey Trouble | Executive Producer | $16.3M | 1994 |
32% | 50% | 1492: Conquest of Paradise |
Director, Producer |
$6.5M | 1992 |
84% | 82% | Thelma & Louise |
Director, Producer |
$43.3M | 1991 |
50% | 55% | Black Rain | Director | $44.9M | 1989 |
65% | 41% | Someone to Watch Over Me |
Director, Executive Producer |
$8.9M | 1987 |
38% | 73% | Legend | Director | $12.3M | 1985 |
90% | 91% | Blade Runner |
Director, Co-Producer |
$3.9M | 1982 |
98% | 94% | Alien | Director | $81.1M | 1979 |
92% | 83% | The Duellists | Director | - | 1978 |
TV
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72% | 75% | Raised by Wolves |
Executive Producer, Director |
2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | FREE HBO MAX: Raised by Wolves HD |
Executive Producer, Director |
2020 |
96% | 79% | The Good Fight | Executive Producer | 2017-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Christmas Carol | Executive Producer | 2019 |
84% | 81% | The Man in the High Castle | Executive Producer | 2018-2019 2015-2016 |
87% | 77% | The Terror | Producer | 2018-2019 |
71% | 72% | Strange Angel | Executive Producer | 2018-2019 |
62% | 85% | The Passage | Executive Producer | 2019 |
83% | 82% | James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter | Guest | 2018 |
70% | 97% | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | Executive Producer | 2016-2017 |
73% | 82% | Mercy Street | Executive Producer | 2017 |
76% | 92% | Taboo | Executive Producer | 2017 |
65% | 92% | BrainDead | Executive Producer | 2016 |
93% | 92% | The Good Wife | Executive Producer | 2009-2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 20/20 | Guest | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS This Morning | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Killing Jesus | Executive Producer | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood's Best Directors | Unknown (Character) | 2014 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Crimes of the Century | Executive Producer | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | World Without End | Executive Producer | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2012 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prophets of Science Fiction | Host | 2011-2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2010 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Numb3ers | Executive Producer | 2005-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Company | Executive Producer | 2007 |
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