🎬Ridley Scott

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).

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Dog Stars (2026) Recently popular movies	Director / Writer		7
2	Gladiator II (2024)	Director / Writer		6.7
3	Napoleon (2023)	Director / Writer		6.5
4	The Last Duel (2021) Most waited movies 2021	Director / Writer		7.6
5	House of Gucci (2021) Most waited movies 2021	Director / Writer		6.4
6	2036: Nexus Dawn (2017)	Director / Writer		7.6
7	Alien: Covenant (2017)	Director / Writer		6.8
8	All the Money in the World (2017)	Director / Writer		6.7
9	The Long Way Home: Making 'The Martian' (2016)	Self	-	-
10	Keepers of the Covenant: Making 'Exodus: Gods and Kings' (2015)	Self		6
11	The Martian (2015) Top 100 by FilmGator	Director / Writer		8.2
12	Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)	Director / Writer		5.9
13	Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014)	Self	-	-
14	The Counselor (2013)	Director / Writer		4.9
15	The Furious Gods: Making Prometheus (2012)	Self		8
16	Prometheus (2012) Oscars 2013	Director / Writer		7.1
17	Robin Hood (2010)	Director / Writer		6.6
18	Body of Lies (2008)	Director / Writer		6.6
19	American Gangster (2007) Oscars 2008	Director / Writer		7.6
20	Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)	Self	-	-
21	All the Invisible Children (2006)	Director / Writer		10
22	A Good Year (2006)	Director / Writer		6.1
23	Strength and Honor: Creating the World of 'Gladiator' (2005)	Self		8.7
24	Ben-Hur: The Epic That Changed Cinema (2005)	Self		9
25	Kingdom of Heaven (2005)	Director / Writer		7.1
26	The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (2004)	Self	-	-
27	Matchstick Men (2003)	Director / Writer		7.2
28	Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey (2003)	Self	-	-
29	Hannibal (2001)	Director / Writer		6.8
30	Black Hawk Down (2001) Oscars 2002	Director / Writer		7.6
31	Gladiator (2000) Top 30 in 2000s	Director / Writer		8.3
32	G.I. Jane (1997)	Director / Writer		6.2
33	White Squall (1996)	Director / Writer		7.3
34	1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)	Director / Writer		5.9
35	Thelma & Louise (1991)	Director / Writer		7.4
36	Black Rain (1989)	Director / Writer		6.1
37	Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)	Director / Writer		3
38	Legend (1985)	Director / Writer		6.2
39	Blade Runner (1982)	Director / Writer		8
40	Alien (1979)	Director / Writer		8.2
41	The Duellists (1977)	Director / Writer		6.2
42	You Should Be Dancing	Director / Writer	-	-