Ridley Scott

Renowned Academy Award®-nominated director Ridley Scott has been honored with Academy Award® nominations for Best Director for his work on BLACK HAWK DOWN, GLADIATOR, and THELMA & LOUISE. All three films also earned him DGA Award nominations.

Scott has garnered multiple nominations over his illustrious career. In addition to his Academy Award® and DGA nominations, he also earned a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Director for AMERICAN GANGSTER, starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. As he also served as a producer on the true-life drama, Scott received a BAFTA nomination for Best Film. Scott also received Golden Globe® and BAFTA nominations for Best Director for his epic GLADIATOR. The film won the Academy Award®, Golden Globe®, and BAFTA awards for Best Picture.

In 1977, Scott made his feature film directorial debut with THE DUELLISTS, for which he won the Best First Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival. He followed with the blockbuster science-fiction thriller ALIEN, which catapulted Sigourney Weaver to stardom and launched a successful franchise. In 1982, Scott directed the landmark film BLADE RUNNER, starring Harrison Ford. Considered a science-fiction classic, the futuristic thriller was added to the U.S. Library of Congress’ National Film Registry in 1993, and a director’s cut of BLADE RUNNER was released to renewed acclaim in 1993 and again in 2007.

Scott’s additional film directing credits include LEGEND, starring Tom Cruise; SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME; BLACK RAIN, starring Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia; 1492: CONQUEST OF PARADISE; WHITE SQUALL, starring Jeff Bridges; G.I. JANE, starring Demi Moore and Viggo Mortensen; HANNIBAL, starring Anthony Hopkins and Julianne Moore; BODY OF LIES, starring Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio; A GOOD YEAR, starring Russell Crowe and Albert Finney; the epic KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, with Orlando Bloom and Jeremy Irons; and MATCHSTICK MEN, starring Nicolas Cage and Sam Rockwell. Scott’s latest directorial effort was the hit version of the timeless tale of ROBIN HOOD marking his fifth collaboration with star Russell Crowe, also starring Cate Blanchett.

Ridley and his brother Tony formed commercial and advertising production company RSA in 1967. RSA has an established reputation for creating innovating and groundbreaking commercials for some of the world's most recognized corporate brands. In 1995, Ridley and Tony formed the film and television production company Scott Free. With offices in Los Angeles and London, the Scott’s have produced such films as IN HER SHOES, THE A-TEAM, CYRUS, and the Academy Award®-nominated THE ASSASSINATION OF JESSE JAMES. They also executive produced the Emmy®, Peabody, and Golden Globe® winning hit TV show THE GOOD WIFE for CBS, as well as the hit long-running series, NUMBERS, which ran for six seasons also on CBS. In addition, Ridley and Tony also served as executive producers on the company’s long-form projects including the Starz miniseries “The Pillars of The Earth”; the A&E miniseries “The Andromeda Strain,” based on the book by Michael Crichton; the TNT miniseries “The Company”; and the award-winning HBO movies RKO 281, THE GATHERING STORM, and INTO THE STORM.

In 2003, Scott was awarded a knighthood from the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his contributions to the arts.

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