His elder brother, Frank, joined the Merchant Navy when he was still young and the pair had little contact. His father, an officer in the Royal Engineers, was absent for most of his early life. Born two years before World War II began, Scott was brought up in a military family. One of his cinemas, Tyneside Cinema, is still operating in Newcastle and is the last remaining newsreel cinema in the UK. His grand-uncle Dixon Scott was a pioneer of the cinema chain and opened many cinemas around Tyneside. Scott was born on 30 November 1937 in South Shields, County Durham to Elizabeth ( née Williams) and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. A supporter of strong female characters in his work, Scott credits his mother Elizabeth as his first female role model I think that's where the respect has come from, because she was tough."
We just said, 'Yup, okay' – we didn't argue. She laid down the law and the law was God. During the war and post-war, we tended to travel following him around so my mum was the boss. "My mum brought three boys up: my dad was in the army and so he was frequently away. In a 2004 BBC poll, Scott was ranked 10 on the list of most influential people in British culture. In 1995, both Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture, and he received a nomination in the same category for The Martian. Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing, which he received for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down. Several of his films are also known for their strong female characters, such as Thelma & Louise (1991). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century Rome in Gladiator (2000), 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), or the futuristic cityscapes of Blade Runner and different planets in Alien, Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015) and Alien: Covenant (2017). Three years later he would direct Blade Runner, which Scott calls his "most complete and personal film". He made his debut as a film director with The Duellists (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, Alien (1979).
He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007, and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011.Īn alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising, where he honed his filmmaking skills by making mini-films for television commercials. In 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the British film industry.
Scott has received many accolades throughout his career, including the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in 2018. Best known for directing films in the science fiction and historical drama genres, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer.
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