FILM DIRECTOR

Ridley Scott

1937 - Today

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Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ridley Scott is the 11th most popular film director, the 72nd most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 2nd most popular British Film Director.

Ridley Scott is most famous for directing the films Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Thelma and Louise, and Black Hawk Down.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Ridley Scott ranks 11 out of 2,041. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock, Federico Fellini, Stanley Kubrick, Akira Kurosawa, Woody Allen, and Roman Polanski. After him are Pier Paolo Pasolini, Sergei Eisenstein, Luis Buñuel, Andrei Tarkovsky, Leni Riefenstahl, and Wim Wenders.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1937, Ridley Scott ranks 6. Before him are Saddam Hussein, Anthony Hopkins, Harald V of Norway, Valentina Tereshkova, and Morgan Freeman. After him are Ahmed Yassin, Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Bobby Charlton, Jane Fonda, and Queen Sonja of Norway.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ridley Scott ranks 72 out of 8,785. Before him are Thomas Robert Malthus (1766), Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857), John Stuart Mill (1806), Alex Ferguson (1941), James Clerk Maxwell (1831), and Edward Heath (1916). After him are John Dee (1527), George III of the United Kingdom (1738), David Bowie (1947), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Lewis Carroll (1832), and Alfred the Great (849).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United Kingdom

Among film directors born in United Kingdom, Ridley Scott ranks 2. Before him are Alfred Hitchcock (1899). After him are Ken Loach (1936), Alan Parker (1944), Tony Scott (1944), Christopher Nolan (1970), Peter Brook (1925), Richard Attenborough (1923), David Lean (1908), Peter Greenaway (1942), Stephen Frears (1941), and Mike Newell (1942).

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