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Ridley Scott
Directing Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise and Gladiator.
Alien · Blade Runner
- Born
- 30 November 1937
- Birthplace
- South Shields, United Kingdom
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Ridley Scott
Ridley Scott developed his visual precision in design, television and advertising before creating influential science-fiction worlds and historical epics.
Early life
North-east England
Grew up in a military family and later studied design in West Hartlepool.
Art school
Attended the Royal College of Art and made the short Boy and Bicycle.
Career
- 1960s
Television and advertising
Worked as a BBC designer and director before establishing a commercials company.
- 1977
Feature debut
Directed The Duellists.
- 1979–1982
Science-fiction landmarks
Made Alien and Blade Runner.
- 1990s onward
Expanding genres
Built a varied directing and producing career across drama and historical spectacle.
Selected work
Alien
A commercial spacecraft becomes the setting for a confined survival horror.
Blade Runner
A detective hunts artificial humans in a densely imagined future city.
Gladiator
A betrayed Roman general becomes an arena fighter.
Beyond work
Creative family
His brother Tony and children Jake, Luke and Jordan also became directors.
Commercials
Directed Apple's celebrated 1984 advertisement, applying cinematic imagery to advertising.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗BAFTA: Ridley Scott Fellowship ↗Photo: Raph_PH. CC BY 4.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
