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Ridley Scott

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Biography

Successful British director whose artistic signature is an elaborate visual style, developed through years of experience as set designer and director of TV commercials.…more

Born

11/30/1937, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

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Gender

Male

Credits

Guest Star (5)

Role
- HBO First Look
  Himself
  - S 12: Ep 10 Kingdom of Heaven
    4/26/05
  - S 7: Ep 7 Gladiator
    5/1/00
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 54: Ep 1 The 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/22/02
- The Academy Awards
  Himself
  - S 74: Ep 1 The 74th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/02
  - S 73: Ep 1 The 73rd Annual Academy Awards
    3/25/01
  - S 64: Ep 1 The 64th Annual Academy Awards
    3/30/92
- Omnibus (UK)
  Himself
  - S 35: Ep 9 Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
    3/31/01
- The Directors
  Himself, the director.
Director (4)

Role
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 4 If He Hollers, Let Him Go
    1/27/69
- Adam Adamant Lives!
  Director
  - S 2: Ep 11 The Resurrectionists
    3/11/67
  - S 2: Ep 8 Death Begins at Seventy
    2/18/67
  - S 1: Ep 13 The League of Uncharitable Ladies
    9/22/66
- Thirty-Minute Theatre
  Director
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Hard Word
    5/16/66
- Z Cars
  Director
  - S 4: Ep 40 Error of Judgement
    6/9/65
Production Designer (2)

Role
- Out of the Unknown
  Production Designer
  - S 1: Ep 10 Some Lapse Of Time
    12/6/65
- R3
  Production Designer
  - S 2: Ep 8 And No Birds Sing
    8/24/65
Executive Producer (10)

Role
- The Good Wife
  Executive Producer
  - S 2: Ep 20 Foreign Affairs
    4/12/11
  - S 2: Ep 2 Double Jeopardy
    10/5/10
  - S 1: Ep 23 Running
    5/25/10
  - S 1: Ep 22 Hybristophilia
    5/18/10
  - S 1: Ep 21 Unplugged
    5/11/10
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Pillars of the Earth
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Work of Angels
    8/27/10
  - S 1: Ep 7 New Beginnings
    8/27/10
  - S 1: Ep 6 Witchcraft
    8/20/10
  - S 1: Ep 5 Legacy
    8/13/10
  - S 1: Ep 4 Battlefield
    8/6/10
  - + 3 More Credits
- Numb3rs
  Executive Producer
  - S 6: Ep 16 Cause and Effect
    3/12/10
  - S 6: Ep 15 Growin' Up
    3/5/10
  - S 6: Ep 14 And the Winner Is ...
    2/5/10
  - S 6: Ep 13 Devil Girl
    1/29/10
  - S 6: Ep 12 Arm in Arms
    1/15/10
  - + 108 More Credits
- Andromeda Strain
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Andromeda Strain Part 2
    5/27/08
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Andromeda Strain Part 1
    5/26/08
- The Company
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 3 Hours 5 & 6
    8/19/07
  - S 1: Ep 2 Hours 3 & 4
    8/12/07
  - S 1: Ep 1 Hours 1 & 2
    8/5/07
- AFP: American Fighter Pilot
  Executive Producer
- The Hunger
  Executive Producer
- Orpheus
  Executive Producer
- Law Dogs
  Executive Producer
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
- Nomads
  Executive Producer

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- Ridley is co-chairman of one of the largest digital production and post-production houses in London called Mill Film.
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- Ridley considers Harrison Ford to be the most difficult actor he has worked with. When they did Blade Runner together, he was the new kid on the block while Ford already knew a lot.
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- Ridley names Lawrence of Arabia, Citizen Kane, and Seven Samurai as his three favorite films.
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- Ridley Scott: Music is dialogue. People don't think about it that way, but music is actually dialogue. And sometimes music is the final, finished, additional dialogue. Music can be one of the final characters in the film.
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- Ridley Scott: (on directing his films) I don't think all directors do, but I certainly draw from personal experience - sometimes I remember things, sometimes it will come out from the back of my head and I'm thinking, I never knew where that came from.
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- Ridley Scott: (about the critics) They want purple, but you like red. So fuck it, I'm going to make red. I don't care what they say. I'm not making my movies for the critics.
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