Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937) film director and producer known for his stylish visuals and an obsession for detail.
Scott has developed a method for filming intricate shots as swiftly as possible:
"I
like working, always, with a minimum of three cameras… So those 50
set-ups [a day] might only be 25 set-ups except I'm covering in the
set-up. So you're finished. I mean, if you take a little bit more time
to prep on three cameras, or if it's a big stunt, eleven cameras, and -
whilst it may take 45 minutes to set up - then when you're ready you say
'Action!', and you do three takes, two takes and is everybody happy?
You say, 'Yeah, that's it.' So you move on."
- Ridley Scott's The Best Movies: Gladiator, Blade Runner, Alien
- Academy Awards for Directing (Oscar): -
- Top Box Office: Gladiator (2000) - $187,705,427. Alien (1979) - $80,931,801
- Guarantee the blockbuster: 70%
- Favourite actor: Russell Crowe
- Actors who may thank him: Russell Crowe, Gerard Depardieu
- Favourite actress: -
- Actress who may thank him: Sigourney Weaver
Ridley Scott Filmography
Prometheus
Cast:
Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Sean
Harris, Kate Dickie, Logan Marshall-Green, Patrick Wilson
Ridley
Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he
helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology,
in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind
on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of
the universe. There, they must fight a terrifying battle to save the
future of the human race.
Robin Hood
Cast:
Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, Vanessa Redgrave, Mark Strong, Scott
Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Oscar Isaacs, Lea Seydoux, William
Hurt, Danny Huston
Oscar winner Russell Crowe stars as the
legendary figure known by generations as Robin Hood, whose exploits have
endured in popular mythology and ignited the imagination of those who
share his spirit of adventure and righteousness. In 13th century
England, Robin and his band of marauders confront corruption in a local
village and lead an uprising against the crown that will forever alter
the balance of world power. And whether thief or hero, one man from
humble beginnings will become an eternal symbol of freedom for his
people.
Robin Hood chronicles the life of an
expert archer, previously interested only in self-preservation, from his
service in King Richard's army against the French. Upon Richard’s
death, Robin travels to Nottingham, a town suffering from the corruption
of a despotic sheriff and crippling taxation, where he falls for the
spirited widow Lady Marion (Cate Blanchett), a woman skeptical of the
identity and motivations of this crusader from the forest. Hoping to
earn the hand of Maid Marion and salvage the village, Robin assembles a
gang whose lethal mercenary skills are matched only by its appetite for
life. Together, they begin preying on the indulgent upper class to
correct injustices under the sheriff.
With
their country weakened from decades of war, embattled from the
ineffective rule of the new king and vulnerable to insurgencies from
within and threats from afar, Robin and his men heed a call to ever
greater adventure. This unlikeliest of heroes and his allies set off to
protect their country from slipping into bloody civil war and return
glory to England once more.
Body of Lies
Body of Lies
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice Van Houten, Vince Colosimo,
Carice van Houten, Ali Suliman, Ben Youcef, Michael Gaston
Based
on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA
operative, Roger Ferris (Leonardo DiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a
major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When
Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the
backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe) and the
collegial, but perhaps suspect, head of Jordanian intelligence. Although
ostensibly his allies, Ferris questions how far he can really trust
these men without putting his entire operation - and his life - on the
line.
American Gangster
American Gangster
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe
Based
on the life of drug-kingpin-turned-informant, Frank Lucas, who grew up
in segregated North Carolina where he watched as his cousin was shot by
the Klan for looking at a white girl. He eventually made his way to
Harlem where he became a heroin kingpin by traveling to Asia's Golden
Triangle to make connections, shipping heroin back to the US in the
coffins of soldiers killed in Vietnam. He soon made upwards of one
million dollars a day in drug sales. Lucas was shadowed by lawman,
Richie Roberts, who finally helped bring the kingpin to justice. The two
then worked together to expose the crooked cops and foreign nationals
who made importing heroin so easy.
A Good Year
A Good Year
Cast:
Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Abbie Cornish, Marion Cotillard, Valeria
Bruni-Tedeschi, Didier Bourdon, Tom Hollander, Freddie Highmore
Oscar-winner
Russell Crowe reunites with Gladiator director Ridley Scott in A Good
Year. London-based investment expert Max Skinner (Russell Crowe) moves
to Provence to sell a small vineyard he has inherited from his late
uncle. As Max reluctantly settles into what ultimately becomes an
intoxicating new chapter in his life, he encounters a beautiful
California woman who also lays claim to the property.
Kingdom of Heaven
Cast:
Orlando Bloom, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson,
Marton Csokas, Liam Neeson, Edward Norton
Ridley
Scott directed this epic-scale historical drama inspired by the events
of the Crusades of the 12th century. Balian (Orlando Bloom) is a humble
French blacksmith who is searching for a reason to go on after the death
of his wife and children. Balian is approached by Godfrey of Ibelin
(Liam Neeson), a fabled knight who has briefly returned home after
serving in the East. Godfrey informs Balian that he is his true father,
and urges the blacksmith to join him as he and his forces journey to
Jerusalem to help defend the holy city. Balian accepts, and he and
Godfrey arrive during the lull between the Second and Third Crusades, in
which the city is enjoying a fragile peace.
Both Christian and
Muslim forces are temporarily in retreat, thanks to the wisdom of the
ChristianKingdom of Heaven 3 monarch King Baldwin IV (Edward Norton),
his second-in-command Tiberias (Jeremy Irons), and Muslim potentate
Saladin (Ghassan Massoud). Violent agitators on both sides are foolishly
eager to end the peace in a bid for greater power, and Saladin bows to
pressures from Muslim factions; Godfrey is one of a handful of brave
knights who has thrown his allegiance behind Baldwin IV and his
community of diversity, and Balian joins him as they use their skills as
warriors in a bid to build a lasting peace. Kingdom of Heaven also
stars Eva Green as the princess Sibylla, David Thewlis as Hospitaler the
priest, and Brendan Gleeson as Reynald.
Matchstick Men
Matchstick Men
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Fran Kranz
Con
artists Roy (Nicholas Cage) and Frank (Sam Rockwell) are on the verge
of pulling off the perfect scam when Roy's teenage daughter Angela
(Alison Lohman) unexpectantly disrupts his plan.
Black Hawk Down
Black Hawk Down
Cast: Tom Sizemore, Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Sam Shepard, William Fichtner, Ewen Bremner, Ioan Gruffudd
A
quickly forgotten chapter in United States military history is relived
in this harrowing war drama from director Ridley Scott, based on a
series of Philadelphia Inquirer articles and subsequent book by reporter
Mark Bowden. On October 3rd, 1993, an elite team of more than 100 Delta
Force soldiers and Army Rangers, part of a larger United Nations
peacekeeping force, are dropped into civil war-torn Mogadishu, Somalia,
in an effort to kidnap two of local crime lord Mohamed Farah Aidid's top
lieutenants. Among the team: Staff Sgt. Matt Eversmann (Josh Hartnett),
Ranger Lt. Col. Danny McKnight (Tom Sizemore), the resourceful Delta
Sgt. First Class Jeff Sanderson (William Fichtner), and Ranger Spec.
Grimes (Ewan McGregor), a desk-bound clerk getting his first taste of
live combat. When two of the mission's Black Hawk helicopters are shot
down by enemy forces, the Americans -- committed to recovering every
man, dead or alive -- stay in the area too long and are quickly
surrounded. The ensuing firefight is a merciless 15-hour ordeal and the
longest ground battle involving American soldiers since the Vietnam War.
In the end, 70 soldiers are injured and 18 are dead, along with
hundreds of Somalians.
Hannibal
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman, Ray Liotta, Giancarlo Giannini
Ten
years after tracking down serial killer Jame Gumb, FBI Special Agent
Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore) is unjustly blamed for a bungled drug
raid. Starling and her connection to Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)
come to the attention of Lecter's only surviving victim, Mason Verger
(Gary Oldman), a wealthy child molester whom Lecter left horribly
disfigured and paralyzed after having been assigned as Verger's
court-appointed therapist...
Gladiator
Cast:
Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard
Harris, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, David Schofield, Tommy Flanagan
Gladiator
is a 2000 epic film directed by Ridley Scott, starring Russell Crowe,
Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Ralf Moeller, Oliver Reed, Djimon
Hounsou, Derek Jacobi, and Richard Harris. Crowe portrays the loyal
General Maximus Decimus Meridius, who is betrayed when the Emperor's
ambitious son Commodus (Joaquin Phoenix) murders his father and seizes
the throne. Reduced to slavery, Maximus rises through the ranks of the
gladiatorial arena to avenge the murder of his family and his Emperor.
In the final days of Marcus Aurelius' reign, the aging emperor
arouses his son Commodus' anger when he makes known his wish that
Maximus be his successor. Power-hungry Commodus kills his father and
orders the death of Maximus. But the latter flees and hides his identity
by becoming slave and a gladiator. Eventually, Maximus journeys back to
Rome to confront his arch-rival.
Blade Runner
Blade Runner
Cast: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M.
Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James
Blade
Runner is a 1982 American sci-fi film, directed by Ridley Scott and
starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, and Sean Young. The screenplay,
written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, is based loosely on the
novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick.
The film depicts a dystopian Los Angeles in November 2019 in which
genetically engineered beings called replicants-visually
indistinguishable from adult humans-are manufactured by the all-powerful
Tyrell Corporation. As a result of a violent replicant uprising, their
use on Earth is banned, and replicants are exclusively used for
dangerous or menial work on Earth's off-world colonies. Any replicants
who defy the ban and return to Earth are hunted down and "retired" by
police assassins known as "blade runners". The plot focuses on a brutal
and cunning group of recently escaped replicants hiding in Los Angeles
and the semi-retired blade runner, Rick Deckard, who reluctantly agrees
to take on one more assignment.
Alien
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt, Bolaji Badejo, John Hurt, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto
Alien
is a 1979 science fiction horror film directed by Ridley Scott and
starring Tom Skerritt, Sigourney Weaver, Veronica Cartwright, Harry Dean
Stanton, John Hurt, Ian Holm and Yaphet Kotto. The film's title refers
to its primary antagonist: a highly aggressive extraterrestrial creature
which stalks and kills the crew of a spaceship.
Alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success,
receiving an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects, Saturn Awards for
Best Science Fiction Film, Best Direction for Scott, and Best Supporting
Actress for Cartwright, and a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic
Presentation, along with numerous other award nominations It has
remained highly praised in subsequent decades, being inducted into the
National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2002 for historical
preservation as a film which is "culturally, historically, or
aesthetically significant" and being ranked by the American Film
Institute in 2008 as the seventh-best film in the science fiction genre.
In
a futuristic world, Michelle lives everyday battling with DNA Hackers
who use their skills to hack into people's bodies and kill them. She is
an assassin, battling her past demons and trying to keep her younger
and extroverted brother, Jackie, out of trouble. When Jackie gets
involved in a petty crime of robbery, he propels himself into the world
of DNA Hackers, Shylocks (Loan Sharks) and Gang Fights. Wanting the
respect that the world has never given to him only makes it harder for
Jackie to peel himself away from the underground trades, against the
hopes of his sister, Michelle. Michelle always wanted to leave the city
and lead a calm and quiet lifestyle. As emotions and gunfire get into
the way, Michelle and Jackie soon find themselves battling between
their lives and finding out that in an immoral world, love can still
survive; and that blood is thicker than water.
Bai
was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China; "Bai", her
family
name, literally means "white". Ling, a common Chinese given name, means
clever. Her father, Bai Yuxiang was a musician in the People's
Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin was
a dancer, stage actress, and a literature teacher in Sichuan
University; Bai's maternal grandfather was a military officer of the
Kuomintang army, and thus was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution.
