Directed credits
38
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Ridley Scott
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
4.3
Moderate attention
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Directed movies: 32Directed series: 6All crew credits: 152
TMDB ID: 578
IMDb ID: nm0000631
Known for: Directing
Born: November 30, 1937
Age: 88
Place of birth: South Shields, County Durham, England, UK
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1961 - 2026
Years active: 66
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q56005
Also known as
Sir Ridley Scott • Ridley Leighton Scott
Frequent jobs
Director (38)Executive Producer (73)Producer (36)Production Design (3)Thanks (2)
Biography
Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. His work includes science fiction, crime, and historical epics, with an atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. Scott is the eighth-highest-grossing director of all time, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received numerous accolades including two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, as well as nominations for four Academy Awards, eight BAFTA Awards, and a Grammy Award. He has also been honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018 and the Academy Honorary Award in 2026. Scott was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003, and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024. An alumnus of the Royal College of Art in London, Scott began his career in television as a designer and director before moving into advertising as a commercial director. He made his film directorial debut with The Duellists (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, Alien (1979). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century Romein Gladiator (2000) and its 2024 sequel, 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), futuristic cityscapes of Los Angeles in Blade Runner (1982), and extraterrestrial worlds in Alien, Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015) and Alien: Covenant (2017). Scott has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times, for Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down, while also receiving a nomination for Best Picture for The Martian. In 1995, both Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. Three of his films—Alien, Blade Runner, and Thelma & Louise—have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being considered "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In a 2004 BBC poll, Scott was ranked 10th on the list of most influential people in British culture. Scott also works in television and has earned 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won twice, for Outstanding Television Film for the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002) and for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for the History Channel's Gettysburg (2011). He was Emmy-nominated for RKO 281 (1999), The Andromeda Strain (2008), and The Pillars of the Earth (2010). Along with Hugh Hudson, Adrian Lyne, Alan Parker, and his brother Tony, Scott was part of the "Adland Five" of British directors operating in the late 1970s and early 1980s who first established themselves in the advertising world before going on to Hollywood success. Christopher Nolan and Christopher Frayling have cited the group's influence. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ridley Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Directed Movies
Movies directed by Ridley Scott.
The Dog Stars
Director
2026 Movie
Gladiator II
Director
2024 Movie
Napoleon
Director
2023 Movie
House of Gucci
Director
2021 Movie
The Last Duel
Director
2021 Movie
Alien: Covenant
Director
2017 Movie
The Martian
Director
2015 Movie
Exodus: Gods and Kings
Director
2014 Movie
The Counselor
Director
2013 Movie
Prometheus
Director
2012 Movie
Robin Hood
Director
2010 Movie
Cinema 16: European Short Films (U.S. Edition)
Director
2007 Movie
A Good Year
Director
2006 Movie
All the Invisible Children
Director
2006 Movie
Le court des grands
Director
2005 Movie
Matchstick Men
Director
2003 Movie
Cinema16: British Short Films
Director
2003 Movie
Hannibal
Director
2001 Movie
Gladiator
Director
2000 Movie
White Squall
Director
1996 Movie
The King of Ads, Part 2
Director
1993 Movie
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Director
1992 Movie
The King of Ads
Director
1991 Movie
Thelma & Louise
Director
1991 Movie
Directed Series
Series directed by Ridley Scott.
Raised by Wolves
Director • 2 eps
2020 Series
Half Hour Story
Director • 1 eps
1967 Series
The Informer
Director • 2 eps
1966 Series
Adam Adamant Lives!
Director • 3 eps
1966 Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director • 1 eps
1965 Series
Z-Cars
Director • 1 eps
1962 Series
Upcoming Series
Next announced series projects with Ridley Scott.
Nov 25
Blade Runner 2099
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2026 Series
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Ridley Scott.
Gladiator
Director
2000 Movie
Alien
Director
1979 Movie
Blade Runner
Director
1982 Movie
The Martian
Director
2015 Movie
Blade Runner 2049
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
Thelma & Louise
Director
1991 Movie
American Gangster
Producer
2007 Movie
Black Hawk Down
Producer
2001 Movie
The Last Duel
Director
2021 Movie
The Duellists
Director
1977 Movie
Life in a Day
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
FX's A Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
2019 Movie
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Ridley Scott.
Taboo
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2017 Series
The Pillars of the Earth
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2010 Series
The Good Wife
Executive Producer • 156 eps
2009 Series
The Good Fight
Executive Producer • 60 eps
2017 Series
The Man in the High Castle
Executive Producer • 40 eps
2015 Series
Raised by Wolves
Director • 2 eps
2020 Series
The Terror
Executive Producer • 20 eps
2018 Series
Alien: Earth
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2025 Series
The Hot Zone
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2019 Series
Klondike
Executive Producer • 3 eps
2014 Series
Numb3rs
Executive Producer • 118 eps
2005 Series
The Passage
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2019 Series
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Ridley Scott.
Blade Runner 2049
Executive Producer
2017 Movie
The Dog Stars
Director
2026 Movie
Alien
Director
1979 Movie
Kingdom of Heaven
Producer
2005 Movie
The Martian
Director
2015 Movie
Gladiator
Director
2000 Movie
Alien: Covenant
Director
2017 Movie
Alien: Romulus
Producer
2024 Movie
Blade Runner
Director
1982 Movie
Gladiator II
Director
2024 Movie
Black Hawk Down
Producer
2001 Movie
Death on the Nile
Producer
2022 Movie
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Ridley Scott.
The Good Wife
Executive Producer • 156 eps
2009 Series
Numb3rs
Executive Producer • 118 eps
2005 Series
The Good Fight
Executive Producer • 60 eps
2017 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
Z-Cars
Director • 1 eps
1962 Series
The Man in the High Castle
Executive Producer • 40 eps
2015 Series
Thirty-Minute Theatre
Director • 1 eps
1965 Series
Alien: Earth
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2025 Series
The Terror
Executive Producer • 20 eps
2018 Series
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2026 Series
Taboo
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2017 Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2023 Series
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Ridley Scott.
Trap House
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Flight 182
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
The Chronology of Water
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
Echo Valley
Producer
2025 Movie
Alien: Romulus
Producer
2024 Movie
A Sacrifice
Producer
2024 Movie
A Haunting in Venice
Producer
2023 Movie
Boston Strangler
Producer
2023 Movie
Choose or Die
Executive Producer
2022 Movie
Death on the Nile
Producer
2022 Movie
Naked Singularity
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
Kipchoge: The Last Milestone
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
Life in a Day 2020
Executive Producer
2021 Movie
Jungleland
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
The Donut King
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Switzerlanders
Executive Producer
2020 Movie
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Ridley Scott.
Nov 25
Blade Runner 2099
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2026 Series
The Terror: Devil in Silver
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2026 Series
Alien: Earth
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2025 Series
Dope Thief
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2025 Series
Prime Target
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2025 Series
Great Expectations
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2023 Series
Still Missing Morgan
Executive Producer • 4 eps
2023 Series
Kaleidoscope
Executive Producer • 9 eps
2023 Series
The Hot Zone
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2019 Series
The Passage
Executive Producer • 10 eps
2019 Series
Strange Angel
Executive Producer • 17 eps
2018 Series
The Terror
Executive Producer • 20 eps
2018 Series
The Good Fight
Executive Producer • 60 eps
2017 Series
Taboo
Executive Producer • 8 eps
2017 Series
Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Executive Producer • 6 eps
2016 Series
The Man in the High Castle
Executive Producer • 40 eps
2015 Series
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Ridley Scott.
Thelma & Louise: Born to Live
as Self
2025 Movie
The Making of Gladiator II
as Self
2024 Movie
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero
as Self
2023 Movie
Film: The Living Record of Our Memory
as Self
2022 Movie
The Making of the Last Duel
as Self
2021 Movie
The Blade Runner Phenomenon
as Self - Director (1982)
2021 Movie
Kreka: Dreamcatcher
as Self
2021 Movie
Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2019 Movie
Trumbull Land
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
The Dream Palace: A People's History of Tyneside Cinema
2018 Movie
Blade Runner 2049: Behind the Scenes
2018 Movie
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Ridley Scott.
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2023 Series
Directors on Directors
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
James Cameron's Story of Science Fiction
as Self • 5 eps
2018 Series
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self • 2 eps
2015 Series
Prophets of Science Fiction
as Himself - Presenter • 8 eps
2011 Series
The Directors
as Self • 1 eps
1999 Series
The Hollywood Greats
1 eps
1977 Series