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[[File:Ridley_Scott_(23716888011).jpg|thumb|Ridley Scott.]]'''Sir Ridley Scott''' (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. | [[File:Ridley_Scott_(23716888011).jpg|300px|thumb|Ridley Scott.]]'''Sir Ridley Scott''' (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. | ||
Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film ''[[Alien (nonfiction)]]'' (1979), his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film ''Blade Runner'' (1982), crime drama ''Thelma & Louise'' (1991), historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner ''Gladiator'' (2000), war film ''Black Hawk Down'' (2001), crime thriller ''Hannibal'' (2001), biographical film ''American Gangster'' (2007), and science fiction films ''Prometheus'' (2012) and ''The Martian'' (2015). | |||
Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), crime drama Thelma & Louise (1991), historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator (2000), war film Black Hawk Down (2001), crime thriller Hannibal (2001), biographical film American Gangster (2007), and science fiction films Prometheus (2012) and The Martian (2015). | |||
Scott is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. | Scott is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style. | ||
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His films range widely in setting and period. | His films range widely in setting and period. | ||
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File:Gladiator movie poster.jpg|link=What we do in life echoes in eternity (nonfiction)|"[[What we do in life echoes in eternity (nonfiction)|What we do in life echoes in eternity]]," according to latest simulation of Ridley Scott. | |||
File:Golem and Loew.jpg|link=Golem (nonfiction)|Rabbi Lowe interviews [[Golem (nonfiction)|golem]] for Scott's documentary film ''[[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]]''. | |||
File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|[[Ridley Scott]] revisits his documentary film ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)|Alien]]'', tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
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* [[Alien (documentary)]] - has been called "a brooding meditation on [[man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]" | * [[Alien (documentary)]] - has been called "a brooding meditation on [[man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)]]" | ||
* [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]] | * [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]] | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Noctua's Revenge (documentary)]] - about the former constellation [[Noctua (nonfiction)]] | * [[Noctua's Revenge (documentary)]] - about the former constellation [[Noctua (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Ridley Scott]] | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | |||
* ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)]]'' | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
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Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer.
Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien (nonfiction) (1979), his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), crime drama Thelma & Louise (1991), historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator (2000), war film Black Hawk Down (2001), crime thriller Hannibal (2001), biographical film American Gangster (2007), and science fiction films Prometheus (2012) and The Martian (2015).
Scott is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style.
His films range widely in setting and period.
In the News
"What we do in life echoes in eternity," according to latest simulation of Ridley Scott.
Rabbi Lowe interviews golem for Scott's documentary film Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?.
Ridley Scott revisits his documentary film Alien, tells reporters he is "thinking about" an upgrade version.
Fiction cross-reference
- Alien (documentary) - has been called "a brooding meditation on man's inhumanity to man (nonfiction)"
- Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Noctua's Revenge (documentary) - about the former constellation Noctua (nonfiction)
- Ridley Scott
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Ridley Scott @ Wikipedia