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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.
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?
- Noctua's Revenge (documentary) - about the former constellation Noctua (nonfiction)
- Ridley Scott
Nonfiction cross-reference
Alien, Scott's breakthrough film about a monster aboard a spacecraft.
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External links
- Ridley Scott @ Wikipedia