Ridley Scott: Quick Facts

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Born	November 30, 1937 (age 88) • South Shields • England
Notable Works	“Alien” • “All the Money in the World” • “American Gangster” • “Black Hawk Down” • “Black Rain” • “Blade Runner” • “Body of Lies” • “Exodus: Gods and Kings” • “G.I. Jane” • “Gladiator II” • “Gladiator” • “Hannibal” • “House of Gucci” • “Kingdom of Heaven” • “Legend” • “Napoleon” • “Prometheus” • “Robin Hood” • “Someone to Watch Over Me” • “The Duellists” • “The Last Duel” • “The Martian” • “Thelma & Louise”
Notable Family Members	brother Tony Scott

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Ridley Scott stands in front of a dark, sculpted alien creature backdrop at the Alien: Covenant world premiere in London.

Three astronauts in bulky suits explore a rocky, fog-shrouded alien landscape with scattered debris in a scene from the film Alien, directed by Ridley Scott.

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Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley sits in a spaceship cockpit wearing a gray flight suit, in a scene from the 1979 film Alien directed by Ridley Scott.

John Hurt lies on a table in distress, surrounded by Sigourney Weaver, Yaphet Kotto, Tom Skerritt, and Ian Holm in a tense scene from the film Alien (1979).

Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard clings to a metal beam high above a futuristic city in a dramatic action scene from the film Blade Runner.

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