Editing Ridley Scott

{{Short description|English filmmaker (born 1937)}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| honorific-prefix   = Sir
| name               = Ridley Scott
| honorific-suffix   = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|GBEm}}
| image              = NASA Journey to Mars and “The Martian” (201508180030HQ).jpg
| caption            = Scott in 2015
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=y|1937|11|30}}
| birth_place        = [[South Shields]], Tyne and Wear, England
| alma_mater         = {{plainlist|
* [[West Hartlepool College of Art]]
* [[Royal College of Art]]
}}
| occupation         = {{hlist|Film director|producer}}
| years_active       = 1963–present
| works              = [[Ridley Scott filmography|Full list]]
| spouse             = {{unbulleted list
| {{marriage|Felicity Heywood|1964|1975|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|Sandy Watson|1979|1989|end=divorced}}
| {{marriage|[[Giannina Facio]]|2015}}
}}
| children           = {{hlist|[[Jake Scott (director)|Jake]]|[[Luke Scott (director)|Luke]]|[[Jordan Scott (filmmaker)|Jordan]]}}
| relatives          = [[Tony Scott]] (brother)
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Ridley Scott|Full list]]
}}

'''Sir Ridley Scott''' (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director and producer. He directs films in the [[Science fiction film|science fiction]], [[Crime film|crime]], and [[historical drama|historical epic]] genres, with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style.<ref name="commercials"/><ref name="Britannica">{{cite web|title=Ridley Scott|url=http://www.britannica.com/biography/Ridley-Scott|website=Encyclopædia Britannica|date=25 June 2023|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=24 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224175649/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ridley-Scott|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Visual style">{{cite news|last1=Matthews|first1=Jack|title=Regarding Ridley : For 15 years Ridley Scott has dazzled us with expressive imagery. 'Every time you make a film, really you're making a novel,' says the director|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-04-ca-1142-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=4 October 1992|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=8 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508115841/http://articles.latimes.com/1992-10-04/entertainment/ca-1142_1_ridley-scott|url-status=live}}</ref> He ranks among the [[List of highest-grossing film directors|highest-grossing directors]], with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received [[List of awards and nominations received by Ridley Scott|many accolades]], including the [[BAFTA Fellowship]] for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]], and a [[Golden Globe Award]].<ref name="BAFTA Felowship">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42888673|title=Sir Ridley Scott gets top Bafta honour|work=BBC News|access-date=18 February 2018|date=31 January 2018|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720221644/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42888673|url-status=live}}</ref> He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] by [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] in 2003,<ref name="knighted">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3054254.stm |title=Queen knights Gladiator director |work=BBC News |date=8 July 2003 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808002249/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3054254.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and appointed a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire|Knight Grand Cross]] by [[Charles III|King Charles III]] in 2024.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Gecsoyler |first=Sammy |date=2023-12-29 |title=New year honours 2024: awards for Shirley Bassey, Mary Earps and Michael Eavis |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/new-year-honours-2024-awards-for-shirley-bassey-mary-earps-and-michael-eavis |access-date=2023-12-30 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230002518/https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/29/new-year-honours-2024-awards-for-shirley-bassey-mary-earps-and-michael-eavis |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 director of commercials. He made his film directorial debut with ''[[The Duellists]]'' (1977) and gained wider recognition with his next film, ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' (1979). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century [[Rome]] in ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000) and its [[Gladiator II|2024 sequel]], 12th-century [[Jerusalem]] in ''[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven]]'' (2005), [[England in the Middle Ages|medieval England]] in ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'' (2010), [[Memphis, Egypt|ancient Memphis]] in ''[[Exodus: Gods and Kings]]'' (2014), contemporary [[Mogadishu]] in ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' (2001), futuristic cityscapes of Los Angeles in ''[[Blade Runner]]'' (1982) and extraterrestrial worlds in ''Alien'', ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' (2012), ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' (2015) and ''[[Alien: Covenant]]'' (2017).

Scott has been nominated for three [[Academy Award for Best Director|Academy Awards for Directing]] for ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'', ''Gladiator'' and ''Black Hawk Down''.<ref name="Britannica"/> ''Gladiator'' won the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]], and he received a nomination in the same category for ''The Martian''. In 1995, both Scott and his brother [[Tony Scott|Tony]] received a [[British Academy Film Award]] for [[BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award|Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema]].<ref name="Outstanding contribution">{{cite news|title=Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film/outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema|publisher=BAFTA|date=12 October 2015|access-date=12 October 2015|archive-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008130207/http://awards.bafta.org/award/1995/film/outstanding-british-contribution-to-cinema|url-status=live}}</ref> Scott's films ''Alien'', ''Blade Runner'' and ''Thelma & Louise'' were each 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 10 on the list of most influential people in British culture.<ref>{{cite news|title=iPod's low-profile creator tops cultural chart|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ipods-low-profile-creator-tops-cultural-chart-68924.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=18 March 2017|access-date=10 September 2017|archive-date=21 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821090235/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/ipods-low-profile-creator-tops-cultural-chart-68924.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Scott also works in television, and has earned 10 [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nominations. He won twice, for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie|Outstanding Television Film]] for the [[HBO]] film ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'' (2002) and for  [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special|Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special]] for the [[History Channel]]'s ''[[Gettysburg (2011 film)|Gettysburg]]'' (2011).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/albert-finney-dead-82-gathering-storm-churchill-hbo-1203133212/|title= Why Albert Finney Was the Perfect Winston Churchill: 'An English Bulldog of an Actor'|website= [[Variety (website)|Variety]]|date= 9 February 2019|accessdate= June 11, 2023|archive-date= 11 June 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230611201741/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/albert-finney-dead-82-gathering-storm-churchill-hbo-1203133212/|url-status= live}}</ref> He was Emmy-nominated for ''[[RKO 281]]'' (1999), ''[[The Andromeda Strain (miniseries)|The Andromeda Strain]]'' (2008), and ''[[The Pillars of the Earth (miniseries)|The Pillars of the Earth]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.emmys.com/bios/ridley-scott|title= Ridley Scott – Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins|website= [[Primetime Emmy Awards|www.emmys.com]]|accessdate= June 11, 2023|archive-date= 11 June 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230611201742/https://www.emmys.com/bios/ridley-scott|url-status= live}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
{{Quote box|width=20em|align=right|quote=My mum brought three boys up: my dad was in the army and so he was frequently away. During [[World War II|the war]] and post-war, we tended to travel following him around so my mum was the boss. She laid down the law and the law was God. We just said, "Yup, okay" – we didn't argue. I think that's where the respect has come from, because she was tough.|source = —  A supporter of strong female characters in his work, Scott credits his mother Elizabeth as his first female role model<ref name="Female heroes">{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott: Sexism is real, take it seriously|url=http://m.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-culture/ridley-scott-sexism-is-real-take-it-seriously-20151006-gk2d33.html|publisher=Daily Life|date=18 December 2016|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817083320/http://m.dailylife.com.au/news-and-views/dl-culture/ridley-scott-sexism-is-real-take-it-seriously-20151006-gk2d33.html|archive-date=17 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

Scott was born on 30 November 1937 in [[South Shields]],<!--South Shields was in County Durham until 1974, so County Durham is correct--> to Francis ("Frank") Percy Scott, a partner in a commercial shipping business based in Newcastle who would serve as a [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] in the [[Royal Engineers]] during the [[Second World War]], and Elizabeth, née Williams, a miner's daughter.<ref name="Ridley Scott 2019, p. 1">Ridley Scott: A Biography, Vincent LoBrutto, University Press of Kentucky, 2019, p. 1</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://living.scotsman.com/tvradio/How-Winston-helped-save-the.2341166.jp |title=How Winston helped save the nation |work=Scotsman.com Living |date=6 July 2002 |access-date=20 December 2010 |archive-date=28 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328130934/http://living.scotsman.com/tvradio/How-Winston-helped-save-the.2341166.jp |url-status=live }}</ref> His grand-uncle Dixon Scott was a pioneer of the cinema chain and opened many cinemas around [[Tyneside]]. One of his cinemas, [[Tyneside Cinema]], is still operating in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]] and is the last remaining [[newsreel]] cinema in the UK.<ref name=ridleyScottTyne>{{cite news| last = Hodgson| first = Barbara| title = Who is Ridley Scott? Read our guide to the North East-born star as he receives top award| newspaper = Chronicle| location = Newcastle| language = en| publisher = chroniclelive.co.uk| date = 16 February 2018| url = https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/who-ridley-scott-read-guide-14301781| access-date = 6 March 2018| archive-date = 20 July 2019| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190720223600/https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/who-ridley-scott-read-guide-14301781| url-status = live}}</ref>

Born two years before the [[Second World War]] began, Scott was brought up in a military family. His father, as a senior officer in the Royal Engineers, was absent for most of his early life. His elder brother, Frank, joined the [[Merchant Navy (United Kingdom)|Merchant Navy]] when he was still young and the pair had little contact.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Things About... Ridley Scott|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/news/a384212/ten-things-about-ridley-scott/|website=Digital Spy|date=19 December 2016|access-date=19 December 2016|archive-date=13 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181113025619/http://www.digitalspy.com/showbiz/10-things-about/news/a384212/ten-things-about-ridley-scott/|url-status=live}}</ref> During this time the family moved around; they lived in [[Cumberland]] as well as other areas in England, in addition to [[Wales]] and Germany, where Colonel Scott was part of the post-war [[Allied Control Council]].<ref name="Ridley Scott 2019, p. 1"/> After the war, the Scott family moved back to [[County Durham]] and eventually settled on [[Teesside]].{{cn|date=March 2025}}

His interest in science fiction began by reading the novels of [[H. G. Wells]] as a child.<ref name="Sci-fi">{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott: 'Why the hell would I want to go to Mars?|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-martian/ridley-scott-interview/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/the-martian/ridley-scott-interview/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=10 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He was also influenced by science-fiction films such as ''[[It! The Terror from Beyond Space]]'', ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', and ''[[Them!]]'' He said these films "kind of got [him] going a little" but his attention was not fully caught until he saw [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey (film)|2001: A Space Odyssey]]'', about which he said, "Once I saw that, I knew what I could do."<ref name="Sci-fi"/> He went to [[Grangefield Grammar School]] in [[Stockton on Tees]] and obtained a diploma in design at [[West Hartlepool College of Art]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Film fans can watch Sir Ridley Scott's first movie for free|url=http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/film-fans-can-watch-sir-ridley-scott-s-first-movie-for-free-1-7612799|publisher=Hartlepool Mail|date=13 January 2016|access-date=13 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111003418/http://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/news/film-fans-can-watch-sir-ridley-scott-s-first-movie-for-free-1-7612799|archive-date=11 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The industrial landscape in West Hartlepool would later inspire visuals in ''Blade Runner'', with Scott stating, "There were steelworks adjacent to West Hartlepool, so every day I'd be going through them, and thinking they're kind of magnificent, beautiful, winter or summer, and the darker and more ominous it got, the more interesting it got."<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2003/09/20/bfscott20.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/09/20/ixartright.html |title=Director Maximus |work=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |access-date=27 July 2011 |date=20 September 2003 |location=London |first=Mark |last=Monahan |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080621145411/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=%2Farts%2F2003%2F09%2F20%2Fbfscott20.xml&sSheet=%2Farts%2F2003%2F09%2F20%2Fixartright.html |archive-date=21 June 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{{Quote box|width=20em|align=left|quote=I use everything I learned every day at art school. It's all about white sheets of paper, pens and drawing.
|source = —  Scott speaking about the influence the [[Royal College of Art]] has had in designing the visuals for his films<ref>Ridley Scott – Hollywood's Best Film Directors. Sky Arts. 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2016</ref>}}

Scott went on to study at the [[Royal College of Art]] in London, contributing to the college magazine ''ARK'' and helping to establish the college film department. For his final show, he made a black and white short film, ''[[Boy and Bicycle]]'', starring both his younger brother and his father (the film was later released on the "Extras" section of ''The Duellists'' DVD). In February 1963, Scott was named in the title credits as "Designer" for the BBC television programme [[Tonight (1957 TV series)|''Tonight'']].

After graduation in 1963, he secured a job as a trainee set designer with the BBC, leading to work on the popular television police series ''[[Z-Cars]]'' and science fiction series ''[[Out of the Unknown]]''. He was originally assigned to design the second ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial, ''[[The Daleks]]'', which would have entailed realising the serial's [[Dalek|eponymous alien creatures]]. Shortly before he was due to start work, a schedule conflict meant he was replaced by [[Raymond Cusick]].<ref name="scott">{{cite book|title=The Handbook: The First Doctor&nbsp;— The William Hartnell Years 1963–1966|first=David J.|last=Howe|author-link=David J. Howe|author2=Mark Stammers, [[Stephen James Walker]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|year=1994|isbn=0-426-20430-1|page=61}}</ref> In 1965, he began directing episodes of television series for the BBC, only one of which, an episode of ''[[Adam Adamant Lives!]]'', is available commercially.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/adamant/trivia.shtml "Adam Adamant Lives!"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818012334/https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/adamant/trivia.shtml |date=18 August 2020 }}. BBC. Retrieved 19 October 2016</ref>

[[File:Gold Hill, Shaftsbury, Dorset, England.JPG|right|thumb|[[Gold Hill, Shaftesbury|Gold Hill]] in [[Shaftesbury]], Dorset, where Scott filmed the 1973 [[Hovis]] television commercial]]
In 1968, Ridley and his younger brother [[Tony Scott]] – who would also go on to become a film director<ref>{{cite news |title=Ridley Scott |url=https://www.empireonline.com/people/ridley-scott/ |access-date=11 September 2021 |work=Empire |archive-date=24 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924202453/https://www.empireonline.com/people/ridley-scott/ |url-status=live }}</ref> – founded Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production company.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Dutta | first = Kunal | title = Great Scott&nbsp;– Forty years of RSA | journal = Campaign | date = 30 November 2007 | url = http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/features/770904/Great-Scott–-Forty-years-RSA/ }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Working alongside [[Alan Parker]], [[Hugh Hudson]] and cinematographer [[Hugh Johnson (cinematographer)|Hugh Johnson]], Ridley Scott made many commercials at RSA during the 1970s, including a 1973 [[Hovis]] bread advertisement, "[[Bike Round]]" (underscored by the slow movement of [[Symphony No. 9 (Dvořák)|Dvořák's "New World" symphony]] rearranged for brass), filmed in [[Gold Hill, Shaftesbury]], Dorset.<ref name="commercials">{{cite news|title=Jets, jeans and Hovis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/24/1|newspaper=The Guardian|date=13 June 2015|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226123953/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/aug/24/1|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title= The Raging Peloton | url= http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n02/iain-sinclair/the-raging-peloton/print | author= Iain Sinclair | date= 20 January 2011 | volume= 33 | issue= 2 | pages= 3–8 | magazine= [[London Review of Books]] | access-date= 11 April 2016 | quote= As proudly as the freshly baked loaves in Ridley Scott's celebrated [Hovis] commercial, shot in 1973, on the picturesque slopes of Shaftesbury. | author-link= Iain Sinclair | archive-date= 20 March 2011 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110320110830/http://www.lrb.co.uk/v33/n02/iain-sinclair/the-raging-peloton/print | url-status= live }}</ref> A nostalgia themed television advert that captured the public imagination, it was voted the UK's favourite commercial in a 2006 poll.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott's Hovis advert is voted all-time favourite|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ridley-scotts-hovis-advert-is-voted-all-time-favourite-6102089.html|newspaper=The independent|issue=2 May 2006|date=13 June 2015|access-date=10 September 2017|archive-date=3 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203175014/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ridley-scotts-hovis-advert-is-voted-all-time-favourite-6102089.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk/assets/downloads/Hovis_History.pdf |title=Hovis: 120 years of Goodness |date=2006 |access-date=13 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219012829/http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk/assets/downloads/Hovis_History.pdf |archive-date=19 December 2014}}</ref> In the 1970s the [[Chanel No. 5]] brand needed revitalisation having run the risk of being labelled as mass market and passé.<ref name="Chanel"/> Directed by Scott in the 1970s and 1980s, Chanel television commercials were inventive mini-films with production values of surreal fantasy and seduction, which "played on the same visual imagery, with the same silhouette of the bottle."<ref name="Chanel">{{cite book|last1=Mazzeo|first1=Tilar J.|title=The Secret of Chanel No. 5|date=2010|publisher=HarperCollins|pages=197, 199}}</ref>

Five members of the Scott family are directors, and all have worked for RSA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsafilms.com/ |title=Ridley Scott Associates (RSA) |publisher=Rsafilms.com |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=7 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100107095333/http://www.rsafilms.com/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His brother Tony was a successful film director whose career spanned more than two decades; his sons [[Jake Scott (director)|Jake]] and [[Luke Scott (director)|Luke]] are both acclaimed directors of commercials, as is his daughter, [[Jordan Scott (filmmaker)|Jordan Scott]]. Jake and Jordan both work from Los Angeles; Luke is based in London. In 1995, [[Shepperton Studios]] was purchased by a consortium headed by Ridley and Tony Scott, which extensively renovated the studios while also expanding and improving its grounds.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Shepperton Studios |url=http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/uploads/PDF/SheppertonStudiosHistory.pdf |publisher=pinewoodgroup.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409101450/http://www.pinewoodgroup.com/uploads/PDF/SheppertonStudiosHistory.pdf |archive-date=9 April 2008}}</ref>

==Career==
===1970s: ''The Duellists'', ''Alien''===
''[[The Duellists]]'' (1977) marked Ridley Scott's first feature film as director. Shot in continental Europe, it was nominated for the main prize at the [[Cannes Film Festival]], and won an award for Best Debut Film. ''The Duellists'' had limited commercial impact internationally. Based on [[Joseph Conrad]]'s short story "[[The Duel (short story)|The Duel]]" and set during the [[Napoleonic Wars]], it follows two French [[Hussar]] officers, D'Hubert and Feraud ([[Keith Carradine]] and [[Harvey Keitel]]) whose quarrel over an initially minor incident turns into a bitter extended feud spanning fifteen years, interwoven with the larger conflict that provides its backdrop. The film has been acclaimed for providing a historically authentic portrayal of Napoleonic uniforms and military conduct.<ref>Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, Nancy Kang (2013). "The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott". Chapter 10. Celebrating Historical Accuracy in The Duellists. p.171-178. Lexington Books</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Duellists: it takes two to tangle|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/28/the-duellists-reel-history|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 January 2015|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=26 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826005826/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/oct/28/the-duellists-reel-history|url-status=live}}</ref> The 2013 release of the film on Blu-ray coincided with the publication of an essay on the film in a collection of scholarly essays on Scott.<ref>"[https://www.academia.edu/12374141/Honor_in_The_Duellists A Double-Edged Sword: Honor in The Duellists] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728112004/https://www.academia.edu/12374141/Honor_in_The_Duellists_Ridley_Scott_2013_ |date=28 July 2020 }}", in ''The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott'', eds. Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, and Jim McRae (Lexington Books, 2013), 45–60.</ref>

Scott had originally planned next to adapt a version of ''[[Tristan and Iseult]]'', but after seeing ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars]]'', he became convinced of the potential of large scale, effects-driven films. He accepted the job of directing ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'', the 1979 horror/science-fiction film that would win him international success. Scott made the decision to switch [[Ellen Ripley]] from the standard male action hero to a [[Girl Power in popular culture#Female action heroes and science fiction|heroine]].<ref name="Female icon">{{cite magazine|title=Great Female Roles That Were Originally Written for Men|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/female-characters-written-for-men|magazine=Vanity Fair|date=17 December 2016|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328184816/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/06/female-characters-written-for-men|url-status=live}}</ref> Ripley (played by [[Sigourney Weaver]]), who appeared in the first four ''Alien'' films, would become a cinematic icon.<ref name="Female icon"/> The final scene of [[John Hurt]]'s character has been named by a number of publications as one of the most memorable in cinematic history.<ref name="memorable">Sources that refer to the final scene of Hurt's character in ''Alien'' as one of the most memorable in cinematic history include these:
* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6597295.stm |title=Alien named as top 18-rated scene |author=BBC News |publisher=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=26 April 2007 |access-date=31 May 2010 |author-link=BBC News |archive-date=15 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515213917/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6597295.stm |url-status=live }}
* {{cite web|title=The 100 Scariest Movie Moments|publisher=Bravo|url=http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030070540/http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Scariest_Movie_Moments/index.shtml|archive-date=30 October 2007|access-date=29 May 2010}}
* {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/oct/13/making-of-alien-chestburster|title=The making of Alien's chestburster scene|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 January 2010|date=13 October 2009|archive-date=30 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100430221033/http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/oct/13/making-of-alien-chestburster|url-status=live}}</ref> Filmed at [[Shepperton Studios]] in England, ''Alien'' was the [[1979 in film|sixth highest-grossing film of 1979]], earning over $104&nbsp;million worldwide.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alien.htm |title=Box Office Information for ''Alien'' |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |access-date=11 June 2010 |archive-date=30 September 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930224455/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=alien.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott was involved in the 2003 restoration and re-release of the original film. In promotional interviews at the time, Scott indicated he had been in discussions to make a fifth film in the ''Alien'' franchise. However, in a 2006 interview, Scott remarked that he had been unhappy about ''Alien: The Director's Cut'', feeling that the original was "pretty flawless" and that the additions were merely a marketing tool.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6060000/newsid_6068400/bb_rm_6068470.stm |title=A good year ahead for Ridley |work=BBC News |date=20 October 2006 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327104304/http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolavconsole/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_6060000/newsid_6068400/bb_rm_6068470.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott later returned to ''Alien''-related projects when he directed ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' and ''[[Alien: Covenant]]'' three decades after the original film's release.<ref name="Alien prequel"/>

=== 1980s: ''Blade Runner'' and other films ===
{{Quote box|width=20em|align=right|quote=Outside ''Star Wars'', no sci-fi universe has been etched into cinematic consciousness more thoroughly than ''[[Blade Runner]]''. Ridley Scott's definitive 1982 neo-noir offered an immersive dystopia of rain-soaked windows and shadowy buildings adorned with animated neon billboards, where flying cars hum through the endless night. |source = —  Eric Kohn, ''IndieWire'', 2017<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/blade-runner-2049-review-ryan-gosling-denis-villeneuve-1201881820/|title=Blade Runner 2049 review – Denis Villeneuve's Neo-Noir Sequel Is Mind-Blowing Sci-Fi Storytelling|last=Kohn|first=Eric|date=29 September 2017|work=Indiewire|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=12 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143204/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/09/blade-runner-2049-review-ryan-gosling-denis-villeneuve-1201881820/|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
After a year working on the film adaptation of ''[[Dune (novel)|Dune]]'', and following the sudden death of his brother Frank, Scott signed to direct the film version of [[Philip K. Dick]]'s novel ''[[Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?]]'' Re-titled ''[[Blade Runner]]'' and starring [[Harrison Ford]], the film was a commercial disappointment in cinemas in 1982, and was criticised by Pauline Kael in the [[New Yorker magazine|New Yorker]] who wrote "...Scott doesn't seem to have a grasp of how to use words as part of the way a movie moves. "Blade Runner" is a suspenseless thriller; it appears to be a victim of its own imaginative use of hardware and miniatures and mattes. At some point, Scott and the others must have decided that the story was unimportant; maybe the booming, lewd and sultry score by Chariots-for-Hire Vangelis that seems to come out of the smoke convinced them that the audience would be moved even if vital parts of the story were trimmed."<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2025-01-11 |title=Baby, the Rain Must Fall {{!}} The New Yorker |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1982/07/12/blade-runner-movie-review |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111061839/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1982/07/12/blade-runner-movie-review |url-status=dead |archive-date=2025-01-11 |access-date=2025-01-11 }}</ref>

In response to the review, Scott said: "...It was four pages of destruction. I never met her. I was so offended. I framed those pages and they've been in my office for 30 years to remind me there's only one critic that counts and that's you. I haven't read critiques ever since. Because if it's a good one, you can get a swollen head and forget yourself. And if it's a bad one, you're so depressed that it's debilitating."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hibberd |first=James |date=2024-11-07 |title=Ridley Scott Will Never Stop Directing: "Shut Up and Go Make Another Movie" |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/ridley-scott-interview-gladiator-2-alien-blade-runner-1236049190/ |access-date=2025-01-17 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> The movie is now widely regarded as a classic.<ref>{{citation | url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3600802.stm | title= Blade Runner tops scientist poll | work= BBC News | date= 26 August 2004 | access-date= 9 January 2015 | archive-date= 13 May 2014 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140513202114/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3600802.stm | url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=How Ridley Scott's sci-fi classic, Blade Runner, foresaw the way we live today|url=http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/03/how-ridley-scotts-sci-fi-classic-blade-runner-foresaw-the-way-we-live-today/|magazine=The Spectator|date=10 January 2016|access-date=10 January 2016|archive-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423072514/http://www.spectator.co.uk/2015/03/how-ridley-scotts-sci-fi-classic-blade-runner-foresaw-the-way-we-live-today/|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1991, Scott's notes were used by [[Warner Bros.]] to create a rushed [[director's cut]] which removed the main character's voiceover and made a number of other small changes, including to the ending. Later Scott personally supervised a digital restoration of ''Blade Runner'' and approved what was called ''The Final Cut''. This version was released in Los Angeles, New York City and [[Toronto]] cinemas on 5 October 2007, and as an elaborate DVD release in December 2007.<ref name="bladerunner2007">[http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=36328 "''Blade Runner'' Final Cut Due", SciFi Wire, 26 May 2006] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602222117/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=36328 |date=2 June 2008 }}</ref>

Today, ''Blade Runner'' is ranked by many critics as one of the most important and influential science fiction films ever made,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/life/news/page/0,12983,1290764,00.html |title=Top 10 sci-fi films |work=The Guardian |location=UK |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=20 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620102101/http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/news/page/0,12983,1290764,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> partly thanks to its much imitated portraits of a future cityscape.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2017/09/29/blade-runner-2049-review/|title=Impeccably cool 'Blade Runner 2049' is a ravishing visual feast: EW review|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|date=29 September 2017|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=19 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171219042128/http://ew.com/movies/2017/09/29/blade-runner-2049-review/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is often discussed along with [[William Gibson]]'s novel ''[[Neuromancer]]'' as initiating the [[cyberpunk]] genre. Stephen Minger, stem cell biologist at King's College London, states, "It was so far ahead of its time and the whole premise of the story – what is it to be human and who are we, where we come from? It's the age-old questions."<ref>{{cite news |title='I've seen things...' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/aug/26/sciencefictionspecial |access-date=24 July 2019 |work=The Guardian |archive-date=24 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190724213218/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/aug/26/sciencefictionspecial |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott has described ''Blade Runner'' as his "most complete and personal film".<ref name="scottobserver">{{cite journal|title=Scott's Corner |journal=The Observer |date=2 January 2002 |first=Lynn |last=Barber |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,628186,00.html |access-date=22 February 2007 |location=London |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720054223/http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0%2C%2C628186%2C00.html |archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref>

In 1985, Scott directed ''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]'', a fantasy film produced by [[Arnon Milchan]]. Scott decided to create a "once upon a time" tale set in a world of princesses, unicorns and goblins, filming almost entirely inside the studio. Scott cast [[Tom Cruise]] as the film's hero, Jack; [[Mia Sara]] as Princess Lili; and [[Tim Curry]] as the [[Satan]]-horned Lord of Darkness.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott's beautiful dark twisted fantasy: the making of Legend|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/legend-ridley-scott/tom-cruise-making-of/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/legend-ridley-scott/tom-cruise-making-of/ |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 November 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Scott had a forest set built on the [[007 Stage]] at [[Pinewood Studios]] in Buckinghamshire, with trees 60 feet high and trunks 30 feet in diameter.<ref>Pirani, Adam (December 1985). "Ridley Scott: SF's Visual Magician". ''Starlog''. p. 64.</ref> In the final stages of filming, the forest set was destroyed by fire; [[Jerry Goldsmith]]'s original score was used for European release, but replaced in North America with a score by [[Tangerine Dream]]. Rob Bottin provided the film's Academy Award-nominated make-up effects, most notably Curry's red-coloured Satan figure. Despite a major commercial failure on release, the film has gone on to become a [[cult classic]]. The 2002 Director's Cut restored Goldsmith's original score.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/5-fractured-fairy-tale-movies-worth-watching-after-snow-white-and-the-huntsman-110107/ |title=5 Fractured Fairy Tale Movies Worth Watching After 'Snow White and the Huntsman' |publisher=Indiewire |access-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225184450/http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/as-snow-white-the-huntsman-hits-theaters-5-more-fractured-fairytale-movies-20120531?page=2 |archive-date=25 December 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Scott made ''[[Someone to Watch Over Me (film)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]'', a romantic thriller starring [[Tom Berenger]] and [[Mimi Rogers]] in 1987, and ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]'' (1989), a police drama starring [[Michael Douglas]] and [[Andy García]], shot partially in Japan. The latter was very well received at the box office. ''Black Rain'' was the first of Scott's six collaborations with the composer [[Hans Zimmer]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hans Zimmer career interview|url=https://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1690|agency=Empire magazine|date=21 October 2015|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=22 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150522130647/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1690|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Orchestral manoeuvres in the dark |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2014-05/16/hans-zimmer-interview/viewall |magazine=GQ |date=21 October 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018215003/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2014-05/16/hans-zimmer-interview/viewall |archive-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref>

====''1984'' Apple Macintosh commercial====
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In 1984, Scott directed a big-budget ($900,000) television commercial, "[[1984 (advertisement)|1984]]", to launch [[Apple Computer]]'s [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] computer.<ref>{{Cite book |chapter-url=http://tedfriedman.com/electric-dreams/chapter-5-apples-1984/ |title=Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture |chapter=Chapter 5: 1984 |access-date=6 October 2011 |last=Friedman |first=Ted |year=2005 |publisher=[[New York University Press]] |isbn=0-8147-2740-9 |archive-date=9 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109061041/https://tedfriedman.com/electric-dreams/chapter-5-apples-1984/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott filmed the advertisement in England for about $370,000;<ref>{{cite news | title= The Computer, the Consumer and Privacy | url= https://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/04/weekinreview/the-computer-the-consumer-and-privacy.html | date= 4 March 1984 | first= David | last= Burnham | location= Washington DC | newspaper= The New York Times | access-date= 24 January 2014 | archive-date= 3 April 2015 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150403144334/http://www.nytimes.com/1984/03/04/weekinreview/the-computer-the-consumer-and-privacy.html | url-status= live }}</ref> which was given a showcase airing in the US on 22 January 1984, during [[Super Bowl XVIII]], alongside screenings in cinemas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm |title=Apple's 1984: The Introduction of the Macintosh in the Cultural History of Personal Computers |publisher=Duke.edu |access-date=6 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991005015117/http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm |archive-date= 5 October 1999}}</ref> Some consider this advertisement a "watershed event" in advertising<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2004-01-28-maney_x.htm |title=Apple's '1984' Super Bowl commercial still stands as watershed event |work=USA Today |date=28 January 2004 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=10 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110410035437/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/kevinmaney/2004-01-28-maney_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> and a "masterpiece".<ref name=masterpiece>{{cite news
|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/02/02/eye.ent.commercials/
|title=Why 2006 isn't like '1984'
|access-date=10 May 2008
|last=Leopold
|first=Todd
|date=3 February 2006
|work=CNN
|archive-date=5 April 2014
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140405133016/http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/02/02/eye.ent.commercials
|url-status=live
}}</ref> ''[[Advertising Age]]'' placed it top of its list of the 50 greatest commercials.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D61138F937A25750C0A963958260|title=The Media Business: Advertising; A new ranking of the '50 best' television commercials ever made|first=Stuart|last=Elliott|work=The New York Times|date=14 March 1995|access-date=22 January 2014|quote=The choice for the greatest commercial ever was the spectacular spot by Chiat/Day, evocative of the George Orwell novel ''1984'', that introduced the Apple Macintosh computer during Super Bowl XVIII in 1984.|archive-date=19 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081219204227/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D61138F937A25750C0A963958260|url-status=live}}</ref>

Set in a dystopian future modelled after [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', Scott's advertisement used its hero (portrayed by English athlete [[Anya Major]]) to represent the coming of the Macintosh (indicated by her white [[Sleeveless shirt|tank top]] adorned with a picture of the Apple Macintosh computer) as a means of saving humanity from "conformity" ([[Big Brother (1984)|Big Brother]]), an allusion to [[IBM]], at that time the dominant force in computing.<ref name=cellini>{{cite web
|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb197/is_200401/ai_n5556112
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|title= The Story Behind Apple's '1984' TV commercial: Big Brother at 20
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|last=Cellini
|first=Adelia
|date=January 2004
|work=[[MacWorld]] 21.1, page 18
}}</ref>

=== 1990s ===
The road film ''[[Thelma & Louise]]'' (1991) starring [[Geena Davis]] as Thelma, [[Susan Sarandon]] as Louise, in addition to the breakthrough role for [[Brad Pitt]] as J.D, proved to be one of Scott's biggest critical successes, helping revive the director's reputation and receiving his first nomination for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Russell Smith|title=Brad Pitt Only Does Interesting Movie Roles|date=19 October 1993|work=[[Deseret News]]|page=EV6|quote=It was in 1991, when he hitched his ride with [[Geena Davis]] and [[Susan Sarandon]] in ''Thelma & Louise,'' that Pitt's star began to twinkle in earnest.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3687795.stm |title=Brad Pitt's epic journey |date=13 May 2004 |work=BBC News |access-date=3 January 2015 |archive-date=6 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406123623/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3687795.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> His next project, independently funded historical epic ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]'', was a box office failure. The film recounts the expeditions to the Americas by [[Christopher Columbus]] (French star [[Gérard Depardieu]]). Scott did not release another film for four years.

In 1995, Ridley and his brother Tony formed a production company, [[Scott Free Productions]], in Los Angeles. All Ridley's subsequent feature films, starting with ''[[White Squall (film)|White Squall]]'' (starring [[Jeff Bridges]]) and ''[[G.I. Jane]]'' (starring [[Demi Moore]]), have been produced under the [[Scott Free Productions|Scott Free]] banner. In 1995 the two brothers purchased a controlling interest in the British film studio [[Shepperton Studios]]. In 2001, Shepperton merged with [[Pinewood Studios]] to become [[The Pinewood Studios Group]], which is headquartered in Buckinghamshire, England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott: 'I'm doing pretty good, if you think about it'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ridley-scott-im-doing-pretty-good-if-you-think-about-it-2068888.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 October 2015|access-date=10 September 2017|archive-date=11 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111091824/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ridley-scott-im-doing-pretty-good-if-you-think-about-it-2068888.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===2000s===
Scott's historical drama ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]'' (2000) proved to be one of his biggest critical and commercial successes. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor for the film's star [[Russell Crowe]], and saw Scott nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Director]].<ref name="Britannica"/> Scott worked with British visual effects company [[The Mill (company)|The Mill]] for the film's computer-generated imagery, and the film was dedicated to [[Oliver Reed]] who died during filming – The Mill created a digital body double for Reed's remaining scenes.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hassan |first=Genevieve |title=Missing in action: The films affected by actors' deaths |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26039225 |date=10 April 2017 |access-date=11 August 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=13 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613191149/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-26039225 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Patterson |first=John |title=CGI Friday: a brief history of computer-generated actors |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/27/paul-walker-furious-seven-brief-history-of-computer-generated-actors |date=27 March 2015 |access-date=11 August 2018 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]] |archive-date=12 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612144515/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/27/paul-walker-furious-seven-brief-history-of-computer-generated-actors |url-status=live }}</ref> Some have credited ''Gladiator '' with reviving the nearly defunct "[[sword-and-sandal|sword and sandal]]" historical genre. The film was named the fifth best action film of all time in the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] special ''Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Best in Film: The Greatest Movies of Our Time|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Best_Film/best-film-greatest-movies-time/story?id=13147020|publisher=ABC|date=4 October 2017|access-date=16 April 2020|archive-date=26 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326180618/http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Best_Film/best-film-greatest-movies-time/story?id=13147020|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Oliver Mark - Ridley Scott, Berlin 2005.jpg|thumb|Portrait of Scott in Berlin in 2005 by German photographer [[Oliver Mark]]]]
Scott directed ''[[Hannibal (2001 film)|Hannibal]]'' (2001) starring [[Anthony Hopkins]] as Hannibal Lecter. The film was commercially successful despite receiving mixed reviews. Scott's next film, ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' (2001), featuring [[Tom Hardy]] in his film debut, was based on a group of stranded US soldiers fighting for their lives in [[Somalia]]; Scott was nominated for an Oscar for Best Director.<ref name="Britannica"/> In 2003, Scott directed a smaller scale project, ''[[Matchstick Men]]'', adapted from the novel by [[Eric Garcia (writer)|Eric Garcia]] and starring [[Nicolas Cage]], [[Sam Rockwell]] and [[Alison Lohman]]. It received mostly positive reviews but performed moderately at the box office.

In 2005, he made the modestly successful ''[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven]]'', a film about the [[Crusades]]. The film starred [[Orlando Bloom]], and marked Scott's first collaboration with the composer [[Harry Gregson-Williams]].<ref name="HG Williams">{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martian-composer-creating-matt-damons-828847|title='The Martian' Composer on Creating Matt Damon's Theme, Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' Plans|first=Ryan|last=Gajewski|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=3 October 2015|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=5 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005091636/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/martian-composer-creating-matt-damons-828847|url-status=live}}</ref> The Moroccan government sent the Moroccan cavalry as extras for some battle scenes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mooviees.com/9136/1804-production_notes|title=''Mooviess.com'' Kingdom of Heaven production notes|access-date=16 April 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091112081521/http://www.mooviees.com/9136/1804-production_notes|archive-date=12 November 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unhappy with the theatrical version of ''Kingdom of Heaven'' (which he blamed on paying too much attention to the opinions of preview audiences in addition to relenting when Fox wanted 45 minutes shaved off), Scott supervised a director's cut of the film, the true version of what he wanted, which was released on DVD in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kingdomofheavendvd.com|title=''Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut'' DVD official website|access-date=28 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907232309/http://www.kingdomofheavendvd.com/|archive-date=7 September 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The director's cut of ''Kingdom of Heaven'' has been met with critical acclaim, with ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine calling the film an "epic", adding: "The added 45 minutes in the director's cut are like pieces missing from a beautiful but incomplete puzzle."<ref name="Kingdom">{{cite magazine|title=Directors Cuts, the Good, the Bad, and the Unnecessary|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/special-editions-good-bad-unnecessary/|magazine=Empire|date=10 January 2015|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=2 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802231725/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/special-editions-good-bad-unnecessary/|url-status=live}}</ref> "This is the one that should have gone out" reflected Scott.<ref name="Kingdom"/> Asked if he was against previewing in general in 2006, Scott stated: "It depends who's in the driving seat. If you've got a lunatic doing my job, then you need to preview. But a good director should be experienced enough to judge what he thinks is the correct version to go out into the cinema."<ref name="totalfilm">''Total Film'' magazine, July 2006: 'Three hours, eight minutes. It's beautiful.' (Interview to promote ''Kingdom of Heaven: The Director's Cut'')</ref>

Scott teamed up again with ''Gladiator'' star [[Russell Crowe]] for ''[[A Good Year]]'', based on the best-selling book by [[Peter Mayle]] about an investment banker who finds a new life in [[Provence]]. The film was released on 10 November 2006. A few days later [[Rupert Murdoch]], chairman of studio [[20th Century Fox]] (who backed the film) dismissed ''A Good Year'' as "a flop" at a shareholders' meeting.<ref>{{cite news | title=A Good Year is a 'flop', Murdoch admits | date=16 November 2006 | url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1949283,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=UK | access-date=24 February 2007 | archive-date=12 October 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012184730/http://film.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1949283,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref>

Scott's next film was ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'', based on the story of real-life drug kingpin [[Frank Lucas]]. Scott took over the project in early 2006 and had screenwriter [[Steven Zaillian]] rewrite his script to focus on the dynamic between Frank Lucas and [[Richie Roberts]]. [[Denzel Washington]] signed on to the project as Lucas, with Russell Crowe co-starring as Roberts. The film premiered in November 2007 to positive reviews and box office success, and Scott was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Director|Golden Globe for Best Director]].<ref name="Britannica"/>

In late 2008, Scott's espionage thriller ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]'', starring [[Leonardo DiCaprio]] and Russell Crowe, opened to lukewarm ticket-sales and mixed reviews. Scott directed a revisionist adaptation of ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]'', which starred Russell Crowe as [[Robin Hood]] and [[Cate Blanchett]] as [[Maid Marian]]. It was released in May 2010 to mixed reviews, but a respectable box-office.

[[File:Ridley_Scott,_Charlize_Theron_%26_Michael_Fassbender_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg|thumb|right|Scott speaking with ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'' stars [[Charlize Theron]] and [[Michael Fassbender]] at Wondercon 2012 in Anaheim, California on 17 March 2012]]

On 31 July 2009, news surfaced of a two-part prequel to ''Alien'' with Scott attached to direct.<ref name="Alien prequel">{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/apr/27/ridley-scott-alien-prequels-3d | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Ridley Scott plans two-part Alien prequel | first=Ben | last=Child | date=27 April 2010 | access-date=22 May 2010 | archive-date=3 March 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303022131/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/apr/27/ridley-scott-alien-prequels-3d | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17890 |title=Ridley Scott Talks 'Alien' Prequel and Timeline |date=29 October 2009 |publisher=Bloody-disgusting.com |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=28 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100428204153/http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17890 |url-status=live }}</ref> The project, ultimately reduced to a single film called ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'', which Scott described as sharing "strands of ''Alien'''s DNA" while not being a direct prequel, was released in June 2012. The film starred [[Charlize Theron]] and [[Michael Fassbender]], with [[Noomi Rapace]] playing the leading role of the scientist named Elizabeth Shaw. The film received mostly positive reviews and grossed $403&nbsp;million at the box office.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prometheus.htm | title=Prometheus Box Office | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=26 December 2015 | archive-date=26 October 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181026064630/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=prometheus.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Prometheus 2 synopsis reveals Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant will feature Michael Fassbender but not another main character|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/prometheus-2-synopsis-reveals-ridley-scotts-alien-covenant-will-feature-michael-fassbender-but-not-a6737751.html|newspaper=The Independent|date=28 December 2015|access-date=10 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004143041/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/prometheus-2-synopsis-reveals-ridley-scotts-alien-covenant-will-feature-michael-fassbender-but-not-a6737751.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2009, Scott planned to direct an adaptation of [[Aldous Huxley]]'s ''[[Brave New World]]'' set in a [[dystopian]] London with [[Leonardo DiCaprio]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Brave move for DiCaprio and Scott|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8187942.stm|work=BBC News|date=5 January 2015|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728112005/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8187942.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2009, the TV series ''[[The Good Wife]]'' premiered with Ridley and his brother [[Tony Scott|Tony]] credited as executive producers.

===2010s===
On 6 July 2010, YouTube announced the launch of ''[[Life in a Day (YouTube)|Life in a Day]]'', an experimental documentary executive produced by Scott. Released at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] on 27 January 2011, it incorporates footage shot on 24 July 2010 submitted by YouTube users from around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/07/life-in-day.html |title=Life in a Day |publisher=The Official YouTube Blog |date=6 July 2010 |access-date=7 July 2010 |archive-date=9 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709062716/http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2010/07/life-in-day.html |url-status=live }}</ref> As part of the buildup to the [[2012 London Olympics]], Scott produced ''[[Britain in a Day]]'', a documentary film consisting of footage shot by the British public on 12 November 2011.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15199776 "London 2012 Britain in a Day project launched"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117151940/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15199776 |date=17 November 2011 }}. BBC. Retrieved 9 January 2015</ref>

In 2012, Scott produced the commercial for [[Lady Gaga]]'s fragrance, "[[Lady Gaga Fame|Fame]]". It was touted as the first ever black Eau de Parfum, in the informal credits attached to the trailer for this advertisement. On 24 June 2013, Scott's series ''Crimes of the Century'' debuted on [[CNN]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2013/tv/news/cnns-newest-series-brings-filmmaker-ridley-scott-to-sundays-1200491234/ |title=CNN's Newest Series Brings Filmmaker Ridley Scott To Sundays |work=Variety |date=3 June 2013 |access-date=7 July 2010 |archive-date=8 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608072407/http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/cnns-newest-series-brings-filmmaker-ridley-scott-to-sundays-1200491234/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2012 it was announced that Scott would produce the documentary, ''[[Springsteen & I]]'' directed by [[Baillie Walsh]] and inspired by ''Life in a Day'', which Scott also produced. The film featured fan footage from throughout the world on what musician [[Bruce Springsteen]] meant to them and how he impacted their lives.<ref name="Springsteen">{{cite news|title=Springsteen & I: fans tell their stories of The Boss|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/bruce-springsteen/10194440/Springsteen-and-I-fans-tell-their-stories-of-The-Boss.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723070118/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/bruce-springsteen/10194440/Springsteen-and-I-fans-tell-their-stories-of-The-Boss.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 July 2013|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |date=28 December 2015}}</ref> The film was released for one day only in 50 countries and on over 2000 film screens on 22 July 2013.<ref name="Springsteen"/>

Scott directed ''[[The Counselor]]'' (2013), with a screenplay by author [[Cormac McCarthy]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Fleming|first=Mike|title=Ridley Scott in Talks For Cormac McCarthy's 'The Counselor'|url=https://deadline.com/2012/01/ridley-scott-in-talks-for-cormac-mccarthys-the-counselor-223855/|magazine=Deadline|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=3 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703112759/http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/ridley-scott-in-talks-for-cormac-mccarthys-the-counselor/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="FirstImage">{{cite web|url=http://www.ineedmyfix.com/2012/08/01/first-looks-at-michael-fassbender-and-brad-pitt-filming-the-counselor |title=First Looks at Michael Fassbender and Brad Pitt Filming 'The Counselor' |publisher=INeedMyFix.com |date=1 August 2012 |access-date=2 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803002437/https://www.ineedmyfix.com/2012/08/01/first-looks-at-michael-fassbender-and-brad-pitt-filming-the-counselor/ |archive-date= 3 August 2012}}</ref> On 25 October 2013, ''Indiewire'' reported that "Before McCarthy sold his first spec script for Scott's (''The Counselor'') film, the director was heavily involved in developing an adaptation of the author's 1985 novel ''[[Blood Meridian]]'' with screenwriter [[William Monahan|Bill Monahan]] (''[[The Departed]]''). But as Scott said in a ''Time Out'' interview, '[Studios] didn't want to make it. The book is so uncompromising, which is what's great about it.' Described as an 'anti-western'..."<ref>''Indiewire'', 25 October 2013.</ref> Scott directed the [[List of films based on the Bible|biblically inspired]] [[epic film]] ''[[Exodus: Gods and Kings]]'', released in December 2014 which received negative reviews from critics (particularly for the casting of white actors as [[Middle Eastern peoples|Middle Eastern]] characters) and grossed $268&nbsp;million worldwide on a $140&nbsp;million budget, making it a [[box-office bomb|financial disappointment]]. Filmed at [[Pinewood Studios]] in Buckinghamshire, the film starred [[Christian Bale]] in the lead role.<ref name="Houses"/>

[[File:NASA Journey to Mars and “The Martian" (201508180003HQ).jpg|thumb|right|Scott participates in a question and answer session about NASA's journey to Mars and his film ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'', 18 August 2015.]]
In May 2014, Scott began negotiations to direct ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'', starring [[Matt Damon]] as Mark Watney.<ref name=holl>{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scott-direct-matt-damon-703887 |title=Ridley Scott in Talks to Direct Matt Damon in 'The Martian' (Exclusive) |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=13 May 2014 |access-date=14 May 2014 |archive-date=17 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517084554/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ridley-scott-direct-matt-damon-703887 |url-status=live }}</ref> Like many of Scott's previous works, ''The Martian'' features a heroine in the form of [[Jessica Chastain]]'s character who is the mission commander.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ridley Scott on 'The Martian,' His Groundbreaking '1984' Apple Commercial, and 'Prometheus 2'|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/26/ridley-scott-on-the-martian-his-groundbreaking-1984-apple-commercial-and-prometheus-2.html|website=The Daily Beast|date=18 December 2016|access-date=18 December 2016|archive-date=1 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201181030/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/26/ridley-scott-on-the-martian-his-groundbreaking-1984-apple-commercial-and-prometheus-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was originally scheduled for release on 25 November 2015, but Fox later switched its release date with that of [[Victor Frankenstein (film)|''Victor Frankenstein'']], and thus ''The Martian'' was released on 2 October 2015.<ref name=firstshow>{{cite news|last1=Anderton|first1=Ethan|title=Fox Shifts Release Dates for 'The Martian,' 'Miss Peregrine' & More|url=http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/fox-shifts-release-dates-for-the-martian-miss-peregrine-more/|access-date=2 August 2014|publisher=firstshowing.net|date=1 August 2014|archive-date=6 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140806174416/http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/fox-shifts-release-dates-for-the-martian-miss-peregrine-more/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Fox Switches 'The Martian' and 'Victor Frankenstein' Release Dates|url = https://deadline.com/2015/06/fox-switches-the-martian-and-victor-frankenstein-release-dates-1201441061/|access-date = 12 September 2015|first = Anita|last = Busch|date = 10 June 2015|website = Deadline Hollywood|archive-date = 5 September 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150905145753/http://deadline.com/2015/06/fox-switches-the-martian-and-victor-frankenstein-release-dates-1201441061/|url-status = live}}</ref>  ''The Martian'' was a critical and commercial success, grossed over $630&nbsp;million worldwide, becoming Scott's highest-grossing film to date.<ref name="Box office">{{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=ridleyscott.htm | title=Ridley Scott Movie Box Office | work=boxofficemojo.com | access-date=13 October 2015 | archive-date=6 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006235117/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Director&id=ridleyscott.htm | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | last=Driscoll | first=Molly | url=http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Culture-Cafe/2015/0914/Toronto-Film-Festival-The-Martian-Room-get-critics-talking-video | title=Toronto Film Festival: 'The Martian,' 'Room' get critics talking | work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]] | date=14 September 2015 | access-date=5 January 2016 | archive-date=25 January 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125050633/http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Culture-Cafe/2015/0914/Toronto-Film-Festival-The-Martian-Room-get-critics-talking-video | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Lang | first=Brent | url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/the-martian-box-office-matt-damon-1201605217/ | title=Box Office: 'The Martian' to Blast Off With $45 Million | journal=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | date=29 September 2015 | access-date=5 January 2016 | archive-date=30 September 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930234237/http://variety.com/2015/film/news/the-martian-box-office-matt-damon-1201605217/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

A sequel to ''Prometheus'', ''[[Alien: Covenant]]'', started filming in 2016, premiered in London on 4 May 2017, and received general release on 19 May 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thewrap.com/prometheus-2-lands-green-lantern-writer-may-feature-multiple-michael-fassbenders-exclusive/|title='Prometheus 2' Lands 'Green Lantern' Writer; May Feature Multiple Michael Fassbenders (Exclusive)|website=TheWrap|date=24 March 2014|access-date=24 August 2014|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922153312/https://www.thewrap.com/prometheus-2-lands-green-lantern-writer-may-feature-multiple-michael-fassbenders-exclusive/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising [[Michael Fassbender]]'s dual performance and calling the film a return to form for both director Ridley Scott and the franchise.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-alien-covenant-review-20170517-story.html|title=Ridley Scott's 'Alien: Covenant' is a sleek, suspenseful return to form|last=Chang|first=Justin|date=17 May 2017|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=19 May 2017|issn=0458-3035|archive-date=8 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108154509/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-alien-covenant-review-20170517-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/alien-covenant-film-review-ridley-scott-returns-to-form-with-chest-bursting-thrills/|title="Alien: Covenant" Film Review: Ridley Scott Returns to Form With Chest-Bursting Thrills|date=7 May 2017|publisher=The Tracking Board|access-date=19 May 2017|archive-date=11 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011021844/http://www.tracking-board.com/alien-covenant-film-review-ridley-scott-returns-to-form-with-chest-bursting-thrills/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2011, information leaked about production of a [[Blade Runner 2049|sequel]] to ''Blade Runner'' by [[Alcon Entertainment]], with Alcon partners [[Broderick Johnson]] and [[Andrew Kosove]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/08/ridley-scott-ready-to-direct-new-version-of-seminal-sci-fi-film-blade-runner-159573/ |title=Ridley Scott To Direct New 'Blade Runner' Installment For Alcon Entertainment |publisher=Deadline New York |date=19 August 2011 |access-date=19 August 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140418103232/http://www.deadline.com/2011/08/ridley-scott-ready-to-direct-new-version-of-seminal-sci-fi-film-blade-runner/ |archive-date=18 April 2014}}</ref> Scott informed the ''Variety'' publication in November 2014 that he was no longer the director for the film and would only fulfill a producer's role. Scott also revealed that filming would begin sometime within 2015, and that [[Harrison Ford]] has signed on to reprise his role from the original film but his character should only appear in "the third act" of the sequel.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kastrenakes|first=Jacob|title=Ridley Scott won't direct 'Blade Runner' sequel|url=https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/25/7286991/blade-runner-2-wont-be-directed-by-ridley-scott|website=The Verge|publisher=[[Vox Media, Inc]]|access-date=26 November 2014|date=25 November 2014|archive-date=26 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141126100454/http://www.theverge.com/2014/11/25/7286991/blade-runner-2-wont-be-directed-by-ridley-scott|url-status=live}}</ref> On 26 February 2015, the sequel was officially confirmed, with [[Denis Villeneuve]] hired to direct the film, and Scott being an executive producer.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/07/15/blade-runner-sequel-concept-art/|title='Blade Runner' sequel concept art: See a first look|date=15 June 2016|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=4 October 2017|archive-date=13 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413014824/http://ew.com/article/2016/07/15/blade-runner-sequel-concept-art/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sequel, ''[[Blade Runner 2049]]'', was released on 6 October 2017 to universal acclaim.<ref name="oculus">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2016/10/blade-runner-2049-new-title-of-sequel-1201831969/|title='Blade Runner' Sequel Finally Has A Title, Will Offer VR Experiences For Film Through Oculus – Update|first=Anita|last=Busch|date=6 October 2016|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=6 October 2016|archive-date=7 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007171427/http://deadline.com/2016/10/blade-runner-2049-new-title-of-sequel-1201831969/|url-status=live}}</ref>

From May to August 2017, Scott filmed ''[[All the Money in the World]]'', a drama about the [[kidnapping of John Paul Getty III]], starring [[Mark Wahlberg]] and [[Michelle Williams (actress)|Michelle Williams]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Ridley Scott To Next Helm Getty Kidnap Drama; Natalie Portman Courted|url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/ridley-scott-j-paul-getty-iii-kidnap-movie-natalie-portman-david-scarpa-john-paul-getty-1202042231/|access-date=13 March 2017|website=Deadline|date=13 March 2017|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626054504/https://deadline.com/2017/03/ridley-scott-j-paul-getty-iii-kidnap-movie-natalie-portman-david-scarpa-john-paul-getty-1202042231/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Fleming |first1=Mike Jr. |title=Michelle Williams, Kevin Spacey, Mark Wahlberg Circling Ridley Scott's Getty Kidnap Film |url=https://deadline.com/2017/03/michelle-williams-kevin-spacey-mark-wahlberg-ridley-scott-getty-kidnap-film-imperative-entertainment-sony-pictures-1202056971/ |access-date=31 March 2017 |website=Deadline |date=31 March 2017 |archive-date=26 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626030427/https://deadline.com/2017/03/michelle-williams-kevin-spacey-mark-wahlberg-ridley-scott-getty-kidnap-film-imperative-entertainment-sony-pictures-1202056971/ |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kevin Spacey]] originally portrayed Getty Sr. However, after multiple sexual assault allegations against the actor, Scott decided to replace him with [[Christopher Plummer]], saying "You can't condone that kind of behaviour in any shape or form. We cannot let one person's action affect the good work of all these other people. It's that simple."<ref name="Spacey"/> Scott began re-shooting Spacey's scenes with Plummer on 20 November, which included filming at [[Elveden Hall]] in west Suffolk, England.<ref name="Spacey"/> With a release date of 25 December 2017, the film studio had its doubts that Scott would manage it, saying: "They were like, 'You'll never do it. God be with you.'"<ref name="Spacey">{{cite news|title=Director Ridley Scott talks about replacing Kevin Spacey in new film|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42168622|publisher=BBC|date=1 December 2017|access-date=21 June 2018|archive-date=21 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221002752/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42168622|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=allthemoneyintheworld.htm|title=All the Money in the World (2017)|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=15 July 2017|archive-date=6 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706112212/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=allthemoneyintheworld.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2020s ===
In 2020, Scott directed ''[[The Last Duel (2021 film)|The Last Duel]]'', a film adaptation of [[Eric Jager]]'s 2004 book ''[[The Last Duel: A True Story of Crime, Scandal, and Trial by Combat in Medieval France]]'', starring [[Adam Driver]], [[Matt Damon]] and [[Jodie Comer]] which was released on 15 October 2021<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/07/mulan-avatar-star-wars-release-date-changes-disney-coroanvirus-1202993719/|title='Mulan' Off The Calendar; Disney Also Delays 'Avatar' & 'Star Wars' Movies By One Year As Studio Adjusts To Pandemic|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=23 July 2020|access-date=23 July 2020|archive-date=23 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723210913/https://deadline.com/2020/07/mulan-avatar-star-wars-release-date-changes-disney-coroanvirus-1202993719/|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/amp/infos/culture-loisirs/dordogne-ridley-scott-cherche-des-doublures-pour-les-stars-de-son-prochain-film-1579014852|title=Recherche doublures pour Matt Damon, Adam Driver et Jodie Comer pour un tournage en Dordogne|website=francebleu|date=14 January 2021|language=fr|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218172949/https://www.francebleu.fr/amp/infos/culture-loisirs/dordogne-ridley-scott-cherche-des-doublures-pour-les-stars-de-son-prochain-film-1579014852|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://figurants.com/figuration-cinema/figuration-long-metrage/casting-doublures-matt-damon-adam-driver-et-jodie-comer-pour-film-de-ridley-scott_i11180|title=#casting doublures Matt Damon, Adam Driver et Jodie Comer pour film de Ridley Scott|website=Figurants|date=13 January 2021|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=2 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202225535/https://figurants.com/figuration-cinema/figuration-long-metrage/casting-doublures-matt-damon-adam-driver-et-jodie-comer-pour-film-de-ridley-scott_i11180|url-status=live}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/discretion-de-mise-a-sarlat-autour-du-dernier-riddley-scott-1581627414|title=Discrétion de mise à Sarlat autour du dernier Ridley Scott|date=13 February 2020|first=Théo|last=Caubel|language=fr|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=14 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214023708/https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/culture-loisirs/discretion-de-mise-a-sarlat-autour-du-dernier-riddley-scott-1581627414|url-status=live}}</ref> to positive reviews but it [[Box-office bomb|bombed at the box office]], grossing only $30.6&nbsp;million against a production budget of $100&nbsp;million.<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=October 17, 2021 |title=Box Office: 'Halloween Kills' Scores Bloody Great $50.4 Million Debut, 'The Last Duel' Bombs |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/news/box-office-halloween-kills-debut-matt-damon-ben-affleck-last-duel-bombs-1235091240/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017152015/https://variety.com/2021/film/news/box-office-halloween-kills-debut-matt-damon-ben-affleck-last-duel-bombs-1235091240/ |archive-date=October 17, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=Variety |language=en-US }}
* {{cite web |title=The Last Duel (2021) |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=bo_rl_ti |access-date=July 31, 2022 |website=[[Box Office Mojo]] |archive-date=8 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211208114559/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4244994/?ref_=bo_rl_ti |url-status=live }}
* {{Cite The Numbers |id=Last-Duel-The|title= The Last Duel (2021) |access-date=July 31, 2022}}</ref> Filming locations included the French [[medieval]] castle of [[Berzé-le-Châtel]] (with a film crew of 300 people including 100 extras),<ref>{{cite web |title= "The Last Duel" by Damien VALETTE (23 January 2020) |url= https://www.lejsl.com/edition-macon/2020/01/23/the-last-duel-cinq-a-six-jours-de-tournage-au-chateau-de-berze |website= www.lejsl.com |date= 23 January 2020 |language= fr |access-date= 17 February 2020 |archive-date= 6 August 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200806164752/https://www.lejsl.com/edition-macon/2020/01/23/the-last-duel-cinq-a-six-jours-de-tournage-au-chateau-de-berze |url-status= live }}</ref> and Ireland.<ref>{{cite web |title= Extras Casting announced for Ridley Scott Epic Period Feature 'The Last Duel' |url= http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4293245&tpl=archnews&force=1 |work= Irish Film & Television Network |access-date= 14 February 2020 |archive-date= 14 February 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200214201323/http://www.iftn.ie/news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=4293245&tpl=archnews&force=1 |url-status= live }}</ref> He directed ''[[House of Gucci]]'', a film about the murder of [[Maurizio Gucci]] orchestrated by [[Patrizia Reggiani]], who were portrayed by [[Adam Driver]] and [[Lady Gaga]], respectively. Scott had originally been set to direct the film in 2006, but the project languished in [[development hell]] for several years, with different directors entering talks to sign on, before he returned to the project in November 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/11/lady-gaga-ridley-scott-movie-maurizio-gucci-patrizia-reggiani-murder-gucci-family-giannina-scott-1202774518/|title=Lady Gaga, Ridley & Giannina Scott Team On Film About Assassination Of Gucci Grandson Maurizio; Gaga To Play Convicted Ex-Wife Patrizia Reggiani|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=1 November 2019|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=23 August 2020|archive-date=4 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200904022917/https://deadline.com/2019/11/lady-gaga-ridley-scott-movie-maurizio-gucci-patrizia-reggiani-murder-gucci-family-giannina-scott-1202774518/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=June 21, 2006|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/features/gucci-bio-gets-going-1200337355/|title=Gucci bio gets going|last=Gardner|first=Chris|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=May 6, 2023|archive-date=3 December 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20211203002553/https://variety.com/2006/film/features/gucci-bio-gets-going-1200337355/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was released on 24 November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/mgm-buys-ridley-scotts-gucci-film-lady-gaga-set-star-1289108/|title=MGM Buys Ridley Scott's 'Gucci' Film With Lady Gaga Set to Star (Exclusive)|last1=Kit|last2=Siegel|first1=Borys|first2=Tatiana|date=April 8, 2020|website=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=May 6, 2023|archive-date=8 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408234045/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-buys-ridley-scotts-gucci-film-lady-gaga-set-star-1289108|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scott next directed ''[[Napoleon (2023 film)|Napoleon]]'', a biopic of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]] starring [[Joaquin Phoenix]] as Napoleon and [[Vanessa Kirby]] as [[Empress Joséphine]], the first wife of Napoleon.<ref name="Rothkopf">{{cite news |last=Rothkopf |first=Joshua |date=21 November 2023 |title=Vanessa Kirby commands the heart of 'Napoleon.' Her director knows about strong women |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-11-21/vanessa-kirby-ridley-scott-strong-women-interview |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231128010818/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-11-21/vanessa-kirby-ridley-scott-strong-women-interview |archive-date=28 November 2023 |access-date=28 November 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |quote=Kirby's Joséphine joins the sisterhood of director Ridley Scott's women, characters marked by strength and savvy, overtly in "Thelma & Louise" and "G.I. Jane," but just as palpably in scene-stealing turns from Lorraine Bracco in 1987's "Someone to Watch Over Me," Jodie Comer in "The Last Duel" and Lady Gaga in the deep-dish-of-crazy "House of Gucci." Scott may be the movies' most consistent stealth feminist}}</ref> Filming began in February 2022; the film was released on 22 November 2023 by [[Sony Pictures Releasing]] before streaming on [[Apple TV+]] on 1 March 2024.<ref>Multiple sources:
* {{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=14 October 2020 |title=Ridley Scott Eyes Another Epic: Joaquin Phoenix As Napoleon In 'Kitbag' As Director Today Wraps 'The Last Duel' |website=Deadline |url=https://deadline.com/2020/10/ridley-scott-joaquin-phoenix-napoleon-epic-kitbag-wraps-the-last-duel-today-1234597342/ |url-status=live |access-date=11 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015054250/https://deadline.com/2020/10/ridley-scott-joaquin-phoenix-napoleon-epic-kitbag-wraps-the-last-duel-today-1234597342/ |archive-date=15 October 2020}}
* {{Cite web |last=Goldbart |first=Max |date=22 November 2021 |title=Ridley Scott Hits Back At Gucci Family Criticism; Reveals Napoleon Biopic 'Kitbag' Filming Date |url=https://deadline.com/2021/11/ridley-scott-hits-back-at-gucci-family-criticism-reveals-napoleon-biopic-kitbag-filming-date-1234878689/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122093043/https://deadline.com/2021/11/ridley-scott-hits-back-at-gucci-family-criticism-reveals-napoleon-biopic-kitbag-filming-date-1234878689/ |archive-date=22 November 2021 |access-date=22 November 2021 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
* {{Cite web |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=January 4, 2022 |title=Jodie Comer Exits Ridley Scott's Napoleon Drama 'Kitbag' (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jodie-comer-exits-ridley-scott-kitbag-movie-1235069264/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104210630/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jodie-comer-exits-ridley-scott-kitbag-movie-1235069264/ |archive-date=4 January 2022 |access-date=January 4, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
* {{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=18 January 2022 |title=Kevin Walsh Moves From Scott Free Prexy To Multi-Year Apple TV+ Producing Deal |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/kevin-walsh-moves-scott-free-president-to-apple-production-deal-1234912124/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609012203/https://deadline.com/2022/01/kevin-walsh-moves-scott-free-president-to-apple-production-deal-1234912124/ |archive-date=9 June 2022 |access-date=19 January 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
* {{Cite web |last=Fleming |first=Mike Jr. |date=19 January 2022 |title=Michael Pruss Elevated To President Of Ridley Scott's Scott Free Films |url=https://deadline.com/2022/01/michael-pruss-president-ridley-scott-scott-free-films-1234915168/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119180143/https://deadline.com/2022/01/michael-pruss-president-ridley-scott-scott-free-films-1234915168/ |archive-date=19 January 2022 |access-date=19 January 2022 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
* {{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=April 3, 2023 |title=Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix Epic 'Napoleon' Gets Exclusive Theatrical Release Before Apple TV+ Debut |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/ridley-scott-joaquin-phoenix-napoleon-movie-theatrical-release-date-apple-tv-debut-1235571909/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403180136/https://variety.com/2023/film/news/ridley-scott-joaquin-phoenix-napoleon-movie-theatrical-release-date-apple-tv-debut-1235571909/ |archive-date=3 April 2023 |access-date=April 11, 2023 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}
* {{Cite web |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=2024-02-15 |title='Napoleon' Streaming Campaign Gets Start Date On Apple TV+ |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/napoleon-streaming-date-apple-tv-1235826716/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Deadline}}
* {{Cite web |title=Napoleon |url=https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/napoleon/ |access-date=2024-03-01 |website=Apple TV+ Press |language=en-US}}</ref> Scott's next film was ''[[Gladiator II]]'', a sequel to ''Gladiator'', starring [[Paul Mescal]], [[Denzel Washington]], and [[Pedro Pascal]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2023/01/gladiator-2-star-paul-mescal-ridley-scott-paramount-1235212512/|date= January 6, 2023|last= Kroll|first= Justin|title= Paul Mescal To Star In Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' Sequel For Paramount|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date= June 12, 2023|archive-date= 6 January 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230106192944/https://deadline.com/2023/01/gladiator-2-star-paul-mescal-ridley-scott-paramount-1235212512/|url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kroll|first=Justin|url=https://deadline.com/2023/05/pedro-pascal-ridley-scotts-gladiator-paramount-1235352214/|date=1 May 2023|title=Pedro Pascal Joins Ridley Scott's 'Gladiator' Sequel At Paramount|access-date=June 23, 2023|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|archive-date=21 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230621075529/https://deadline.com/2023/05/pedro-pascal-ridley-scotts-gladiator-paramount-1235352214/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film, which began production in June 2023 but had been discussed since early 2001, was released on 22 November 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Rajput |first1=Priyanca |title=Ridley Scott's ''Gladiator 2'' enters production |url=https://www.kftv.com/news/2023/06/08/ridley-scotts-gladiator-2-enters-production |website=[[KFTV.com]] |date=June 8, 2023 |access-date=23 June 2023 |archive-date=9 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609000807/https://www.kftv.com/news/2023/06/08/ridley-scotts-gladiator-2-enters-production |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Couch|first=Aaron|date=9 June 2023|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gladiator-accident-injures-multiple-crewmembers-1235511913/|title='Gladiator 2' Accident Injures Multiple Crewmembers|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=12 June 2023|archive-date=12 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612111729/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gladiator-accident-injures-multiple-crewmembers-1235511913/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Upcoming projects===
In February 2024, it was announced that Scott will direct [[Paramount Pictures]]' [[Bee Gees]] biopic titled ''You Should Be Dancing'', written by [[John Logan (writer)|John Logan]] and [[Joe Penhall]]. The film is scheduled to begin [[principal photography]] in October 2025 in London and Miami.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=2024-02-16 |title=Ridley Scott To Direct Paramount's Bee Gees Movie From GK Films |url=https://deadline.com/2024/02/ridley-scott-bee-gees-movie-1235827580/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Gladiator3">{{Cite web |last1=Hibberd |first1=James |last2=Couch |first2=Aaron |date=2024-09-20 |title=Ridley Scott Planning a 'Gladiator 3': 'There's Already an Idea' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/gladiator-iii-ridley-scott-1236008160/ |access-date=2024-10-28 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-24 |title=You Should Be Dancing |url=https://productionlist.com/production/you-should-be-dancing/ |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Production List {{!}} Film & Television Industry Alliance |language=en-US}}</ref> In November that year, Scott was announced to be directing ''[[The Dog Stars (film)|The Dog Stars]]'', based on the Peter Heller novel that will star [[Jacob Elordi]], with principal photography set to begin in April 2025, in Italy.<ref>{{cite web |last=Stephan |first=Katcy |title=Ridley Scott and Paul Mescal to Re-Team After 'Gladiator II' on 'The Dog Stars' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/ridley-scott-paul-mescal-the-dog-stars-1236205008/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=8 November 2024 |date=8 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Siegel |first=Tatiana |date=2025-01-07 |title=Jacob Elordi in Talks to Replace Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott's 'The Dog Stars' (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/jacob-elordi-replace-paul-mescal-ridley-scott-the-dog-stars-1236267363/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

While promoting ''Gladiator II'', in a September 2024 interview for French network [[La Première (French TV network)|La Premiere]], Scott revealed that he was planning a ''Gladiator III'', comparing the ending of ''II'' to ''[[The Godfather]]'', "with [[Michael Corleone]] ending up with a job he didn't want [...] So the next [film] will be about a man who doesn't want to be where he is."<ref name="Gladiator3"/>

==Television projects==
In 2002, Ridley Scott and his brother Tony were among the executive producers of ''[[The Gathering Storm (2002 film)|The Gathering Storm]]'', a television biographical film of [[Winston Churchill]] in the years just prior to [[World War II]]. A [[BBC]]–[[HBO]] co-production, it received acclaim, with [[Mark Lawson]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' ranking it as the most memorable television portrayal of Churchill.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/26/winston-churchill-tv-ranked-michael-gambon-richard-burton-albert-finney | title=Close but no cigar: TV's Winston Churchills – ranked | work=The Guardian | date=26 February 2016 | access-date=15 November 2023 | location=London | first=Mark | last=Lawson | archive-date=4 December 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204172428/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/feb/26/winston-churchill-tv-ranked-michael-gambon-richard-burton-albert-finney | url-status=live }}</ref> The brothers produced the [[CBS]] series ''[[Numb3rs]]'' (2005–10), a crime drama about a genius mathematician who helps the [[FBI]] solve crimes; and ''[[The Good Wife]]'' (2009–2016), a legal drama about an attorney balancing her job with her husband, a former state attorney trying to rebuild his political career after a major scandal. The two Scotts also produced a 2010 [[The A-Team (film)|film adaptation]] of 1980s television show ''[[The A-Team]]'', directed by [[Joe Carnahan]].<ref>{{cite news | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7856758.stm | title = Ridley Scott to remake The A-Team | work = [[BBC News Online]] | date = 28 January 2009 | access-date = 13 January 2015 | archive-date = 31 January 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090131020650/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7856758.stm | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | date = 27 January 2009 | title = Fox assembles 'A-Team' | url = https://www.variety.com/VR1117999155.html | magazine = Variety | access-date = 13 January 2015 | first = Michael | last = Fleming | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090305090626/http://www.variety.com/VR1117999155.html | archive-date = 5 March 2009 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Ridley Scott was an executive producer of the first season of Amazon's ''[[The Man in the High Castle (TV series)|The Man in the High Castle]]'' (2015–16).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/The-Man-In-High-Castle/dp/B00RSGIVVO|title=Watch The Man in the High Castle Season 1 Episode – Amazon Video|website=Amazon.com|access-date=25 March 2016|archive-date=25 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325181318/http://www.amazon.com/The-Man-In-High-Castle/dp/B00RSGIVVO|url-status=live}}</ref> Through [[Scott Free Productions]], he is an executive producer on the dark comic science-fiction series ''[[BrainDead (TV series)|BrainDead]]'' which debuted on CBS in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=BrainDead|url=http://www.backstage.com/resources/detail/productionlisting/braindead-85375/|website=Backstage|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818201612/http://www.backstage.com/resources/detail/productionlisting/braindead-85375/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Ridley Scott|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/ridley-scott-57300822/|website=Hollywood.com|date=26 November 2014|access-date=18 August 2016|archive-date=18 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818212145/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrities/ridley-scott-57300822/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Lloyd|first1=Robert|title='The Good Wife's' creators are back with the imperfect but fun 'Braindead' mixing D.C politics ... and bugs from space.|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-braindead-review-20160609-snap-story.html|access-date=18 August 2016|publisher=Los Angeles Times.|date=13 June 2016|archive-date=17 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817094342/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/la-et-st-braindead-review-20160609-snap-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 20 November 2017, Amazon agreed a deal with AMC Studios for a worldwide release of ''[[The Terror (TV series)|The Terror]]'', Scott's series adaptation of [[The Terror (novel)|Dan Simmons' novel]], a speculative retelling of British explorer Sir [[John Franklin]]'s [[Franklin's lost expedition|lost expedition]] of [[HMS Erebus (1826)|HMS ''Erebus'']] and [[HMS Terror (1813)|HMS ''Terror'']] to the [[Arctic]] in 1845–1848 to force the [[Northwest Passage]], with elements of horror and supernatural fiction, and the series premiered in March 2018.<ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-terror-anthology-series-scott-free-1201712908/ |title=AMC Orders 'The Terror' Anthology Drama Series From Scott Free |website=Deadline |date=2 March 2016 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-date=3 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303103310/https://deadline.com/2016/03/the-terror-anthology-series-scott-free-1201712908/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Andreeva |first=Nellie |url=https://deadline.com/2013/02/amc-developing-terror-drama-produced-by-scott-free-tv-360-alexandra-milchan-429627/ |title=AMC Developing 'Terror' Drama Produced By Scott Free, TV 360 & Alexandra Milchan |website=Deadline |date=13 February 2013 |access-date=13 September 2016 |archive-date=15 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915143215/http://deadline.com/2013/02/amc-developing-terror-drama-produced-by-scott-free-tv-360-alexandra-milchan-429627/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Scott was an executive producer for the 2019 [[BBC]]/[[FX (TV channel)|FX]] three-part miniseries ''[[A Christmas Carol (miniseries)|A Christmas Carol]]'', developed by [[Steven Knight]], alongside [[Tom Hardy]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/steven-knight-a-christmas-carol-dickens-adaptations-bbc-ridley-scott-tom-hardy-1202215436/|title=Steven Knight To Adapt Charles Dickens Novels For BBC One; Ridley Scott, Tom Hardy Exec Producing|first1=Nancy|last1=Tartaglione|work=Deadline|date=28 November 2017|access-date=4 November 2019|archive-date=9 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509140846/https://deadline.com/2017/11/steven-knight-a-christmas-carol-dickens-adaptations-bbc-ridley-scott-tom-hardy-1202215436/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scott's first television directing role in 50 years, ''[[Raised by Wolves (American TV series)|Raised by Wolves]]'', was released on [[HBO Max]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/ca/media-release/hbo-max/ridley-scotts-raised-wolves-coming-hbo-max |title=Ridley Scott's Raised by Wolves Coming to HBO Max |date=29 October 2019 |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216172221/https://pressroom.warnermediagroup.com/ca/media-release/hbo-max/ridley-scotts-raised-wolves-coming-hbo-max |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|date=1 October 2020|title='Raised by Wolves': Ridley Scott Explains That Monstrous Finale|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/arts/television/raised-by-wolves-finale-ridley-scott.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001224004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/arts/television/raised-by-wolves-finale-ridley-scott.html |archive-date=2020-10-01 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=11 October 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Scott said his "tendency was to think, 'I don't want to go down that road of androids again'", but decided to take on the project after he read the script and liked it.<ref name=":0" /> The show revolves around androids Mother and Father, who attempt to save humankind on planet Kepler-22b after earth is demolished by war between the Mithraic, who follow a god called Sol, and militant atheists.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kiesling|first=Lydia|title=The Aspirational Android Parenting of "Raised by Wolves"|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-aspirational-android-parenting-of-raised-by-wolves|access-date=11 October 2020|magazine=The New Yorker|date=5 October 2020|language=en-us|archive-date=11 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011222155/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-aspirational-android-parenting-of-raised-by-wolves|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2022, it was announced Scott would executive produce the [[Apple TV+]] series ''[[Dope Thief]]'', written by [[Peter Craig]] and starring [[Brian Tyree Henry]], and would also direct an episode.<ref>{{cite web |last=White |first=Peter |title=Brian Tyree Henry To Star In Philadelphia Crime Series ''Sinking Spring'' For Apple From ''Top Gun: Maverick'' Writer Peter Craig & Ridley Scott |url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/peter-craig-brian-tyree-henry-ridley-scott-sinking-spring-1235087885/ |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=6 January 2024 |date=August 11, 2022 |archive-date=22 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221022074803/https://deadline.com/2022/08/peter-craig-brian-tyree-henry-ridley-scott-sinking-spring-1235087885/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:%27The_Martian%27_World_Premiere_(NHQ201509110014).jpg|thumb|right|Scott with his third wife [[Giannina Facio]] at the world premiere of ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'' held at the [[Toronto International Film Festival]] on 11 September 2015]]

Scott was married to Felicity Heywood from 1964 to 1975. The couple had two sons, [[Jake Scott (director)|Jake]] and [[Luke Scott (director)|Luke]],<ref>[https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/a-reel-life-jordan-scott-6801670.html "A Reel Life: Jordan Scott"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729222737/https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/a-reel-life-jordan-scott-6801670.html |date=29 July 2020 }} (19 November 2009). ''[[Evening Standard]]''.  Retrieved 23 December 2020.</ref> both of whom work as directors in Scott's production company, Ridley Scott Associates. Scott later married advertising executive Sandy Watson in 1979, with whom he had a daughter, [[Jordan Scott (filmmaker)|Jordan Scott]], also a director, and divorced in 1989.<ref>"Ridley Scott: Interviews". p. xviii. University Press of Mississippi, 2005</ref> In 2015 he married actress [[Giannina Facio]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mottram |first1=James |title=Ridley Scott: 'I'm doing pretty good, if you think about it' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ridley-scott-im-doing-pretty-good-if-you-think-about-it-2068888.html |access-date=25 July 2018 |work=The Independent |date=3 September 2010 |archive-date=11 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121111091824/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/ridley-scott-im-doing-pretty-good-if-you-think-about-it-2068888.html |url-status=live }}</ref> whom he has cast in all his films since ''[[White Squall (film)|White Squall]]'' except ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]'' and ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2616075.stm "Sir Ridley Scott: Hollywood visionary"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728112030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2616075.stm |date=28 July 2020 }}. BBC. Retrieved 8 December 2012.</ref> He divides his time between homes in London, France, and Los Angeles.<ref name="Houses">{{cite news|title=Ridley Scott on the future of Prometheus|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10405944/Ridley-Scott-on-the-future-of-Prometheus.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/10405944/Ridley-Scott-on-the-future-of-Prometheus.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=14 January 2015}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

His eldest brother Frank died, aged 45, of skin cancer in 1980.<ref>{{cite news | url= https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/hollywood-pays-tribute-to-top-gun-director-tony-scott-following-suicide-leap-8062363.html | title= Hollywood pays tribute to Top Gun director Tony Scott following suicide leap | first1= Tom | last1= Harper | first2= Louise | last2= Jury | date= 20 August 2012 | newspaper= [[London Evening Standard]] | access-date= 5 September 2012 | archive-date= 22 August 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120822171353/http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/hollywood-pays-tribute-to-top-gun-director-tony-scott-following-suicide-leap-8062363.html | url-status= live }}</ref> His younger brother [[Tony Scott|Tony]], who was also his business partner in their company [[Scott Free Productions|Scott Free]], died on 19 August 2012 at the age of 68 after jumping from the [[Vincent Thomas Bridge]] which spans Los Angeles Harbor, after an originally disputed long struggle with cancer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11261672/Ridley-Scott-breaks-silence-on-brother-Tony-Scotts-death.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11261672/Ridley-Scott-breaks-silence-on-brother-Tony-Scotts-death.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Ridley Scott breaks silence on brother Tony Scott's death|date=28 November 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=3 September 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Before Tony's death, he and Ridley collaborated on a [[Coma (U.S. miniseries)|miniseries]] based on [[Robin Cook (novelist)|Robin Cook]]'s novel ''[[Coma (novel)|Coma]]'' for [[A&E (TV channel)|A&E]]. The two-part miniseries premiered on A&E on 3 September 2012, to mixed reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/coma|title=Coma – Reviews, Ratings, Credits and More|date=31 August 2012|website=[[Metacritic]]|access-date=5 September 2012|archive-date=4 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904233047/http://www.metacritic.com/tv/coma|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scott has dedicated several of his films in memory of his family: ''[[Blade Runner]]'' to his brother Frank, ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]'' to his mother, and ''[[The Counselor]]'' and ''[[Exodus: Gods and Kings]]'' to his brother Tony.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tony Scott's Spirit Possesses Ridley Scott's The Counselor|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/double-vision-tony-scott-ridley-scott-and-the-counselor|publisher=Roger Ebert|date=4 January 2015|access-date=19 February 2020|archive-date=25 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025165534/https://www.rogerebert.com/balder-and-dash/double-vision-tony-scott-ridley-scott-and-the-counselor|url-status=live}}</ref> Ridley also paid tribute to his late brother Tony at the 2016 [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globes]], after his film, ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'', won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.<ref>{{cite news|title=Golden Globes 2016 ceremony – in pictures|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/jan/11/golden-globes-2016-ceremony-in-pictures-gervais-gibson-leonardo-dicaprio-winslet|newspaper=The Guardian|date=30 January 2016|access-date=13 December 2016|archive-date=13 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161213135127/https://www.theguardian.com/film/gallery/2016/jan/11/golden-globes-2016-ceremony-in-pictures-gervais-gibson-leonardo-dicaprio-winslet|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2013, Scott stated that he is an [[atheist]].<ref>{{cite news | last = Sternbergh | first = Adam | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/magazine/ridley-scott-most-novelists-are-desperate-to-do-what-i-do.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1& | title = Ridley Scott: 'Most Novelists Are Desperate to Do What I Do' | date = 25 October 2013 | access-date = 26 October 2013 | work = The New York Times | archive-date = 17 January 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170117103331/http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/27/magazine/ridley-scott-most-novelists-are-desperate-to-do-what-i-do.html?smid=tw-nytimes&_r=1& | url-status = live }}</ref> Although when asked by the [[BBC]] in a September 2014 interview if he believes in God, Scott replied:

{{blockquote|text=[[Agnosticism|I'm not sure]]. I think there's all kinds of questions raised... that's such an exotic question. If we looked at the whole thing practically speaking, the Big Bang occurred and then we go through this evolution of millions, billions of years where, by coincidence, all the right biological accidents came out the right way. To an extent, that doesn't make sense unless there was a controlling decider or mediator in all of that. So who was that? Or what was that? Are we one big grand experiment in the basic overall blink of the universe, or the galaxy? In which case, who is behind it?<ref>{{cite news|last1=Carnevale|first1=Rob|title=Calling the Shots No.41: Ridley Scott|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/films/callingtheshots/ridley_scott.shtml|access-date=22 July 2017|work=[[BBC]]|date=24 September 2014|archive-date=13 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413025033/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/callingtheshots/ridley_scott.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>}}

==Directorial style==
Scott's frequent collaborator [[Russell Crowe]] commented, "I like being on Ridley's set because actors can perform [...] and the focus is on the performers."<ref name="gangster">''American Gangster'' DVD, ''Fallen Empire: The Making of American Gangster'' documentary</ref> Paul M. Sammon, in his book ''Future Noir: The Making of [[Blade Runner]]'', commented in an interview with Brmovie.com that Scott's relationship with his actors has improved considerably over the years.<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Caldwell |url=http://www.brmovie.com/Articles/Sammon_Interview_11.htm |title=Paul M. Sammon interview |publisher=BRmovie.com |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=7 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407033114/http://www.brmovie.com/Articles/Sammon_Interview_11.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> More recently during the filming of Scott's 2012 film, ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'', [[Charlize Theron]] praised the director's willingness to listen to suggestions from the cast for improvements in the way their characters are portrayed on screen. Theron worked alongside the writers and Scott to give more depth to her character during filming.<ref name="Prometheus_Theron">{{cite news | url=http://movies.inquirer.net/3843/%E2%80%9Cprometheus%E2%80%9D-crew-on-a-mission-collision | title="Prometheus" Crew: On A Mission Collision | newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer | date=29 April 2012 | access-date=7 May 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516075620/http://movies.inquirer.net/3843/%E2%80%9Cprometheus%E2%80%9D-crew-on-a-mission-collision | archive-date=16 May 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> When working on epics, Scott states, "there's always the danger that the characters can get swamped" on a large canvas, before adding, "My model is [[David Lean]], whose characters never got lost in the proscenium."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Michael|last=Sragow|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ridley-scotts-brilliant-first-film|title=Ridley Scott's Brilliant First Film|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|date=28 May 2012|accessdate=15 June 2020|archive-date=20 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620203457/http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ridley-scotts-brilliant-first-film|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scott's work is identified for its striking visuals, with [[Girl Power in popular culture#Female action heroes and science fiction|heroines]] also a common theme.<ref name="Britannica"/><ref name="Female heroes"/><ref>{{cite magazine|title=Ridley Scott's History of Directing Strong Women|url=http://europe.newsweek.com/ridley-scotts-history-directing-strong-women-65047?rm=eu|magazine=Newsweek|date=17 December 2016|access-date=17 December 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220131725/http://europe.newsweek.com/ridley-scotts-history-directing-strong-women-65047?rm=eu|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015105/bio |title=Yahoo! Movies: Ridley Scott |publisher=Yahoo! |date=30 November 1937 |access-date=6 March 2010 |archive-date=7 February 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207075403/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015105/bio |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Los Angeles Times'' film editor Joshua Rothkopf wrote "Scott may be the movies' most consistent stealth feminist".<ref name="Rothkopf"/> His visual style, incorporating a detailed approach to production design and innovative, atmospheric lighting, has been influential on a subsequent generation of filmmakers.<ref name="Britannica"/><ref name="Visual style"/> [[James Cameron]] commented, "I love Ridley's films and I love his filmmaking, I love the beauty of the photography, I love the visceral sense that you're there, that you're present."<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/james-cameron-has-a-few-thoughts-about-ridley-scotts-alien-covenant | title=James Cameron has a few thoughts about Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant | work=[[Syfy]] | first=Alyse | last=Wax | date=11 August 2017 | access-date=18 September 2021 | archive-date=18 September 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918072908/https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/james-cameron-has-a-few-thoughts-about-ridley-scotts-alien-covenant | url-status=dead }}</ref> Scott commonly uses slow pacing until the action sequences. Examples include ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]'' and ''Blade Runner''; the ''Los Angeles Times'' critic Sheila Benson, for example, would call the latter "Blade Crawler" "because it's so damn slow". Scott claims to have an [[eidetic memory]], which he says aids him in visualising and storyboarding the scenes in his films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/ridley-scott-magic-comes-over-the-horizon-every-day/ |title=Ridley Scott: 'Magic comes over the horizon every day' &#124; Hero Complex – movies, comics, pop culture |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=26 April 2012 |access-date=24 August 2014 |archive-date=11 January 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111033906/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/ridley-scott-magic-comes-over-the-horizon-every-day/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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&nbsp;– whilst it may take 45 minutes to set up&nbsp;– 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."<ref name="gangster"/>

[[Artificial intelligence]] is a theme that appears in several of Scott's films, including ''Blade Runner'', ''Alien'', and ''Prometheus''.<ref>''The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott'', p. 121-142, Lexington Books, 2013.</ref> The 2013 book ''The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott'' identifies pioneering computer scientist [[Alan Turing]] and the philosopher [[John Searle]] as presenting relevant models of testing artificial intelligence known as the [[Turing test]] and the [[Chinese Room]] Thought Experiment, respectively, in the chapter titled "What's Wrong with Building Replicants", which has been a recurring theme for many of Scott's films.<ref>''The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott'', p. 136-142, Lexington Books, 2013.</ref> The chapter titled "Artificial Intelligence in ''Blade Runner'', ''Alien'', and ''Prometheus''," concludes by citing the writings of [[John Stuart Mill]] in the context of Scott's Nexus-6 Replicants in ''Blade Runner'' (Rutger Hauer), the android [[Ash (Alien)|Ash]] (Ian Holm) in ''Alien'', and the android [[David 8]] (Michael Fassbender) in ''Prometheus'', where Mill is applied to assert that measures and tests of intelligence must also assess actions and moral behaviour in androids to effectively address the themes which Scott explores in these films.<ref>''The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott'', p. 140-142, Lexington Books, 2013.</ref>

===DVD format and director's cut===
[[File:Prince Charles Theatre showing Blade Runner.JPG|thumb|right|''Blade Runner: The Final Cut'' showing at [[Prince Charles Cinema]] in [[Leicester Square]], London in 2015]]
Scott provides [[Audio commentary (DVD)|audio commentaries]] and interviews for all his films where possible. In the July 2006 issue of ''[[Total Film]]'' magazine, he stated: "After all the work we go through, to have it run in the cinema and then disappear forever is a great pity. To give the film added life is really cool for both those who missed it and those who really loved it."<ref name="totalfilm"/>

The positive reaction to the ''Blade Runner'' [[Director's Cut]] encouraged Scott to re-cut several movies that were a disappointment at the time of their release (including ''Legend'' and ''Kingdom of Heaven''), which have been met with acclaim.<ref name="Kingdom"/> Today the practice of alternative cuts is more commonplace, though often as a way to make a film stand out in the DVD marketplace by adding new material.

==Filmography==
{{main|Ridley Scott filmography}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+Directed features
|-
! Year
! Title
! Distributor
|-
| 1977
| ''[[The Duellists]]''
| [[Paramount Pictures]]
|-
| 1979
| ''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
| [[20th Century Fox]]
|-
| 1982
| ''[[Blade Runner]]''
| [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|-
| 1985
| ''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]''
| [[Universal Pictures]] / 20th Century Fox
|-
| 1987
| ''[[Someone to Watch Over Me (film)|Someone to Watch Over Me]]''
| [[Columbia Pictures]]
|-
| 1989
| ''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]''
| Paramount Pictures
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
| [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]
|-
| 1992
| ''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]''
| Paramount Pictures
|-
| 1996
| ''[[White Squall (film)|White Squall]]''
|rowspan=2| [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Pictures]]
|-
| 1997
| ''[[G.I. Jane]]''
|-
| 2000
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''
| [[DreamWorks Pictures]] / Universal Pictures
|-
|rowspan=2| 2001
| ''[[Hannibal (2001 film)|Hannibal]]''
| Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Universal Pictures
|-
| ''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''
| [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Matchstick Men]]''
| Warner Bros. Pictures
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Kingdom of Heaven (film)|Kingdom of Heaven]]''
|rowspan=2| 20th Century Fox
|-
| 2006
| ''[[A Good Year]]''
|-
| 2007
| ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
| Universal Pictures
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Body of Lies (film)|Body of Lies]]''
| Warner Bros. Pictures
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]''
| Universal Pictures
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]''
|rowspan=5| 20th Century Fox
|-
| 2013
| ''[[The Counselor]]''
|-
| 2014
| ''[[Exodus: Gods and Kings]]''
|-
| 2015
| ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''
|-
|rowspan=2| 2017
| ''[[Alien: Covenant]]''
|-
| ''[[All the Money in the World]]''
| Sony Pictures Releasing / [[STX Entertainment]]
|-
|rowspan=2| 2021
| ''[[The Last Duel (2021 film)|The Last Duel]]''
| [[20th Century Studios]]
|-
| ''[[House of Gucci]]''
| [[United Artists Releasing]] / Universal Pictures
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Napoleon (2023 film)|Napoleon]]''
| Sony Pictures Releasing / [[Apple TV+]]
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Gladiator II]]''
| Paramount Pictures
|-
|-
| TBA
| {{Pending film|[[The Dog Stars (film)|The Dog Stars]]}}
| 20th Century Studios
|}

==Honours, awards and legacy==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Ridley Scott}}
[[File:Ridley Scott at the RCA July 2015.jpg|thumb|upright|Sir Ridley Scott was made an Honorary Doctor at the [[Royal College of Art]] during a ceremony in July 2015.]]
Scott was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2003 New Year Honours]] "for services to the British film industry".<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=56797 |date=31 December 2002 |page=1 |supp=y}}</ref> He received his accolade from [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] at an investiture ceremony at [[Buckingham Palace]] on 8 July 2003.<ref name="knighted"/> Scott admitted feeling "stunned and truly humbled" after the ceremony, saying, "As a boy growing up in [[South Shields]], I could never have imagined that I would receive such a special recognition. I am truly humbled to receive this treasured award and believe it also further recognises the excellence of the British film industry."<ref>{{cite news |title=Queen knights Gladiator director |work=BBC News |date=8 July 2003 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3054254.stm |access-date=7 August 2017 |archive-date=8 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808002249/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3054254.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2024 New Year Honours]], he was appointed a [[Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire]] (GBE) by [[Charles III|King Charles III]] also "for services to the UK film industry".<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=64269 |date=30 December 2023 |supp=y |page=N9}}</ref>

Scott has been nominated for three [[Academy Award for Directing|Academy Awards for Directing]]—''Thelma & Louise'', ''Gladiator'' and ''Black Hawk Down''—as well as three [[British Academy Film Awards]] for Best Director, four [[Golden Globe Awards]] for Best Director, and two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]. In 1995, Ridley and his brother [[Tony Scott|Tony]] received the [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA]] for [[BAFTA Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award|Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema]].<ref name="Outstanding contribution"/> In 2018 he received the highest accolade from BAFTA, the [[BAFTA Fellowship]], for lifetime achievement.<ref name="BAFTA Felowship"/><ref name="Outstanding contribution"/>

Scott was inducted into the [[Museum of Pop Culture#Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame|Science Fiction Hall of Fame]] in 2007.<ref name=hof2007>{{cite web |url=http://www.empsfm.org/press/index.asparticleID=892 |title=Science Fiction Hall of Fame to Induct Ed Emshwiller, Gene Roddenberry, Ridley Scott and Gene Wolfe |access-date=26 April 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. Press release March/April/May 2007. Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (''empsfm.org''). Archived 14 October 2007. Retrieved 19 March 2013</ref> In 2017 the German newspaper ''[[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|FAZ]]'' compared Scott's influence on the science fiction film genre to Sir [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s on [[Thriller film|thrillers]] and [[John Ford]]'s on [[Western (genre)|Westerns]].<ref>{{cite news|title=RIDLEY SCOTT ZUM ACHTZIGSTEN :Der selbstleuchtende Sehnerv|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kino/ridley-scott-zum-achtzigsten-des-science-fiction-regisseurs-15316487.html|publisher=Frankfurter Allgemeine - FAZ.net|date=30 November 2017|access-date=3 June 2020|archive-date=12 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200812142143/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/kino/ridley-scott-zum-achtzigsten-des-science-fiction-regisseurs-15316487.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, he received a [[List of stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame|star]] on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10348091.stm "Hollywood stars for Simon Fuller and Sir Ridley Scott"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728112018/https://www.bbc.com/news/10348091 |date=28 July 2020 }}. ''[[BBC News]]''. Retrieved 20 June 2010.</ref>

Scott has received three [[Hugo Award]]s in the category of [[Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation|Best Dramatic Presentation]] for ''Alien'', ''Blade Runner'' and ''The Martian''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1980-hugo-awards/ |title=1980 Hugo Awards |date=26 July 2007 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=2022-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507164644/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/1980-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2011-05-07 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |title=2016 Hugo Awards |date=29 December 2015 |publisher=World Science Fiction Society |access-date=14 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816091759/http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2016-hugo-awards/ |archive-date=2017-08-16 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2012, Scott was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir [[Peter Blake (artist)|Peter Blake]] to appear in a new version of his most famous artwork, the [[Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' album cover, to celebrate the British cultural figures of his life that he most admires to mark his 80th birthday.<ref>{{cite news|title=New faces on Sgt Pepper album cover for artist Peter Blake's 80th birthday|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|work=The Guardian|date=5 October 2016|access-date=5 November 2016|archive-date=5 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105095109/https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2012/apr/02/peter-blake-sgt-pepper-cover-revisited|url-status=live}}</ref> On 3 July 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the [[Royal College of Art]] in a ceremony at the [[Royal Albert Hall]] in London at which he described how he still keeps on his office wall his school report placing him 31st out of 31 in his class, and how his teacher encouraged him to pursue what became his passion at art school.<ref name="RCA">{{cite web|title=RCA Convocation 2015|url=http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/convocation2015/|publisher=RCA [view from 13:55 and 31:45]|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713180321/http://www.rca.ac.uk/news-and-events/convocation2015/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Doctors |url=http://www.rca.ac.uk/more/our-history/college-honours/honorary-doctors/ |publisher=RCA |access-date=13 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315030921/http://www.rca.ac.uk/more/our-history/college-honours/honorary-doctors/ |archive-date=15 March 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Awards and nominations received by Scott's films
|-
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Title
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Academy Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| BAFTA Awards
! colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" width=160| Golden Globe Awards
|-
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
! Nominations
! Wins
|-
|1977
|''[[The Duellists]]''
|
|
|align=center|2
|
|
|
|-
|1979
|''[[Alien (film)|Alien]]''
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|align=center|7
|align=center|2
|align=center|1
|
|-
|1982
|''[[Blade Runner]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|8
|align=center|3
|align=center|1
|
|-
|1985
|''[[Legend (1985 film)|Legend]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|3
|
|
|
|-
|1989
|''[[Black Rain (1989 American film)|Black Rain]]''
|align=center|2
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|1991
|''[[Thelma & Louise]]''
|align=center|6
|align=center|1
|align=center|8
|
|align=center|4
|align=center|1
|-
|1992
|''[[1492: Conquest of Paradise]]''
|
|
|
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2000
|''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''
|align=center|12
|align=center|5
|align=center|14
|align=center|4
|align=center|5
|align=center|2
|-
|2001
|''[[Black Hawk Down (film)|Black Hawk Down]]''
|align=center|4
|align=center|2
|align=center|3
|
|
|
|-
|2007
|''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
|align=center|2
|
|align=center|5
|
|align=center|3
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|
|
|-
|2015
|''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''
|align=center|7
|
|align=center|6
|
|align=center|3
|align=center|2
|-
|2017
|''[[All the Money in the World]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|3
|
|-
|2021
|''[[House of Gucci]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|1
|
|-
|2023
|''[[Napoleon (2023 film)|Napoleon]]''
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|4
|
|
|-
|2024
|''[[Gladiator II]]''
|align=center|1
|
|align=center|3
|
|align=center|2
|
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!align=center|45
!align=center|9
!align=center|68
!align=center|9
!align=center|25
!align=center|5
|}

'''Directed Academy Award performances'''<br />
Under Scott's direction, these actors have received [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] nominations (and wins) for their performances in their respective roles.
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Year
! Performer
! Film
! Result
|-
! colspan="4" | [[Academy Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| [[73rd Academy Awards|2000]]
| [[Russell Crowe]]
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''
| {{won}}
|-
| [[88th Academy Awards|2015]]
| [[Matt Damon]]
| ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
! colspan="4" | [[Academy Award for Best Actress]]
|-
|rowspan=2| [[64th Academy Awards|1991]]
| [[Geena Davis]]
|rowspan=2| ''[[Thelma and Louise]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Susan Sarandon]]
| {{nom}}
|-
! colspan="4" | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| [[73rd Academy Awards|2000]]
| [[Joaquin Phoenix]]
| ''[[Gladiator (2000 film)|Gladiator]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[90th Academy Awards|2017]]
| [[Christopher Plummer]]
| ''[[All the Money in the World]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
! colspan="4" | [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]]
|-
| [[80th Academy Awards|2007]]
| [[Ruby Dee]]
| ''[[American Gangster (film)|American Gangster]]''
| {{nom}}
|}

Belgian bike manufacturing company [[Ridley Bikes]] is named in honour of Scott.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About Ridley|url=https://www.ridley-bikes.com/en_GB/about|access-date=2025-03-10|website=Ridley|language=en-GB}}</ref>

==See also==
* {{Portal inline|Film}}
* {{Portal inline|Speculative fiction}}
* {{Portal inline|England}}
* [[Ridley Scott's unrealised projects]]
* [[List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikiquote}}
{{Commons}}
* {{Sfhof|952|Ridley Scott}}
* {{IMDb name|631}}
* {{ISFDB name|97897}}
* [http://www.rsafilms.com Ridley Scott Associates (RSA)]
* [http://www.theyshootpictures.com/scottridley.htm They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?]
* {{cite web |url= http://www.stv.tv/out/showArticle.jsp?source=opencms&articleId=/out/edimburg_festival/films/ridley_scott_interview |format= Video |title= Interview |publisher= [[STV (TV channel)|STV]] |first= Grant |last= Lauchlan |quote= Discussing ''Kingdom of Heaven'' and ''Blade Runner'' |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081025060828/http://www.stv.tv/out/showArticle.jsp?source=opencms&articleId=%2Fout%2Fedimburg_festival%2Ffilms%2Fridley_scott_interview |archive-date= 25 October 2008 |df= dmy-all}}
* {{cite news |url= http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-2388287,00.html |newspaper= Times |date= 5 October 2006 |title= Ridley Scott uncut: exclusive online interview |first= Chris |last= Sullivan |url-status= dead |archive-date= 5 July 2008 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080705151641/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,14931-2388287,00.html}}
* {{cite web |url= https://www.gamesradar.com/the-total-film-interview-ridley-scott/ |title= Total Film: Interview with Ridley Scott |date= 15 July 2007 |url-status= live |archive-date= 26 September 2007 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070926213349/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the_total_film_interview_-_ridley_scott2}}
* [https://texasarchive.org/2010_01485 Interview with Ridley Scott] at [[Texas Archive of the Moving Image]]

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