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Ridley Scott is an English film director and producer who has an estimated net worth of $200 million. He is best known for his work on the science fiction films Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), and The Martian (2015). Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, England. He attended the Royal College of Art in London, where he studied film and television. After graduating, he worked as a director and producer for the BBC. In 1977, Scott directed his first feature film, The Duellists, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Director. He followed this up with the science fiction classic Alien in 1979, which was a huge success and spawned a franchise. He then directed Blade Runner in 1982, which is now considered a classic of the genre. Scott has since directed a number of other successful films, including Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), and The Martian (2015). He has also produced a number of films, including Hannibal (2001), American Gangster (2007), and Prometheus (2012). In addition to his film work, Scott has also directed a number of television commercials and music videos. He has won numerous awards for his work, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards.

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Occupation producer,director,production_designer
Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 30 November 1937
Birthday 30 November
Birthplace South Shields, England
Nationality United Kingdom

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Ridley Scott Height, Weight & Measurements

At 86 years old, Ridley Scott height is 5' 8½" (1.74 m) .

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Height 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Who Is Ridley Scott's Wife?

His wife is Felicity Heywood (m. 1964-1975) Sandy Watson (m. 1979-1989) Giannina Facio (m. 2015)

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Wife Felicity Heywood (m. 1964-1975) Sandy Watson (m. 1979-1989) Giannina Facio (m. 2015)
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Children Jake · Luke · Jordan

Ridley Scott Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Ridley Scott worth at the age of 86 years old? Ridley Scott’s income source is mostly from being a successful Producer. He is from United Kingdom. We have estimated Ridley Scott's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2023 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Source of Income Producer

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2018

Presented with a BAFTA Fellowship at the 2018 Awards.

2017

Received a TCL Chinese Theatre handprint ceremony on May 17, 2017. His hands and feet were encased in cement outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. He first set foot on the famous sidewalk in 1960, when he had no intention of entering the movie business. He was 22, fresh out of college and after working in New York for nine months, saved enough money to travel to L.A. on a Greyhound bus. "One of the big deals for me was to come to Hollywood," Scott remembered. "I stayed in a boarding house nearby and walked to Hollywood Boulevard. I remember standing outside and staring at the footprints. Never, ever, would I have thought that this would happen." [Variety 2017].

2015

On July 3, 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Art in a ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall in London.

2013

Considers The Counselor (2013) to be one of his best films.

2012

In 2012, Scott was among the British cultural icons selected by artist Sir 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.

2011

In 2011, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2009

The 2009 Sunday Times List estimated his net worth at $172 million.

2008

Ranked #35 in the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture".

2007

He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2007.

2005

2005: Ranked #5 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Greatest directors ever!".

2003

Ridley Scott was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire at the 2003 Queen's New Year Honours for his "substantial contribution to the British film industry".

2001

2001: Ranked #31 in Entertainment Weekly's Power List.

2000

Owns the visual effects company Mill Film, based in London. They did the majority of the effects work on Gladiator (2000).

1995

With his brother Tony Scott, he bought Shepperton Studios in 1995 for £12 million.

1994

In 1994, he was slated to direct "Hot Zone" from a screenplay by James V. Hart, based on the 1992 New Yorker article "Crisis in the Hot Zone" by Richard Preston. The film was to star Robert Redford and Jodie Foster, and was based on the true story of the discovery of the deadly Ebola virus. Some of Scott's regular collaborators slated to work on the film included cinematographer Hugh Johnson and production designer Ken Davis.Various factors, including the development of the similarly-plotted Outbreak (1995), led to the project being canceled. The very day this happened, Scott was given a copy of the script to White Squall (1996) and decided to direct it."Crisis in the Hot Zone" was eventually adapted as the National Geographic TV miniseries The Hot Zone (2019), with Scott serving as an executive producer.

1991

He was the first choice to direct Point Break (1991), but he chose Thelma & Louise (1991) instead.

1990

1990s: He was developing a film adaptation of the Richard Matheson novel, "I Am Legend". The project was filmed in 2008 by Francis Lawrence.

1986

1986: Enya's recording "Aldebaran" is dedicated to him.

1985

Scott's movie career has seen a few flops (notably Legend (1985) and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)), but with successes like Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000) and Black Hawk Down (2001) to offset them, his reputation remains solidly intact.

1984

Scott's next major project was back in the advertising world where he created another of the most talked-about advertising spots in broadcast history when his "1984"-inspired ad for the new Apple Macintosh computer was aired during the Super Bowl on January 22, 1984.

1982

Blade Runner: The Director's Cut (1982) followed in 1982 to, at best, a lukewarm reception from public and critics but in the years that followed, its reputation grew - and Scott's with it - as one of the most important sci-fi movies ever made.

1981

He and Michael Mann have both directed a Hannibal Lecter film. They have also both worked frequently with an actor who has played Jack Crawford. Mann directed Dennis Farina's first film, Thief (1981), and he also used him on Miami Vice (1984). Scott cast Harvey Keitel in The Duellists (1977) and Thelma & Louise (1991). Keitel went on to play Jack Crawford in Red Dragon (2002).

1979

Suffers from claustrophobia, a condition he actively sought to instill in his Alien (1979) cast by making their Nostromo living quarters as cramped as possible.

1977

Their first joint endeavor, The Duellists (1977) won the Jury Prize for Best First Work at Cannes in 1977 and was nominated for the Palm d'Or, more than successfully launching Scott's feature film career.

The success of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977) inspired Scott's interest in making science fiction and he accepted the offer to direct Dan O'Bannon's low budget science fiction horror movie Alien (1979), a critical and commercial success that firmly established his worldwide reputation as a movie director.

1970

")He began working with producer David Puttnam in the 1970s developing ideas for feature films.

1967

With his younger brother, Tony Scott, he formed the advertising production company RSA (Ridley Scott Associates) in 1967 and spent the next 10 years making some of the best known and best loved TV adverts ever shown on British television, including a series of ads for Hovis bread set to the music of Dvorak's New World Symphony which are still talked about today ("'e were a great baker were our dad.

1966

Said that Peter Watkins's The War Game (1966), about London being nuclear-bombed had an impact on him: "I thought about it for a week after seeing it." And The Road (2009), based on Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel: "That's really scary. I think there's a degree of uneasy accuracy. (...) We don't want to even consider that." [2016].

1963

Whilst working as a set designer at the BBC, Scott was assigned to design the Daleks for the new BBC TV science-fiction series Doctor Who (1963). Scott passed the work on to his colleague Raymond Cusick, as he was unable to attend the filming at Ealing.

1962

In 1962, he joined the BBC as a trainee set designer working on several high profile series.

He attended a trainee director's course while he was there and his first directing job was on an episode of the popular BBC police series Z Cars (1962), Z Cars: Error of Judgement (1965). More TV work followed until, frustrated by the poor financial rewards at the BBC, he went into advertising.

1961

Scott had already shot the footage for his first short film while studying at the Royal College of Art in 1961. It was titled Boy and Bicycle (1965). It was funded with £65 (film and processing) and a Bolex 16mm camera (for a month-long free use) by the RCA. The film would finally be completed (with music, soundtrack and titles) and copyrighted in 1965 with a £250 grant from the British Film Institute.

1954

Education: West Hartlepool College of Art (1954-1958: Diploma in Design 1958, with honors); Royal College of Art (autumn 1958-1961: M.A. in Graphic Design 1961). Two postgraduate courses at the RCA followed. Then he got a traveling scholarship and went to New York, where he gained experience in editing at Leacock/Pennebaker. A year later he would return to England where he worked as an art director for the BBC. His skill in designing sets for television eventually led to designing sets for commercials. After participating in the BBC's directors training course, he quit television. He decided to focus almost entirely on his advertisements and in 1965 he opened his own commercial production company called Ridley Scott Associates.

1937

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear (then County Durham). His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom and Europe before they eventually returned to Teesside. Scott wanted to join the Royal Army (his elder brother Frank had already joined the Merchant Navy) but his father encouraged him to develop his artistic talents instead and so he went to West Hartlepool College of Art and then London's Royal College of Art where he helped found the film department.