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Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English film director, screenwriter and producer. He directs films in the science fiction, crime, and historical epic genres with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime Achievement in 2018, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Golden Globe Award. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 and appointed a Knight Grand Cross by King Charles III in 2024. 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 (1979). Though his films range widely in setting and period, they showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, spanning 2nd-century Rome in Gladiator (2000) and its 2024 sequel, 12th-century Jerusalem in Kingdom of Heaven (2005), medieval England in Robin Hood (2010), ancient Memphis in Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), contemporary Mogadishu in Black Hawk Down (2001), futuristic cityscapes of Los Angeles in Blade Runner (1982) and extraterrestrial worlds in Alien, Prometheus (2012), The Martian (2015) and Alien: Covenant (2017). Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards: Directing for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Gladiator won the Academy Award for Best Picture and received a nomination in the same category for The Martian. In 1995, Scott and his brother Tony received a British Academy Film Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema. 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. Scott also works in television and has earned 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations. He won twice, for Outstanding Television Film for the HBO film The Gathering Storm (2002) and Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special for the History Channel's Gettysburg (2011). He was Emmy-nominated for RKO 281 (1999), The Andromeda Strain (2008), and The Pillars of the Earth (2010). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ridley Scott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Ridley Scott
Director
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Marc wakes up in a massive barn with dozens of men. A door opens--armed guards order them to line up. They’re led to a brutal arena where a voice echoes: “Welcome to the Games.” A giant figure descends--General Ceaser. He announces the contest: 100 elite men, only a few will earn a place in his army. Sgt. Rain appears, revealing he works for Ceaser now and handpicked Marc. Ceaser splits them--50 red, 50 blue. First game: capture the flag. Marc is approached by John Alexander, a stockbroker from Apollo Island. His allies are Red Caraway, a resistance fighter, and Ken Thomas, a farmer with a missing brother. During the chaos, Marc grabs the flag and wins it with John’s help. Red Team wins. The Blue Team is forced to fight guards or die. Most fall--only a few survive. 38 remain. Next game: Simon Says--with death for mistakes. 14 die quickly. 24 left. Mino, a brute, targets John. In a brutal standoff, John kills Mino. 12 remain. Final round: gladiator duels. Red fights ex-boxer Aaron Devhart and is slain. Ken wins his match. Then Marc faces John. Marc pleads for unity--John refuses. Marc wins. The last six are presented to Ceaser--but Marc surprises everyone, stabbing Ceaser with a hidden blade. He takes control. “You work for Ghost now,” he tells the survivors. As Sgt. Rain escapes, he makes a call: “Ren.” The film ends with Marc returning to base, leading his new army, only to hear Norman whisper with tears, “Bo is dead.”
