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- After working as a set designer and director in British television, he began in 1967 to direct commercials, eventually numbering more than 2,000, for his own company.
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Jun 1, 2023 · From the legendary 1973 “Hovis Bread” advert, evoking nostalgia and capturing a bygone era, to the iconic “Apple 1984” commercial that redefined Super Bowl advertising, Scott’s early work...
Apr 20, 2018 · By the mid-80’s, Scott’s commercial repertoire was well-established, but two particular pieces from this period stand out — not just as exemplary displays of craft, but also as pop culture-defining works of commercial art.
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).
- Hovis: Boy on The Bike
- Chanel No. 5: The Swimming Pool
- Chanel No. 5: L’Invitation Au Rêve/Le Jardin
- Apple Mac: 1984
- Chanel No. 5: Monuments
- Chanel No. 5: La Star
- Prada – Thunder Perfect Mind
- Hennessy – The Seven Worlds
- Turkish Airlines – The Journey
The first commercial directed by Ridley Scott became in a very short time one of the most loved commercials by the British people, defined as one of the best British commercials of all times. “Boy on the Bike’ for the British flour and bread company is set in post-war Britain on Gold Hill, one of the country’s most famous roads.
The Swimming Pool – or La Piscine – is the first of four commercials the director made for Chanel No. 5. This one in particular depicts a summer that seems perfect, or maybe it’s just a fantasy.
In less than 60 seconds, we go from a garden to a San Francisco office through scenarios bordering on the surreal. The spot ends with the penetrating gaze of a woman dressed in red.
This is certainly one of the most famous commercials in the history of advertising and beyond. In 1984, Ridley Scott was asked by Apple to make the commercial that would officially launch the Macintosh, the first personal computer. For the video, the director took inspiration from George Orwell’s novel ‘1984’, showing how the world was completely d...
The red-clad woman who closed the 1982 ad is back, ready to say goodbye to her man and let herself go on a journey through the winding roads of the desert. Roads that will lead her to the next adventure.
We move to the Côte d’Azur, to the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc, where the director stages another daydream, retracing the aesthetic that also characterised the three previous works for the French fashion house.
In this 5-minute spot, the main character is the text recited by the protagonist for the entire duration of the video: “The Thunder, Perfect Mind”, a Gnostic poem in the Coptic language discovered in the Nag Hammadi Codices collection.
Every drop is an Odyssey, this is the slogan for the campaign created for Hennessy Cognac. The director imagined a journey inside a drop of the famous Cognac. It almost looks like a science fiction film.
For the Turkish airline, Ridley Scott thought to pack an adventurous action and chase film into a few minutes through the streets of an Istanbul waiting to be discovered.
Nov 30, 2021 · After graduating, Scott worked on various series for the BBC before founding ‘Ridley Scott Associates’ with his late brother, Tony, in 1968. Now, the director estimates that he has created over 2,000 commercials over several decades working for RSE.
May 24, 2024 · This Cannes Film Festival finalist catapulted him onto the world stage, and soon Ridley was directing two genre-defining masterpieces: 1979's “Alien” and 1982's “Blade Runner.” His journey from adman to auteur boils down to one fact: it was commercials that gave one of the greatest directors of all time the foundation to illuminate the big screen.
Nov 5, 2015 · Scott started making commercials while moonlighting from the BBC, where he was began his career in 1963 as a trainee, worked as a designer and then, in the late ’60s, became a director of...
