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Ridley Scott's History of Directing Strong Women. The lead in my new film Prometheus was always going to be female, like Sigourney Weaver in the original Alien. Then I came across Noomi Rapace ...
Mar 22, 2021 · Take me back to 1977. How were you feeling about your life and career at 28? I had been working steadily, but never for any money. I did get my first professional job at the Public Theater just as ...
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5 days ago · Ridley Scott is a British director and producer whose films were acclaimed for their visual style and rich details. His numerous notable movies include Alien (1979), Blade Runner (1982), Thelma & Louise (1991), Gladiator (2000), Black Hawk Down (2001), The Martian (2015), and All the Money in the World (2017).
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Jan 13, 2022 · The unpredictable pandemic box office hit one of Scott’s movies hard — The Last Duel, which cost $100 million and starred Matt Damon, Jodie Comer, Adam Driver and Ben Affleck, earned just $30. ...
— A supporter of strong female characters in his work, Scott credits his mother Elizabeth as his first female role model Scott was born on 30 November 1937 in South Shields, to Elizabeth (née Williams) and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. 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 ...
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- 30 November 1937 (age 85), South Shields, England
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Oct 31, 2023 · In his second feature film, Ridley Scott helped birth one of cinema’s most infamous scenes and an iconic monster. We look back at the personal history the filmmaker brought to 1979’s Alien. In 1962, Ridley Scott made his first short film, Boy And Bicycle, while he was a photography student at the Royal College of Art in London.
May 25, 2019 · Alien: How Ridley Scott’s masterpiece has stayed relevant for 40 years. The intergalactic horror film remains one of the most influential films in recent history.