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Tony Scott

Directing · 1944–2012 · North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK

Biography

Anthony David Leighton Scott (June 21, 1944 – August 19, 2012) was an English and American film director, producer and actor. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010). Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and were among a generation of British film directors who were successful in Hollywood having started their careers making television commercials. In 1995, both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.

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Filmography

2022Top Gun: MaverickIn Memory Of
2021Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood LegendSelf (archive footage)
2014Get SantaProducer
2013Out of the FurnaceProducer
2013The EastExecutive Producer
2013StokerProducer
2013Killing LincolnExecutive Producer
2012The Polar BearsProducer
2012World Without EndProducer
2012ComaExecutive Producer
2012The GreyExecutive Producer
2011Life in a DayExecutive Producer
2010UnstoppableProducer
2010Welcome to the RileysExecutive Producer
2010The Pillars of the EarthExecutive Producer
2010CyrusExecutive Producer
2010The A-TeamProducer
2010The Real Robin HoodExecutive Producer
2009CracksExecutive Producer
2009The Good WifeExecutive Producer
2009The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3Director
2009Into the StormExecutive Producer
2009Tell-TaleProducer
2008The Andromeda StrainExecutive Producer
2007The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert FordExecutive Producer
2007The CompanyExecutive Producer
2007Déjà Vu: Surveillance WindowSelf
2007CashbackProduction Consultant
2006Déjà VuDirector
2006Tristan & IsoldeExecutive Producer
2006OrpheusExecutive Producer
2005Le court des grandsDirector
2005DominoProducer
2005In Her ShoesExecutive Producer
2005Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'Self
2005Numb3rsDirector
2004Danger Zone: The Making of Top GunSelf
2004Man on FireProducer
2003100 Greatest Sexy MomentsSelf
2002Beat the DevilDirector
2002TickerExecutive Producer
2002HostageExecutive Producer
2002The Gathering StormExecutive Producer
2002AFP: American Fighter PilotProducer
2001Spy GameDirector
2001The HireDirector
2000The Last DebateExecutive Producer
2000Where the Money IsExecutive Producer
1999RKO 281Executive Producer
1999ProvidenceYoung Kerry
1998Enemy of the StateDirector
1998Clay PigeonsExecutive Producer
1998Angelo Nero
1997The SwordsDirector
1997The HungerDirector
1996The FanDirector
1996Cityscrapes: Los AngelesDirector B
1995Crimson TideDirector
1995Wild Bill: Hollywood MaverickSelf
1995The Making of 'Crimson Tide'Self
1993True RomanceDirector
1992Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
1991The Last Boy ScoutDirector
1991The King of AdsDirector
1990Days of ThunderDirector
1990RevengeDirector
1987Beverly Hills Cop IIDirector
1986Spearfield's DaughterPolice Lieutenant
1986Top GunDirector
1985Number OneDanny
1983The HungerDirector
1977The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1976The Author of BeltraffioDirector
1976Henry James StoriesDirector
1970Loving MemoryDirector
1969ForumDirector of Photography
1968One of the MissingDirector
1968CompromiseCinematography
1965Boy and BicycleThe Boy
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourThe Indian Employee

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