Tony Scott
Born: 1944-06-21 in North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
Died: 2012-08-19
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
2022
- Top Gun: Maverick ... (In Memory Of)
2021
- Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2014
- Get Santa ... (Producer)
2013
- Stoker ... (Producer)
- Out of the Furnace ... (Producer)
- The East ... (Executive Producer)
- Killing Lincoln ... (Executive Producer)
2012
- The Grey ... (Executive Producer)
- World Without End ... (Producer)
- Coma ... (Executive Producer)
- The Polar Bears ... (Producer)
2011
- Life in a Day ... (Executive Producer)
2010
- Unstoppable ... (Producer)
- The Pillars of the Earth ... (Executive Producer)
- The A-Team ... (Producer)
- Welcome to the Rileys ... (Executive Producer)
- Cyrus ... (Executive Producer)
- The Real Robin Hood ... (Executive Producer)
2009
- The Good Wife ... (Executive Producer)
- The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 ... (Director)
- Cracks ... (Executive Producer)
- Tell-Tale ... (Producer)
- Into the Storm ... (Executive Producer)
2008
- The Andromeda Strain ... (Executive Producer)
2007
- The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford ... (Executive Producer)
- The Company ... (Executive Producer)
- Cashback ... (Production Consultant)
- Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window as Self
2006
- Déjà Vu ... (Director)
- Tristan & Isolde ... (Executive Producer)
- Orpheus ... (Executive Producer)
2005
- Numb3rs ... (Producer)
- In Her Shoes ... (Executive Producer)
- Domino ... (Producer)
- Le court des grands ... (Director)
- Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
2004
- Man on Fire ... (Producer)
- Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
2003
- 100 Greatest Sexy Moments as Self
2002
- The Gathering Storm ... (Executive Producer)
- Ticker ... (Executive Producer)
- AFP: American Fighter Pilot ... (Producer)
- Beat the Devil ... (Director)
- Hostage ... (Executive Producer)
2000
- Where the Money Is ... (Executive Producer)
- The Last Debate ... (Executive Producer)
1999
- Providence as Young Kerry
- RKO 281 ... (Executive Producer)
1998
- Enemy of the State ... (Director)
- Clay Pigeons ... (Executive Producer)
- Angelo Nero
1997
- The Hunger ... (Director)
- The Swords ... (Director)
1996
- The Fan ... (Director)
- Cityscrapes: Los Angeles as Director B
1995
- Crimson Tide ... (Director)
- The Making of 'Crimson Tide' as Self
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
1993
- True Romance ... (Director)
1991
- The Last Boy Scout ... (Director)
- The King of Ads ... (Director)
1990
- Days of Thunder ... (Director)
- Revenge ... (Director)
1987
- Beverly Hills Cop II ... (Director)
1986
- Top Gun ... (Director)
- Spearfield's Daughter as Police Lieutenant
1985
- Number One as Danny
1983
- The Hunger ... (Director)
1976
- Nouvelles d'Henry James ... (Director)
- The Author of Beltraffio ... (Director)
1974
1970
- Loving Memory ... (Director)
1969
- Forum ... (Director of Photography)
1968
- One of the Missing ... (Director)
- Compromise ... (Cinematography)
1965
- Boy and Bicycle as The Boy
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Indian Employee