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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1944-06-21 (80 years old)

Place of Birth

North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK

Tony Scott

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.

Known For

Acting

2021

Val as Self (archive footage)

2007

2005

2004

1999

Providence as Young Kerry

1996

1995

1977

1974

1965

Boy and Bicycle as The boy

1962

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Indian Employee

Directing

2010

Unstoppable as Director

2006

Déjà Vu as Director

2005

Domino as Director
Numb3rs as Director

2004

Man on Fire as Director
Agent Orange as Director

2002

Beat the Devil as Director

2001

Spy Game as Director
The Hire as Director

1998

Enemy of the State as Director

1997

The Swords as Director
The Hunger as Director

1996

The Fan as Director

1995

Crimson Tide as Director

1993

True Romance as Director

1991

The Last Boy Scout as Director
The King of Ads as Director

1990

Days of Thunder as Director
Revenge as Director

1987

1986

Top Gun as Director

1983

The Hunger as Director

1970

Loving Memory as Director

1968

One of the Missing as Director

Production

2014

Get Santa as Producer

2013

The East as Executive Producer
Stoker as Producer
Out of the Furnace as Producer
Killing Lincoln as Executive Producer

2012

The Grey as Executive Producer
The Polar Bears as Producer
Coma as Executive Producer
World Without End as Producer

2011

Life in a Day as Executive Producer

2010

The A-Team as Producer
Unstoppable as Producer
Cyrus as Executive Producer
Welcome to the Rileys as Executive Producer
The Real Robin Hood as Executive Producer
The Pillars of the Earth as Executive Producer

2009

Cracks as Executive Producer
Tell-Tale as Producer
Into the Storm as Executive Producer
The Good Wife as Executive Producer

2008

The Andromeda Strain as Executive Producer

2007

The Company as Executive Producer

2006

Tristan & Isolde as Executive Producer
Orpheus as Executive Producer

2005

In Her Shoes as Executive Producer
Domino as Producer
Numb3rs as Producer

2004

Man on Fire as Producer

2002

The Gathering Storm as Executive Producer
Hostage as Executive Producer
Ticker as Executive Producer
Beat the Devil as Executive Producer

2000

RKO 281 as Executive Producer
Where the Money Is as Executive Producer
The Last Debate as Executive Producer

1998

Clay Pigeons as Executive Producer

1997

Menage a Trois as Executive Producer

Crew

2022

Top Gun: Maverick as In Memory Of

1968

Compromise as Cinematography

Camera

1970

Loving Memory as Director of Photography

1968

One of the Missing as Director of Photography

Editing

1970

Loving Memory as Editor

1968

Writing

1970

Loving Memory as Writer

1968