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During this period, the family traveled about, residing in Cumberland, North West England, Wales, and Germany, among other places. Tony, his younger brother, also became a film director.[([[https:// | During this period, the family traveled about, residing in Cumberland, North West England, Wales, and Germany, among other places. Tony, his younger brother, also became a film director.[([[https:// | ||
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Following WWII, the Scott family returned to their home North East, finally settling on Greens Beck Road in Hartburn, County Durham, whose industrial environment inspired similar scenes in Blade Runner.[([[https:// | Following WWII, the Scott family returned to their home North East, finally settling on Greens Beck Road in Hartburn, County Durham, whose industrial environment inspired similar scenes in Blade Runner.[([[https:// | ||
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Ridley Scott went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London, where he contributed to the college journal ARK and helped to create the film department.[([[https:// | Ridley Scott went on to study at the Royal College of Art in London, where he contributed to the college journal ARK and helped to create the film department.[([[https:// | ||
+ | ===== Boy And Bicycle ===== | ||
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+ | He developed a black and white short film, Boy and Bicycle, for his farewell presentation, | ||
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+ | ===== Designer ===== | ||
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+ | Scott was listed as " | ||
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+ | ===== Set Designer ===== | ||
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+ | Following graduating in 1963, he landed a position with the BBC as a trainee set designer, which led to employment on the popular television police series Z-Cars and science fiction series Out of the Unknown.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Doctor Who ===== | ||
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+ | Originally, he was tasked with designing the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, which would have meant creating the serial' | ||
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+ | ===== Adam Adamant Lives ===== | ||
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+ | In 1965, he began directing episodes of television shows for the BBC, of which just one, an episode of Adam Adamant Lives!, is widely popular.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== RSA ===== | ||
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+ | Ridley and Tony Scott established Ridley Scott Associates (RSA), a film and commercial production firm, in 1968.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Commercials ===== | ||
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+ | Ridley Scott made many commercials at RSA during the 1970s, working alongside Alan Parker, Hugh Hudson, and cinematographer Hugh Johnson, including a notable 1973 Hovis advertisement, | ||
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+ | ===== Nostalgia Themed Commercial ===== | ||
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+ | It was awarded the UK's all-time favorite commercial in a 2006 survey after a nostalgia-themed television commercial captivated the popular imagination.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Chanel ===== | ||
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+ | Chanel television ads, directed by Scott in the 1970s and 1980s, were innovative mini-films with surreal fantasy and seductive production standards that " | ||
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+ | ===== RSA Family ===== | ||
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+ | The Scott family has five directors, all of whom have previously worked for RSA.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Succesful Directors ===== | ||
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+ | His brother Tony was a successful film director whose career spanned more than two decades; his sons Jake and Luke, as well as his daughter Jordan Scott, are both notable commercial directors. Jake and Jordan are both located in Los Angeles, while Luke is based in London. Shepperton Studios was purchased in 1995 by a consortium led by Ridley and Tony Scott, who extensively renovated the studios as well as expanded and improved its grounds.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Star Wars ===== | ||
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+ | Ridley Scott had planned to adapt Tristan and Iseult next, but after viewing Star Wars, he was convinced of the promise of large-scale, | ||
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+ | ===== Alien ===== | ||
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+ | He accepted the job of directing | ||
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+ | ===== Alien' | ||
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+ | Filmed at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom, Alien was the sixth-highest-paying movie in 1979, with revenues of over $ 104 million worldwide.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Another Alien? ===== | ||
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+ | Scott was engaged with the 2003 reclamation and once again arrival of the first film. In special meetings at that point, Scott demonstrated he had been in conversations to make a fifth film in the Alien establishment. Notwithstanding, | ||
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+ | ===== Prometheus ===== | ||
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+ | Scott would return to an Alien-related movie three decades later when he directed Prometheus.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Blade Runner ===== | ||
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+ | Scott went on to helm the film adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? after working on the film adaptation of Dune for a year and following the tragic loss of his brother Frank. Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford, was a commercial flop in theaters in 1982, yet it is today considered a classic.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Blade Runner Director' | ||
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+ | Warner Brothers utilized Scott' | ||
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+ | ===== Cyberpunk Genre ===== | ||
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+ | Many reviewers consider Blade Runner to be one of the most important and influential science fiction films ever made, thanks in part to its frequently replicated portrayals of a future metropolis. It is frequently cited alongside William Gibson' | ||
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+ | ===== Gladiator ===== | ||
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+ | Gladiator (2000), Scott' | ||
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+ | ===== Oliver Reed In Gladiator ===== | ||
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+ | Scott collaborated with The Mill, a British visual effects company, on the film's computer-generated visuals, and the film was dedicated to Oliver Reed, who died during filming – The Mill built a digital body double for Reed's final scenes.[([[https:// | ||
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+ | ===== Hannibal ===== | ||
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+ | After that, Ridley Scott directed Hannibal (2001), starring Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. Despite garnering mixed reviews, the picture was a monetary success.[([[https:// |