Ridley Scott
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 Ridley Scott facts

• Following his commercial breakthrough with the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), his best known works are the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film Blade Runner (1982), crime drama Thelma & Louise (1991), historical drama and Best Picture Oscar winner Gladiator (2000), war film Black Hawk Down (2001), crime thriller Hannibal (2001), biographical film American Gangster (2007), and science fiction films Prometheus (2012) and The Martian (2015)
• Scott is known for his atmospheric, highly concentrated visual style
• Though his films range widely in setting and period, they frequently showcase memorable imagery of urban environments, whether 2nd century Rome (Gladiator), 12th century Jerusalem (Kingdom of Heaven), medieval England (Robin Hood), contemporary Mogadishu (Black Hawk Down), or the future cityscapes of Blade Runner
• Scott has been nominated for three Academy Awards for Directing (for Thelma & Louise, Gladiator and Black Hawk Down)
• In 1995, both Ridley and his brother Tony received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema
• In 2003, Scott was knighted for his "services to the British film industry"
• In 2015, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Royal College of Art in London