Ridley Scott

Person · Open Library

Born

1937

Works

14

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Film & TV

Directing · South Shields, County Durham, England, UK

Sir Ridley Leighton Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English filmmaker. He directs films in the science fiction, crime, and historical epic genres with an atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. He ranks among the highest-grossing directors, with his films grossing a cumulative $5 billion worldwide. He has received many accolades, including the BAFTA Fellowship for Lifetime…

Known for

• Thelma & Louise: Born to Live — Self2025
• The Making of Gladiator II — Self2024
• L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)2023
• Harrison Ford: Hollywood Hero — Self2023
• Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma — Self - Guest2023
• Film: The Living Record of Our Memory — Self2022
• The Making of the Last Duel — Self2021
• Kreka: Dreamcatcher — Self2021
• The Blade Runner Phenomenon — Self - Director (1982)2021
• Directors on Directors — Self2021

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

United States

Active from

1937

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

6,274

Total plays

76,726

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Common method biases in behavioral research: A critical review of the literature and recommended remedies.

   · 2003 · cited 65,146x

2. Gene set enrichment analysis: A knowledge-based approach for interpreting genome-wide expression profiles

   · 2005 · cited 47,869x

3. SciPy 1.0: fundamental algorithms for scientific computing in Python

   · 2020 · cited 34,742x

4. Going deeper with convolutions

   · 2015 · cited 32,540x

5. QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

   · 2010 · cited 30,753x

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Quotes

• “How could that have happened? ... Even if it was a hand of God … I’d read – and I don’t know how they know this – but in approximately 3000 BC there was a massive undersea volcano and earthquake, which created a tsunami wave that had to have been a couple of hundred feet high. Just off the heel of Italy. Diagonally across you’re staring right up the mouth of the Nile, so I’m wondering if that had anything to do with that.”
• “I'm really intrigued by those eternal questions of creation and belief and faith. I don't care who you are, it's what we all think about. It's in the back of all our minds.”
• “I honestly wasn't paying attention in school when I was told the story of Moses. Some of the details of his life are extraordinary.”
• “Just stare up at the stars at night, and you'll have those corny thoughts like we all do. How can you look at the galaxy and not feel insignificant? How on earth can we be it? It doesn't make sense. … It doesn't matter how much faith you have or don't have. I just don't buy the idea that we're alone. There's got to be some form of life out there.”
• “I think he writes the truth. Because life is like that most of the time in some shape or form, whether it’s illness or the end of the world. Cormac’s a writer’s writer. You read his writing and think, I can do that, and then you sit down and try. And you try, dude.”
• “Most novelists are desperate to do what I do.”

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Wikidata facts

Image

Ridley Scott At BFI - BFI Southbank - Saturday 4th October 2025.jpg

Height

173

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