Tony Scott
Known for: Directing
Born: June 21, 1944
Died: August 19, 2012
Place of birth: North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
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.
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Filmography
66 movies · 15 TV shows, newest first
8.2
Top Gun: Maverick
2022
7.2
Val
20215.0
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
6.1
Get Santa
2014
6.6
Out of the Furnace
2013
6.6
The East
2013
6.6
Stoker
2013
6.0
Killing Lincoln
2013
6.9
World Without End
2012
6.4
Coma
2012
6.6
The Grey
2012
7.2
Life in a Day
2011
6.6
Unstoppable
2010
6.6
Welcome to the Rileys
2010
7.7
The Pillars of the Earth
2010
5.9
Cyrus
2010
6.4
The A-Team
2010
5.7
The Real Robin Hood
2010
6.6
Cracks
2009
7.6
The Good Wife
2009
6.4
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
6.4
Into the Storm
2009
5.3
Tell-Tale
2009
6.1
The Andromeda Strain
2008
7.1
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
7.2
The Company
20076.0
Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window
2007
7.0
Cashback
2007
6.9
Déjà Vu
2006
6.7
Tristan & Isolde
2006NR
Orpheus
2006
8.0
Le court des grands
2005
5.9
Domino
2005
6.2
In Her Shoes
2005
8.0
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
8.0
Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun
2004
7.5
Man on Fire
2004
3.5
100 Greatest Sexy Moments
2003
7.2
Beat the Devil
2002
6.7
Ticker
2002
6.6
Hostage
2002
6.6
The Gathering Storm
200210.0
AFP: American Fighter Pilot
2002
6.9
Spy Game
2001
7.6
The Hire
2001
9.0
The Last Debate
2000
5.9
Where the Money Is
2000
6.5
RKO 281
1999
6.7
Providence
1999
7.1
Enemy of the State
1998
6.2
Clay Pigeons
1998
NR
Angelo Nero
1998
NR
The Swords
1997
6.1
The Hunger
1997
6.0
The Fan
1996
5.0
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles
1996
7.2
Crimson Tide
1995
7.8
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
9.0
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'
1995
7.5
True Romance
1993NR
Eye of the Storm: Ridley Scott
1992
6.8
The Last Boy Scout
1991
4.3
The King of Ads
1991
6.4
Days of Thunder
1990
6.5
Revenge
1990
6.5
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
8.0
Spearfield's Daughter
1986
7.1
Top Gun
1986
6.7
Number One
1985
6.7
The Hunger
1983
7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977
7.5
The Author of Beltraffio
19768.0
Henry James Stories
19765.1
Film '72
1971
5.9
Loving Memory
1970
NR
Forum
1969
7.1
One of the Missing
1968
NR
Compromise
1968
5.6
Boy and Bicycle
1965
7.9
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962