Sir Ridley Scott
President's Award Recipient — 1990
Profile
About
Film director Ridley Scott studied at the Royal College of Art before landing a job as a trainee set designer at the BBC. He set up film and production company Ridley Scott Associates with Tony Scott in 1968, which went on to make adverts for Hovis and Chanel No. 5. Scott directed his first feature film in 1977, The Duellists, and then in 1979 the cult sci-fi horror flick Alien. A long list of cult successes and blockbusters followed including Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Most recently Scott directed The Martian, produced Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle, and also made his TV directorial debut with sci-fi series Raised By Wolves.
About
Film director Ridley Scott studied at the Royal College of Art before landing a job as a trainee set designer at the BBC. He set up film and production company Ridley Scott Associates with Tony Scott in 1968, which went on to make adverts for Hovis and Chanel No. 5. Scott directed his first feature film in 1977, The Duellists, and then in 1979 the cult sci-fi horror flick Alien. A long list of cult successes and blockbusters followed including Blade Runner, Thelma & Louise, Gladiator, and Black Hawk Down. Most recently Scott directed The Martian, produced Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle, and also made his TV directorial debut with sci-fi series Raised By Wolves.
D&AD achievements
- Participation
- President's Award Recipient — 1990
- Participation
- President's Award Recipient — 1990