Tony Scott

6.7	Listal rating

Stats

Birth Name: Anthony David Scott

Born: 21 June 1944 Died: 19 August 2012

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 6"

Ethnicity: White / Caucasian

Lists

151 votes

Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
list by propelas

Published 2 years, 2 months ago

123 comments

89 votes

Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (77 items)
list by Stehako

Published 3 years, 8 months ago

15 comments

48 votes

More Letters to Dead People (94 items)
list by ccc25

Published 2 years, 1 month ago

6 comments

47 votes

Notable Celebs for which 2012 was the last (38 items)
list by lili

Published 6 months, 3 weeks ago

8 comments

37 votes

My favorite Directors (24 items)
list by Villiana

Published 1 year, 3 months ago

9 comments

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Photos

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Tony Scott Videos

Tony Scott - That's how i'm living (1989)

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Tony Scott - The Chief

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Tony Scott - Blues for an African Friend

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About: Tony Scott was a British-born film director and producer. He was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom is fellow film director Ridley Scott. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England to parents Jean and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. As a result of his father's career in the British military, his family moved around a lot. Their mother loved the going to the movies and instilled a love of cinema in her children. At age 16, Tony made his first appearance on screen as 'the boy' in Tony Scott was a British-born film director and producer. He was the youngest of three brothers, one of whom is fellow film director Ridley Scott. He was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England to parents Jean and Colonel Francis Percy Scott. As a result of his father's career in the British military, his family moved around a lot. Their mother loved the going to the movies and instilled a love of cinema in her children. At age 16, Tony made his first appearance on screen as 'the boy' in his brother's directorial debut, the short film Boy and Bicycle (1956). In 1969, Tony directed his own short film One of the Missing (1969) about a soldier in the American civil war.

Tony had a talent for art and painting. He spent a year in Leeds College of Art and Design and went on to study for a fine arts degree at the School of Art at the University of Sunderland. He won a scholarship to study for his Masters of fine arts at the Royal College of Art. Following university, he spent several years as a painter. But life as a painter proved a struggle, so he decided to forge a different career path and partnered with Ridley in advertising at Ridley Scott Associates. It was there that he began shooting commercials.

His feature directorial debut came with the vampire movie The Hunger (1983) starring Susan Sarandon, David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. The film wasn't a critical success but it attracted attention from Hollywood. He was asked by producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer to direct Top Gun (1986) starring Tom Cruise. He would work again with Cruise on another high adrenaline film Days of Thunder (1990), which proved less successful. He followed the success of Top Gun with the sequel Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) with Eddie Murphy, which was well received.

In 1993, he directed True Romance (1993), which was written by emerging director Quentin Tarantino. Scott had a lot of control over the film and received some great reviews.

Tony has worked five times with actor Denzel Washington with Crimson Tide (1995), The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), Deja Vu (2006), Man on Fire (2004) and Scott's final film in the director's chair Unstoppable (2010).

Tony Scott passed away at age 68 on August 19, 2012 in California, USA. ... (more)

British (7), Director (6), Born 1944 (4), Died 2012 (4), Suicide (3), Deceased (3), English (3), Man On Fire (3), Royal College Of Art (2), Top Gun (2), Leeds College Of Art And Design (2), Film Director (2), Male (2), Actor (2), American (2), Suspense (2), Thriller (2), Action (2), Spy Game (2), Beverly Hills Cop II (2)

Movies directed by

1. Top Gun (1986)

Rating:

6.2

2276 Watched

2. Deja Vu (2006)

Rating:

6.5

1452 Watched

3. Enemy of the State (1998)

Rating:

6.7

1431 Watched

4. Man on Fire (2004)

Rating:

7.2

1386 Watched

5. True Romance (1993)

Rating:

7.5

1091 Watched

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Movies

1. Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007)

Rating:

8.3

19 Watched

2. Boy and Bicycle (1956)

Rating:

6.6

9 want to see

3. Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)

1 want to see

4. Cityscrapes: Los Angeles (1994)

0 want to see

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Movies written by

1. Loving Memory (1971)

Rating:

5 Watched

2. One of the Missing (1969)

Rating:

3 Watched

Music

1. Music for Zen Meditation

Rating:

1 own

TV directed by

1. The Hunger (1997)

Rating:

6.7

6 Watched

Books

1. Kodak Candid Pictures: Portraits and the Nude

Rating:

1 own

TV

1. The 85th Oscars (2013)

Rating:

33 Watched

2. Number One (1985)

Rating:

0 want to see

3. 100 Greatest Sexy Moments (2003)

Rating:

0 want to see

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A Movie for every Director (Part. 1) (100 person items)

"True Romance (1993) "

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Directors Who've Made the Most Appearances for Yea (17 person items)

"Top Gun Deja Vu Man On Fire The Last Boy Scout"

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Notable Celebs for which 2012 was the last (38 person items)

"Date of Death 19 August 2012, San Pedro, California, USA (suicide) "

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Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2012 Edition) (50 person items)

"2011 Rank: #33 2010 Rank: #38 2009 Rank: #38 a. Top Gun (1986) b. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) c. Days of Thunder (1990) d. The Last Boy Scout (1991) e. True Romance (1993) f. Crimson Tide (1995) g. Enemy of the State (1998) h. Spy Game (2001) i. Man on Fire (2004) j. Domino (2005) k. Déjà vu (2006) l. Unstoppable (2010) m. Emma's War (2013) "

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More Letters to Dead People (94 person items)

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God bless the U.K (185 person items)

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Directors Index (80 person items)

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Gone, but not forgotten (95 person items)

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Top Deceased Directors (54 person items)

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Rest in Peace (231 person items)

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My Favourite Directors (40 person items)

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My favorite Directors (24 person items)

"My favorite movies: "Man on Fire" (9/10) Other movies that I saw: Unstoppable (7/10) The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (7/10) Déjà Vu (7/10) Enemy of the State (7/10) Crimson Tide (7/10) The Last Boy Scout (7/10) Beverly Hills Cop II (6/10) Top Gun (4/10) "

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Directors (405 person items)

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GruntLogic's Favorite Movie Directors (25 person items)

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Favourite Directors (18 person items)

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Famous Cancerians (337 person items)

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Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2011 Edition) (50 person items)

"2010 Rank: #38 2009 Rank: #38 a. Top Gun (1986) b. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) c. Days of Thunder (1990) d. The Last Boy Scout (1991) e. True Romance (1993) f. Crimson Tide (1995) g. Enemy of the State (1998) h. Spy Game (2001) i. Man on Fire (2004) j. Domino (2005) k. Déjà vu (2006) l. Unstoppable (2010) m. Emma's War (2012) "

propelas added this to a list 2 years, 2 months ago

Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 person items)

"Total points:16 Mejo ♥♫(10) Arwa(6)"

Aprakadabra added this to a list 2 years, 3 months ago

Director's Favorite Actors/Actresses (53 person items)

"Denzel Washington Crimson Tides (1995) Man on Fire (2004) Deja Vu (2006) Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) Unstoppable (2010) Christopher Walken True Romance (1993) Man On Fire (2004) Domino (2005) Val Kilmer Top Gun (1986) True Romance (1993) Deja Vu (2006) Mickey Rourke Man On Fire (2004) Domino (2005) Gene Hackman Crimson Tides (1995) The Enemy Of The State (1998) Brad Pitt True Romance (1993) Spy Game (2001)"

SJMJ91 added this to a list 2 years, 7 months ago

Best British directors... (20 person items)

"DATE OF BIRTH: June 21, 1944 LOCATION: North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England Best known for: Man On Fire, Top Gun, True Romance, The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009)."

Logran added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago

Who want to direct Superman: Man of Steel (2012) ? (6 person items)

"I know him for: Top Gun (1986) Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Enemy of the State (1988) The Last Boy Scout (1991) Man On Fire (2004) Deja Vu (2006) "

Stehako added this to a list 2 years, 11 months ago

Most Accomplished ACTIVE Directors (2010 Edition) (50 person items)

"2009 Rank: #38 a. Top Gun (1986) b. Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) c. Days of Thunder (1990) d. The Last Boy Scout (1991) e. True Romance (1993) f. Crimson Tide (1995) g. Enemy of the State (1998) h. Spy Game (2001) i. Man on Fire (2004) j. Domino (2005) k. Déjà vu (2006) l. The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) m. Unstoppable (2010) n. Emma's War (2011) o. Potsdamer Platz (2012) p. Warriors (2012) The younger less-serious brother of Ridley, goes for action, quick quips,"

Stehako added this to a list 3 years, 1 month ago

Best Film Direction - 1990s (91 person items)

"#37"True Romance" (1993)"

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