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Birth Name: Anthony David Scott

Born: 21 June 1944 Died: 19 August 2012

Country of origin: United Kingdom

Height: 5' 6"

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Listal's 100 best Directors (The Results) (100 items)
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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 items)
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Gone, but not forgotten (1954 items)
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A Movie for every Director (Part 1) (100 items)
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More Letters to Dead People (94 items)
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Tony Scott - The Chief

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Tony Scott - Zen Meditation (1964) HD

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Tony Scott interview for The Taking of Pelham 123

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Description: 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 (19 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)

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1. Numbers (2005)

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2. The Hunger

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3. Nouvelles d'Henry James

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1. Music For Zen Meditation (1997)

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1. Loving Memory (1975)

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The Nice Guys (1996) (11 movies items)

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Favourite Directors (98 person items)

"Favourite films: The Hunger, Top Gun, Man on Fire, Enemy of the State, True Romance, Crimson Tide, Spy Game, and The Last Boy Scout "

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Superman (2000's) (15 movies items)

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The 90's, Best Decade For Movies? (58 person items)

"1. Days of Thunder (1990) 2. The Last Boyscout (1991) 3. True Romance (1993) 4. Crimson Tide (1995) 5. The Fan (1996) 6. Enemy of the State (1998)"

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In Praise of Gary Oldman (12 person items)

" "I love working with extreme people, and Gary's extreme. He finished filming Romeo on Sunday at 11pm in New York, got on the red-eye, and arrived on my set at seven the next morning, with his mum. Genius.""

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Directors with most $100M+ Box Office Performances (25 person items)

" 1. $440; Top Gun (1986) 2. $360; Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) 3. $215; Enemy of the State (1998) 4. $192; Crimson Tide (1995) 5. $179; Days of Thunder (1990) 6. $130; The Last Boy Scout (1991) 7. $115; Man on Fire (2004) 8. $101; Spy Game (2001) "

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My Favorite Directors: Tony Scott (15 movies items)

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Directors' Favorite Actors/Actresses (94 person items)

"Denzel Washington - Crimson Tide (1995) - Man on Fire (2004) - Deja Vu (2006) - The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009) - Unstoppable (2010) Scott with Washington"

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Films that Director's Never Got to Make or Wanted (81 person items)

"1984 Starman (was contender to direct it but "The Hunger" was so hated in Hollywood that he didn't get the chance) 1987 Man on Fire (was originally set to direct the 1980s version, but he was seemed to be unexperienced for the task at that time by Hollywood) 1996 Beautiful Girls (decided to back out because he could not do justice to the script as it favored characterization above dramatic event). "

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Stars who died due to a fall........ (35 person items)

"Scott jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles in 2012, at the age of 68. His brother told Variety that his brother had privately been fighting cancer, but the coroner's report seemed to contradict this statement, showing no underlying health problems. "

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WatchMojo's Top 10 Action Movie Directors (10 person items)

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100 Greatest Filmmakers of All Time (100 person items)

"British Major Works: True Romance (1993) Enemy of the State (1998) Man on Fire (2004) • Director, Producer. •"


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