Tony Scott

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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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2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Movie In Memory Of
2021
Val
Movie Self (archive)
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie Self (archive footage)
2014
Get Santa
Movie Producer
2013
Out of the Furnace
Movie Producer
2013
The East
Movie Executive Producer
2013
Stoker
Movie Producer
2013
Killing Lincoln
Movie Executive Producer
2012
World Without End
TV show Producer
2012
Coma
TV show Executive Producer
2011
The Grey
Movie Executive Producer
2011
Life in a Day
Movie Executive Producer
2010
Unstoppable
Movie Director
2010
Welcome to the Rileys
Movie Executive Producer
2010
The Pillars of the Earth
TV show Executive Producer
2010
Cyrus
Movie Executive Producer