Tony Scott
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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- 2021 ·Valas Self (archive footage)
- 2021 ·Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legendas Self (archive footage)
- 2007 ·Déjà Vu: Surveillance Windowas Self
- 2005 ·Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'as Self
- 2004 ·Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gunas Self
- 1999 ·Providenceas Young Kerry
- 1996 ·Cityscrapes: Los Angelesas Director B
- 1995 ·Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverickas Self
- 1977 ·The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteriesas
- 1974 ·Father Brownas
- 1965 ·Boy and Bicycleas The Schoolboy
- 1962 ·The Alfred Hitchcock Houras The Indian Employee