Tony Scott

Biography

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.

Most Known For

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as The Indian Employee

Providence

as Young Kerry

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Father Brown

100 Greatest Sexy Moments

as Self

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

as Self (archive footage)

Cityscrapes: Los Angeles

as Director B

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

as Self

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

as Self

Boy and Bicycle

as The Boy

The Making of 'Crimson Tide'

as Self

Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'

as Self

Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window

as Self