Tony Scott

At 68 years old, Tony Scott physical status not available right now. We will update Tony Scott's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.

Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter.

He was known for directing action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Unstoppable (2010). Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott.

Both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and they were among a generation of British film directors who began making television commercials.

Both Tony and Ridley were awarded the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in 1995.

They received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment in 2010.

He died by suicide on August 19th, 2012, after leaping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.

Early life

Scott was born in Tynemouth, North East England, and the youngest of three sons of Elizabeth (née Williams) and Colonel Francis Percy Scott, who served in the Royal Engineers. Dixon Scott, a grand uncle, was a pioneer of the cinema chain, opening cinemas around Tyneside. One Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle is the last remaining newsreel cinema in the United Kingdom. Tony was a pupil at Rosebank School in Hartlepool, West Hartlepool College of Art, and graduated from Sunderland Art School with a fine arts diploma. He appeared in Boy and Bicycle, Ridley's first directorial debut at the age of 16 (he was 23 years old).

After struggling to gain admission to the Royal College of Art in Leeds (he would succeed in a later attempt), Tony Scott continued his studies in art in Leeds. He made a short film based on Ambrose Bierce's The Missing is a book about Missing in 1969. Tony complied with Ridley's by giving his brother a role in the film. In April 2012, he recalled, "The film cost £1,000." While attending the Royal College of Art, where he was taught by Raymond Durgnat, he appeared in "Don't Walk," a film directed by Hank Onrust and Richard Stanley that was released in the United States. It was "made for BUNAC by MARCA films at the Royal College of Art," the film credits state. Tony graduated from the Royal College of Art, but not intending to become a painter, following Ridley's footsteps. Frank, their oldest brother, had served in the British Merchant Navy before.

Personal life

Scott has been married three times. Gerry Boldy, a BAFTA Award-winning television production designer, married him in 1967. They were divorced in 1974. Glynis Sanders, a sales executive, had his second marriage in 1986. They divorced a year later when Brigitte Nielsen's affair (married to Sylvester Stallone at the time) became known, and Beverly Hills Cop II, a year later, became public. Donna Wilson, a 24-year-old boy, appeared on Days of Thunder in 1990; they married in 1994. In 2000, she gave birth to their twin sons, Frank and Max.

Source

Film career

Tony's interest in film was drew to film after his elder brother's fledgling television commercial production company, Ridley Scott Associates (RSA). "Tony had intended to do documentaries first," Ridley explained. 'Don't go to the BBC, come to me first,' I told him.' I knew he had a passion for cars, so I told him, 'Come work with me and you'll have a Ferrari within a year.'

And he did!"

"I was finishing eight years at art school and Ridley Scott Associates had opened, and I said, 'Come and make some money' because I owe money left and center." While also assisting the company in the company's operations when his brother was filming his first feature film career, he produced many television commercials for RSA. "I had intended to make films but I was distracted by commercials and then took off," I said. I had 15 years [making them], and it was a blast. We were always active, and this was our preparation ground. "You'd shoot 100 days in a year, and then we gravitated from there to film," he said. Scott states, "I cornered the market in sexy, rock'n'roll stuff" when designing commercials.

In 1975, Scott took time out to direct a television version of Henry James' book The Author of Beltraffio. Hugh Hudson, Alan Parker, Adrian Lyne, and his elder brother, all of whom had graduated from directing television commercials, received first overtures from Hollywood in 1980. Frank, his eldest brother, died of skin cancer at the age of 45.

Scott reflected on his career in 2009:

Scott continued to work on a film career. One of the ideas that piqued interest was an adaptation of Anne Rice's book Interview with the Vampire, which was then in the works. When MGM first started promoting the vampire film The Hunger, they recruited Scott in 1982. David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve appeared in the Hunger, but Willem Dafoe appeared in a small capacity. Despite its intricate photography and sumptuous production plan, it was unable to find an audience or to impress the reviewers and did poorly at the box office, but it later became a cult favorite. Scott went back to commercials and music videos after finding few film opportunities in Hollywood over the next two and a half years.

Producer Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer approached Scott in 1985 to direct Top Gun, after being inspired by The Hunger and a commercial he had done for Swedish automaker Saab in 1983, which included a Saab 900 turbo racing a Saab 37 Viggen fighter jet. Scott, who had been initially hesitant, has since agreed to command Top Gun. Despite mixed critical assessments, the film was a box office smash, grossing more than $350 million and casting Tom Cruise, the country's youngest protagonist. "Top Gun, the key 1980s film made by the British ad invasion," Sam Delaney of The Guardian states, "By the mid-1980s, Hollywood was awash in British filmmakers who had ushered in a new era of blockbusters using the crowd-pleasing techniques they'd honed in advertisement." During advertising's golden age in the 1970s, the vast wealth and freedom made it possible for them to experiment and develop with new techniques that weren't even feasible in television or film.

Scott found himself on Hollywood's A-list of action directors following Top Gun's meteoric success. In the much-anticipated sequel Beverly Hills Cop II, Eddie Murphy and Brigitte Nielsen re-teamed with Simpson and Bruckheimer in 1987 to direct Eddie Murphy and Brigitte Nielsen. Critics were left stunned, but it was one of the year's best-grossing films. Tony Scott had signed a non-exclusive deal with Paramount Pictures in 1987 to produce films for a non-exclusive agreement that would serve as both producers and directors on the set. Kevin Costner, Madeleine Stowe, and Anthony Quinn appeared in Revenge (1990), a drama of adultery and revenge set in Mexico. Scott returned to the Simpson-Bruckheimer fold to helm the big-budget racing film Days of Thunder (1990), once again directing Tom Cruise. Later, Scott later admitted that finding the drama in racing circles was daunting, so he "stole from all race films to date... then tried to elaborate on them." Scott's next film was the cult action thriller The Last Boy Scout (1991), starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans and Shane Black, starring Bruce Willis and Damon Wayans and written by Shane Black.

Scott directed True Romance in 1993, a Quentin Tarantino script. Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Tom Sizemore, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Brad Pitt, Val Kilmer, James Gandolfini, and Samuel L. Jackson were among the cast members. Although Janet Maslin and other commentators gave it good feedback, it took less than it cost to make and was classed as a box office disaster, although it has since earned cult status. Scott teamed up with Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer in 1994 for his next film, Crimson Tide (1995). Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington appeared in a submarine thriller, which was highly awaited both technically and commercially well received.

Shepperton Studios was purchased by a group headed by Tony and Ridley Scott, which also expanded and expanded the site in 1995, although still maintaining and raising the site's grounds. Scott directed The Fan, starring Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Ellen Barkin, and Benicio del Toro in 1996. Will Smith and Gene Hackman's 1998 film Enemy of the State, a conspiracy drama, was his highest-grossing film of the decade. Spy Game was first introduced in November 2001 and received 63% praise at Metacritic and topped $60 million at the US box office. In April 2004, Scott produced Denzel Washington, Man on Fire, in another thriller.

Tony worked with Ridley to co-produce the television show Numb3rs, which aired from 2005 to 2010, with Tony directing the first episode of the fourth season. On Hybrid's album I Choose Noise, Scott has collaborated with Hybrid on several films through their mutual friend, Harry Gregson-Williams, a highly acclaimed film score composer.

Tony Scott directed Domino, starring Keira Knightley. Although it was praised by analysts and dismissed by audiences, it was still notable for its use of experimental film techniques. Scott was back in fall 2006 with Denzel Washington, this time on a sci-fi action film called Déjà Vu. The two worked together on The Taking of Pelham 123, a reimagining of the 1974 film of the same name that also starred John Travolta. It was first published on June 12, 2009. In 2009, Tony and Ridley Scott were executive producers of The Good Wife, a comedy television series.

The Scott brothers produced the film adaptation of the television series The A-Team in 2010. Scott worked with Denzel Washington on Unstoppable, which also starred Chris Pine, and was also on the screens in November.

Tony Scott created Coma, a medical thriller miniseries, and the thrillers Stoker and The East, the latter two brothers, Ridley.

For over a decade, Scott produced a film version of Clifford Irving's book Tom Mix and Pancho Villa (1981). He searched locations in Mexico in November 2003, and Steven Zaillian was writing the screenplay. "This is Lawrence of Arabia meets The Wild Bunch, a large film with trains, cavalry, thousands of soldiers in uniform, and on horseback," Scott said.

Scott unveiled a sequel to The Warriors (1979), in late 2006. "The original Warriors were in New York in the 1970s and everything went up, so everything went vertically." And now I'm making it a modern thing and doing it in Los Angeles, so everything is vertical. "I believe the Warriors are going to be 3,000 to 5,000," he said in Los Angeles in 2007 and the gangs, rather than being 30, would be Los Angeles. Scott spoke to real gang leaders for study: "I've seen all the chiefs of all the various gangs, so I've already educated myself." All agreed, 'Listen dude, we'll sign a treaty, and we'll all be on the Long Beach Bridge.' There will be 150,000 people on the floor. It will be like the L.A. ""The marathon is a marathon." Emma McCune, a British foreign service worker, was also working on a drama called Emma's War. "It's been a difficult piece to crack," Scott said in October 2006. We had one writer aboard who had a pass on the script but didn't get it, but we've got someone else on board now who will make live down there and feel it, touch it, and feel it. There's nothing that can compare to that first-hand experience."

Just two days before the director's suicide, Tom Cruise was with Scott in scouting locations for a Top Gun sequel, which was scheduled for release in 2013. Paramount also announced in December 2012 that the project had been cancelled, but that the company would continue with a 3D IMAX remastering of the original Top Gun, which was released on February 8, 2013. Top Gun 2 had been approved by Bruckheimer once more in June 2013, with director Joseph Kosinski taking over for Scott. Top Gun: Maverick, a critically and financial success, was released on May 27, 2022, and it was the highest grossing film of 2022. Top Gun: Maverick was posthumously dedicated to Scott.

Scott was also scheduled to direct Narco Sub, based on a David Guggenheim and Mark Bomback script about "a disgraced American naval officer pushed to pilot a sub carrying a payload of cocaine to America." Scott was also considering a reimagining of the classic western The Wild Bunch (1969).

Source