It's been 22 years since Joaquin Phoenix worked with director Sir Ridley Scott in the action-packed movie Gladiator. The award-winning director is known for his movies which are extravagant, theatrical and filled with carnage.
From chest-bursting aliens and dreamy-eyed robots, the director has delivered some of the best movie titles of all time. However, at 84-years-old Sir Ridley Scott shows no sign of folding away the director's chair.
In recent months, the movie-maker has been shooting his new upcoming film, Napoleon, which is a biopic on the ruthless French military leader. Once again he will be pairing up with Oscar-winning Joaquin Phoenix for the Apple TV+ film.
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Previously entitled 'Kitbag', the movie has seen camera crews descend upon and West Wycombe. So, who is Sir Ridley Scott?
How did his career start?
Born in Tyne and Wear in 1937, his father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him. Sir Ridley initially wanted to join the Royal Army, but his father encouraged him to pursue his interest in film.
He kicked off his career at West Hartlepool College of Art and then London's Royal College of Art. Sir Ridley joined the BBC as a trainee set designer in 1962 working on several high profile series.
It's at the BBC where he underwent a trainee director's course. His first directing job was an episode of BBC's Z Cars - Z Cars: Error of Judgement. Scott then went on to form an advertising production company called Ridley Scott Associates with his brother, Tony Scott.
For 10 years he made adverts for British television. Sir Ridley's first made noise in the movie scene with The Duellists, which was released in 1977.
It was reportedly the success of Star Wars which inspired him to create Alien (1979). The horror movie picked up 18 awards, including two Baftas.
What are some of Sir Ridley Scott's movies?
Some of Sir Ridley's best-known works include Blade Runner. His dark futuristic vision of LA and the industrial-looking backdrop which saw Harrison Ford hunt down human replicants was inspired by his memories of Teeside's chemical factories.
Another one of his famous movies saw Russell Crowe shout out "Are you not entertained?" in Gladiator. More recently, viewers saw Matt Damon stranded all alone on Mars growing potatoes to survive in The Martian. Sir Ridley is also famous for House of Gucci, Prometheus, Black Hawk Down, and American Gangster.
Those who love his movies can rest assured that the director has plenty more films in store. Aside from Napoleon, Sir Ridley has three other movies in the pipework including Gladiator 2, Queen and Country, and an Alien prequel.
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