Directing
Community Rating
6.6
TMDB estimate
Born
June 21, 1944
Died
August 19, 2012 (age 68)
Born in
North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK
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.

Top Gun: Maverick
as In Memory Of
2022
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
2021

Get Santa
as Producer
2014

Out of the Furnace
as Producer
2013

The East
as Executive Producer
2013

Stoker
as Producer
2013

Killing Lincoln
as Executive Producer
2013

The Polar Bears
as Producer
2012

World Without End
as Producer
2012

Coma
as Executive Producer
2012

The Grey
as Executive Producer
2012

Life in a Day
as Executive Producer
2011

Unstoppable
as Producer, Director
2010

Welcome to the Rileys
as Executive Producer
2010

The Pillars of the Earth
as Executive Producer
2010

Cyrus
as Executive Producer
2010

The A-Team
as Producer
2010

The Real Robin Hood
as Executive Producer
2010

Cracks
as Executive Producer
2009

The Good Wife
as Executive Producer
2009