Tony Scott

British film director and producer (1944-2012)

Tony Scott was a highly successful English film director and producer, known for directing action and thriller films like Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, and Crimson Tide. He came from a family of filmmakers, with his older brother Ridley Scott also being a renowned director.

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About the Tony Scott

Anthony David Leighton Scottwas an English film director and producer.

He made his theatrical film debut with The Hungerand went on to direct 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), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Deja Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010).

Scott was the younger brother of film director 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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Tony Scott was an English film director and producer, best known for directing popular action and thriller films such as Top Gun, Beverly Hills Cop II, and Crimson Tide.

Tony Scott directed highly successful films like Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), and Unstoppable (2010).

Tony Scott and his older brother Ridley Scott were both successful film directors who graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. They were among a generation of British directors who found success in Hollywood after starting their careers making TV commercials.

In 1995, both Tony and Ridley Scott received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2010, they also received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.

Tony Scott died on August 19, 2012, at the age of 68. His cause of death was reported as suicide by jumping from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.

14 Quotes by Tony Scott

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    We don’t ever want IT to be the thing that holds GM back.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    All my movies, like Revenge, are under two hours.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    We think of enterprise architecture as the process we use for fully describing and mapping business functionality and business requirements and relating them to information systems requirements.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    A lot of actors talk about doing their homework, but very few of them do it.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    I thought that subtitles are boring because they’re there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    Out of the total of 11 movies, I got slammed.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    We come from a tough, working class background, so we’re very tight.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    GM is a highly collaborative organization; we rely on a whole tier of suppliers for everything that we do.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    There’s one great script that hit my desk that I didn’t change at all, and that was True Romance.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    Ridley and I talk every day. Our family is very close because we’re from North England.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    The world is sick of big IT things that don’t work.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    I have a short attention span.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    I make a movie because it’s something that inspires me.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)

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    I think we’re lucky because there are very few people in life who get to do what we’re doing.

    Tony Scott

    British film director and producer (1944-2012)