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Tony Scott

Directing

Born June 21, 1944 · North Shields, Northumberland, England, UK

Died August 19, 2012

Also known as Anthony D. L. Scott · Anthony David Leighton Scott · Anthony Scott

Biography

Anthony David Leighton Scott was an English filmmaker. He made his theatrical film debut with The Hunger (1983) and 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), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), and Unstoppable (2010).

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Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy Award — Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special · 2002
  • Golden Globe Award — Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film · 1999

Filmography50+ titles

AFP: American Fighter Pilot

2002Producer

Top Gun: Maverick

2022In Memory Of

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962as The Indian Employee

The Pillars of the Earth

2010Executive Producer

The Good Wife

2009Executive Producer

Man on Fire

2004Director, Producer

True Romance

1993Director

Life in a Day

2011Executive Producer

The Company

2007Executive Producer

Crimson Tide

1995Director

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

2007Executive Producer

Enemy of the State

1998Director

Top Gun

1986Director

The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

One of the Missing

1968Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

Cashback

2006Production Consultant

Numb3rs

2005Director, Executive Producer, Producer

Deja Vu

2006Director

Spy Game

2001Director

The Last Boy Scout

1991Director

Tristan + Isolde

2006Executive Producer

The Gathering Storm

2002Executive Producer

The Hunger

1983Director

Stoker

2013Producer

Out of the Furnace

2013Producer

The Grey

2011Executive Producer

Welcome to the Rileys

2010Executive Producer

Unstoppable

2010Director, Producer

Cracks

2009Executive Producer

The East

2013Executive Producer

RKO 281

1999Executive Producer

Revenge

1990Director

Beverly Hills Cop II

1987Director

Coma

2012Executive Producer

The A-Team

2010Producer

The Taking of Pelham 123

2009Director

Into the Storm

2009Executive Producer

Days of Thunder

1990Director

The Andromeda Strain

2008Executive Producer

In Her Shoes

2005Executive Producer

Clay Pigeons

1998Executive Producer

Get Santa

2014Producer

The Hunger

1997Director

Killing Lincoln

2013Executive Producer

The Fan

1996Director

Cyrus

2010Executive Producer

Domino

2005Director, Producer

Where the Money Is

2000Executive Producer

Loving Memory

1970Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Writer

The Real Robin Hood

2010Executive Producer