Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 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.
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- 2021 · Val as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 · Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
- 2007 · Déjà Vu: Surveillance Window as Self
- 2005 · Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire' as Self
- 2004 · Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun as Self
- 1999 · Providence as Young Kerry
- 1996 · Cityscrapes: Los Angeles as Director B
- 1995 · Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self
- 1977 · The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as
- 1974 · Father Brown as
- 1965 · Boy and Bicycle as The Schoolboy
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as The Indian Employee