Tony Scott

Premiere: Tony Scott at the Westwood premiere of Spy Game - 11/19/2001 Photo: Steve Granitz/Wireimage.com

Biography

Born 06/21/1944

Often dismissed by some as Ridley Scott's more commercial brother, director Tony Scott established himself in the mid-1980s as one of mainstream Hollywood's more reliable and stylish action filmmakers. Not necessarily an auteur, Scott built a solid reputation as a skilled hired gun for producers...
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Awards

  • In 2002, received Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie
  • In 2000, received Critics' Choice Award for Best Picture Made For Television

Highlights

  • In 2009, Again teamed with Denzel Washington for the remake of "The Taking of Pelham 123"; also co-starred John Travolta
  • In 2007, Produced "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"; starred Brad Pitt as James and Casey Affleck as Ford
  • In 2006, Re-teamed with Denzel Washington to direct "Deja Vu"

Family & Companions

  • wife: first wife; divorced
  • Gerry Scott: wife (Married from 1967-1974)
  • Donna Wilson: wife (Married on Nov. 24, 1994; acted in several of her husbands films including, "Days of Thunder" (1990), "Enemy of the State" (1998) and "Domino" (2005))

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