Ridley Scott

Sir Ridley Scott (born November 30, 1937 in South Shields) is an influential British film director and producer.

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Scott initially studied, until 1958, at the West Hartlepool College of Art. He was to progress to a photography course at London's Royal College of Art for the 1960s. There, he was to contribute to the college magazine ARK and help to establish its film department. For his final show he made a black and white short film 'The Boy on the Bicycle' starring his brother Tony. The film's main visual elements would become features of Scott's later work. After graduation he secured a traineeship as a set designer with the BBC leading him to work on the popular television series Z-Cars. He was also assigned to design the second Doctor Who serial, The Daleks, which would have entailed realising the famous alien creatures. However, shortly before he was due to start work a schedule conflict meant that he was replaced on the serial by Raymond Cusick.

1937: 1937 was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar)....

South Shields: South Shields is a coastal town in South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England on the south bank of the mouth of the River Tyne, with a population of about 90,000....

British: The word British has several different uses. See the article on Britain for more details on the development and use of the word Britain....

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