Tony Scott (1944-2012)
Hello, blog site viewers. It's Film Guru Lad. I have sad news that Tony Scott, the younger brother of Ridley Scott and director of movies like "Top Gun" and "Crimson Tide", killed
himself in an accidental suicide on the 19th of August 2012 at the age of 68.
At 16, his career began when he appeared in his brother Ridley's short film "Boy and Bicycle", his first movie. He followed in his brother's footsteps, studying at several schools like Grandfield, West Hartlepool College of Art and Sunderland Art School. Originally intending to become a painter, he turned to film after graduating from the Royal College of Art. He worked at his elder brother's commercial television production unit and directed thousands of commercials during the next two decades. He oversees the company's operations while his brother develops his feature film career. Tony also took time in 1975 to direct a television adaptation of Henry James' story "The Author of Beltraffio". Then, in 1980, he began to receive overtures from Hollywood himself. In 1983, he directed a vampire film called "The Hunger", which became a box-office disappointment and failed to find an audience. Then, in 1985, producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Don Simpson approached Tony to direct "Top Gun" starring Tom Cruise, which came out in 1986.
After the success of "Top Gun", he directed other films like "Beverly Hills Cop II", "Revenge", "Days of Thunder", again with Cruise, "The Last Boy Scout", "Crimson Tide", "Enemy of the State" and others. His last movie that Tony directed in 2010 was the train movie starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine called "Unstoppable".
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