Nationality English Years active 1992-present | Name Luke Scott Role Director | |
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Occupation Film director, screenwriter Parent(s) Ridley Scott (father)Felicity Heywood (mother)Sandy Watson (stepmother) Relatives Tony Scott (uncle)Jake Scott (brother)Jordan Scott (stepsister) | ||
Luke Scott (born 1 May 1968) is an English film, commercial and television director. He was second unit director on Exodus: Gods and Kings and The Martian, both directed by his father Ridley Scott. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2016 with Morgan.
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Career
In 2012, Scott directed the science fiction short film Loom, starring Giovanni Ribisi and Jellybean Howie. His father Ridley Scott executive produced the film.
In 2014, Scott worked on his father's directed biblical epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings as a second unit director, which starred Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton. The film was released on 12 December 2014 by 20th Century Fox, grossing $268 million with a budget of $140 million. Scott worked as second unit director again with his father on The Martian (2015).
Scott made his feature film directorial debut on the science fiction thriller Morgan. His father Ridley produced the film. Morgan starred Kate Mara, and was released by 20th Century Fox in September 2016. In February 2017, 20th Century Fox released the Alien: Covenant prologue short film entitled Last Supper directed by Scott in collaboration with the design consultant firm 3AM.
Personal life
Scott is the son of director-producer Ridley Scott and Felicity Heywood, and brother of Jake Scott and half-brother of Jordan Scott, both directors.