Luke James L. Scott (born 1 May 1968)[1] is a British film, commercial and television director. He was second unit director on Exodus: Gods and Kings and The Martian, both directed by his father, Sir Ridley Scott. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2016 with Morgan.
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Born | Luke James L. Scott (1968-05-01) 1 May 1968 (age 54) London, England |
Occupation | Film director, second unit director |
Years active | 1992–present |
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In 2014, Luke worked as a second unit director on his father's biblical epic film Exodus: Gods and Kings, which starred Christian Bale and Joel Edgerton.[2][3] The film was released on 12 December 2014 by 20th Century Fox, grossing $268 million with a budget of $140 million.[4] 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.[5] His father Ridley produced the film.[2] Morgan starred Kate Mara, and was released by 20th Century Fox in September 2016.[2] 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.[6]
Luke is the son of director-producer Sir Ridley Scott and Felicity Heywood, and brother of Jake Scott and half-brother of Jordan Scott, both directors.[7]
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1999 | The Hunger | Episode: "Skin Deep" |
2012 | Loom | Short film |
2016 | Morgan | Feature directing debut |
2017 | 2036: Nexus Dawn | Blade Runner 2049 short film |
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2020 | Raised by Wolves | 3 episodes |
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