Highly accomplished commercial director, doing some of the early Apple ads, turned auteur,
Sir Ridley Scott (he doesn't use the title as it makes him "sound like an old man") is a British director. Known for an obsession with visual detail rivaling
Stanley Kubrick, if not
Alfred Hitchcock. Several of his early works helped establish the popularity of the
Used Future trope. Older brother of late director
Tony Scott. He has worked with an incredibly wide variety of genres and budgets, yet somehow maintains his own special touch through it all.
Russell Crowe is one of his favorite actors,
appearing in many of his films.Oh yeah, and
the other Ridley.
Filmography:
He also exec produces
The Good Wife.
This director's films contain examples of these tropes: