Dan's film director study- Tony Scott- what a guy!

Tony Scott- Film Director

Bio:

Tony Scott is an English film director born on June 21, 1944. His top films include Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop II. Tony was born in North Shields. Tony’s first appearance in film was not behind the camera but in front of it. His first film he appeared in was directed by his older and more famous brother Ridley Scott.

List of films:

§ The Hunger (1983)

§ Top Gun (1986)

§ Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

§ Days of Thunder (1990)

§ Revenge (1990)

§ The Last Boy Scout (1991)

§ True Romance (1993)

§ Crimson Tide (1995)

§ The Fan (1996)

§ Enemy of the State (1998)

§ Spy Game (2001)

§ Man on Fire (2004)

§ Domino (2005)

§ Déjà Vu (2006)

§ The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009)

§ Unstoppable (2010)

Top Gun:

Top Gun is probably Tony Scott’s most famous film he directed. Top Gun is an American action film directed in 1986. It was made by the Paramount Pictures Company. The Film starts actors such as Tom Cruise and Val Kilmer. Top Gun was opened to the United States on May 16, 1986. It brought in $353,816,701 worldwide.

The film won the following awards:

Year	Award	Category - Recipient(s)
1987	ASCAP Film and Television Music Award	Most Performed Songs from Motion Pictures - Giorgio Moroder and Tom Whitlock for the song "Take My Breath Away".
1987	Academy Award	Best Music, Original Song - Giorgio Moroder (music) and Tom Whitlock (lyrics) for the song "Take My Breath Away".
1986	Apex Scroll Award	Achievement in Sound Effects
1987	BRIT Award	Best Soundtrack
1987	Golden Globe	Best Original Song - Motion Picture - Giorgio Moroder (music) and Tom Whitlock (lyrics) for the song "Take My Breath Away".
1987	Golden Screen
1987	Grammy Awards	Best Pop Instrumental Performance (Orchestra, Group or Soloist) - Harold Faltermeyer and Steve Stevens for "Top Gun Anthem".
1987	Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Award	Best Sound Editing
		Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects
1987	People's Choice Award	Favorite Motion Picture
1988	Award of the Japanese Academy	Best Foreign Language Film
No year	AFI's 100 Years…100 Movie Quotes	Won for the line, "I feel the need. The need for speed." Ranked 94th.

I enjoyed looking through Tony's successful years of film directing.