Luke James L. Scott (born 1 May 1968) 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 Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is a British film director and producer. Directing, among others, science fiction films, his work is known for its atmospheric and highly concentrated visual style. Scott has received many accolades th ...

. He made his feature film directorial debut in 2016 with ''

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''.

Career

In 2014, Luke worked as a second unit director on his father's biblical epic film '' Exodus: Gods and Kings'', which starred

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and Joel Edgerton. The film was released on 12 December 2014 by

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, 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 ''

''. 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

Luke is the son of director-producer

and Felicity Heywood, and brother of

Jake Scott Jacob E. Scott III (July 20, 1945 – November 19, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a free safety and punt returner from 1970 to 1978 for the Miami Dolphins and Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NF ...

and half-brother of Jordan Scott, both directors.

Filmography

As director Second unit director * '' Exodus: Gods and Kings'' (2014) * '' The Martian'' (2015) Art director * '' 1492: Conquest of Paradise'' (1992)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Luke 1968 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) English film directors English television directors

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