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Guy Ritchie

Film Director / Film Producer / Screenwriter | * 09/10/1968 (56) | Hatfield, Hertfordshire (United Kingdom (UK))
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Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes films Starring Robert Downey Jr. Ritchie left school at the age of 15, and worked in entry-level jobs in the film industry before going on to direct television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film, Snatch (2000), which found critical and commercial success. Following Snatch, Ritchie directed Swept Away (2002), a critically panned box-office bomb ()
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Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer, writer, and businessman.Ritchie left school at age 15 and worked entry-level jobs in the film industry before going on to direct television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy, Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He soon gained recognition with his second film, Snatch (2000), which also found critical and commercial success. Following Snatch, Ritchie directed Swept Away (2002), a critically panned box-office bomb Starring Madonna, to whom Ritchie was married between 2000 and 2008. He went on to direct Revolver (2005) and RocknRolla (2008), which were less successful and received mixed audience reviews. In 2009 and 2011, he directed two box-office hits, Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, respectively. The former was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Original Score and Best Art Direction.His other directed motion pictures are The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), which is a remake of a 1960 spy series, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017) and the live-action adaptation of Disney's Aladdin (2019). Aladdin earned more than $1 billion worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in 2019, and the 34th highest-grossing film of all-time during its theatrical run. In 2020, he returned to crime comedy with The Gentlemen (2019), which was mostly well received and a commercial success. In 2021, he directed Jason Statham in the action film, Wrath of Man.

Most frequent genres for this person: Action | Comedies | Crime

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Awards & Nominations for Guy Ritchie

Edgar Awards Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Picture Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Director
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Movies with Guy Ritchie as Actor(8)

as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)2022 Brad Pitt: More Than a Pretty Face
as himself2016 The Guv'nor
as Himself - Director2010 Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
as himself2001 Making 'Snatch'
as Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)2000 Snatch

TV Shows/Series with Guy Ritchie as Actor(4)

as himself2009 Live from Studio Five
as himself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as himself2003 Celebrities Uncensored

Movies with Guy Ritchie as Crew(45)

Directing/Director2023 Aladdin 2
Directing/Director2023 Hercules
Directing/Director2023 The Covenant
Production/Producer2023 The Covenant
Writing/Screenplay2023 The Covenant
Directing/Director2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Production/Producer2023 Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
Directing/Director2021 Wrath of Man
Production/Producer2021 Wrath of Man
Writing/Screenplay2021 Wrath of Man
Directing/Director2020 The Gentlemen
Production/Producer2020 The Gentlemen
Writing/Screenplay2020 The Gentlemen
Writing/Story2020 The Gentlemen
Directing/Director2019 Aladdin
Writing/Screenplay2019 Aladdin
Directing/Director2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Production/Producer2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Writing/Screenplay2017 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
Directing/Director2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Production/Producer2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Writing/Screenplay2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Writing/Story2015 The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Directing/Director2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Directing/Director2009 Sherlock Holmes
Directing/Director2008 RocknRolla
Production/Producer2008 RocknRolla
Writing/Writer2008 RocknRolla
Directing/Director2005 Revolver
Writing/Writer2005 Revolver
Directing/Director2002 Swept Away
Writing/Screenplay2002 Swept Away
Production/Executive Producer2001 Mean Machine
Directing/Director2001 Star
Writing/Writer2001 Star
Directing/Director2000 Snatch
Writing/Writer2000 Snatch
Directing/Director1995 The Hard Case
Writing/Screenplay1995 The Hard Case

TV Shows/Series with Guy Ritchie as Crew(2)

Production/Executive Producer2024 The Gentlemen
Writing/Characters2017 Snatch

Additional Information

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Full Name: Guy Ritchie
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Tuesday, 09/10 1968 (September) in Hatfield, Hertfordshire (United Kingdom (UK)) (current age: 56 years + 23 days)
Zodiac sign: Virgo (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN), Hebrew (HE)
Educated at: Sibford School, Stanbridge Earls School, Windlesham House School
Member of: Writers Guild of America, East
Spouses (current/former): Madonna, Jacqui Ainsley
Children: David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie, Rocco Ritchie, unknown son Ritchie
Father: John Vivian Ritchie
Mother: Amber Mary Parkinson
Other names for Guy Ritchie (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Гай Ричи"
"佳·烈治"
"กาย ริตชี"
"ガイ・リッチー"
"가이 리치"
"غاي ريتشي"
"Γκάι Ρίτσι"
"Guy Stuart Ritchie"
Guy Ritchie frequently works together with these people:
James Herbert (14x, Crew)
Max Keene (12x, Crew)
Ivan Atkinson (10x, Crew)
Jason Statham (8x, Actor)
Lionel Wigram (8x, Crew)
Matthew Vaughn (6x, Crew)
Alan Stewart (6x, Crew)
Steve Clark-Hall (6x, Crew)
Loulou Bontemps (5x, Crew)
Harrison Ford (4x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1715, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 09/17/2024