Scott Free Productions
Scott Free Productions is a British film and television production company founded in 1970 by filmmakers and brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. They formed the feature film development company Percy Main Productions in 1980,[1] naming the company after the English village Percy Main, where their father grew up.[2] The company was renamed to Scott Free Productions in 1995.[2] Scott Free has produced films ranging from the 2000 Hollywood blockbuster Gladiator (2000) to "smaller pictures" like Cracks (2009).[2] Between productions of White Squall (1996) and G.I. Jane (1997), Ridley Scott reorganised the company.[3]
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| Industry | Entertainment |
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| Founded |
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| Founders | Ridley Scott Tony Scott |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom Los Angeles, United States |
Key people | Michael Schaefer (President) Mike Pruss (Senior VP) Jack Arbuthnott (Head of Film) Kate Crowe (Head of Television) Carlo Dusi (Head of Business) |
| Products | Motion pictures, television programs |
| Parent | RSA Films |
| Website | www.scottfree.com |
Scott Free Productions has offices in London and Los Angeles. It works with Ridley Scott's larger company RSA Films by assisting directors in film and television.[4]
History
In 1992, Percy Main Productions signed a production deal with Paramount Pictures to produce its feature films.[5]
In 1993, two separate production companies Tony Scott Productions and Percy Main Productions was merged into a single roof and it signed an agreement with 20th Century Fox, and Italy's RCS Video, with UK's Majestic Films International to distribute its films and made its new banner Scott Free Productions.[6]
In 1995, the Scotts moved to Disney, and Largo Entertainment took over international distribution of its product.[7] In 1996, the Scotts signed a secondary agreement with Intermedia to finance some of its films.[8]
In November 1997, the Scotts moved full-time to PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, where they produced feature films for the studio, terminating its contracts with Disney and Intermedia.[9]
In 1999, Scott Free Productions entered a two-year production deal with The Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films, after its original deal with Universal, which was inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment ended.[10] There, the company produced Black Hawk Down for Bruckheimer.
In 2001, Scott Free was moved to 20th Century Fox, and it will produce its feature films, after its previous agreement with producer Jerry Bruckheimer ended.[11]
In 2002, Scott Free signed a television contract with CBS to produce its television shows, airing on the network.[12]
In 2005, Numb3rs became Scott Free's first hit series for television.[13] The strategy repeated in 2009 when Scott Free produced its second hit series The Good Wife.[14]
In 2012, Tony Scott, who was co-founders of the company in 1993, passed away.[15]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Loving Memory | Tony Scott | as Scott Free Enterprises |
| 1971 | The Great Escape[16] | Barry Tomblin | as Scott Free Enterprises |
| 1976 | Owen Wingrave[17] | Paul Seban | as Scott Free Enterprises |
| L' Auteur de Beltraffio[18] | Tony Scott | as Scott Free Enterprises | |
| 1977 | The Duellists | Ridley Scott | as Scott Free Enterprises |
| 1991 | Thelma & Louise | Ridley Scott | as Percy Main Productions |
| 1992 | 1492: Conquest of Paradise''[19] | Ridley Scott | as Percy Main Productions |
| 1994 | The Browning Version | Mike Figgis | as Percy Main Productions |
| Monkey Trouble | Franco Amurri | as Percy Main Productions | |
| 1996 | White Squall | Ridley Scott | |
| The Fan | Tony Scott | ||
| 1997 | G.I. Jane | Ridley Scott | |
| 1998 | Clay Pigeons | David Dobkin | |
| Enemy of the State | Tony Scott | (produced in association with) | |
| 1999 | RKO 281 | Benjamin Ross | TV Movie |
| 2000 | Where the Money Is | Marek Kanievska | |
| The Last Debate | John Badham | TV Movie | |
| Gladiator | Ridley Scott | (produced in association with) | |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Ridley Scott | |
| Black Hawk Down | Ridley Scott | (produced in association with) | |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm | Richard Loncraine | TV Movie |
| Thelma & Louise: The Last Journey | Charles de Lauzirika | Documentary | |
| Red Dragon | Brett Ratner | Uncredited | |
| 2003 | Matchstick Men | Ridley Scott | |
| 2004 | Tricks of the Trade: Making 'Matchstick Men' | Charles de Lauzirika | Documentary |
| Man on Fire | Tony Scott | ||
| 2005 | Kingdom of Heaven | Ridley Scott | |
| In Her Shoes | Curtis Hanson | ||
| Domino | Tony Scott | ||
| 2006 | Orpheus | Bruce Beresford | TV Movie |
| Tristan & Isolde | Kevin Reynolds | ||
| The Path to Redemption | Charles de Lauzirika | Documentary | |
| A Good Year | Ridley Scott | ||
| Déjà Vu | Tony Scott | ||
| 2007 | Law Dogs | Adam Bernstein | TV Movie |
| The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford | Andrew Dominik | ||
| American Gangster | Ridley Scott | ||
| 2008 | Body of Lies | Ridley Scott | |
| 2009 | Tell-Tale | Michael Cuesta | |
| Into the Storm | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | TV Movie | |
| The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Tony Scott | ||
| Cracks | Jordan Scott | ||
| 2010 | Welcome to the Rileys | Jake Scott | |
| Cyrus | Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass | ||
| Robin Hood | Ridley Scott | ||
| The A-Team | Joe Carnahan | ||
| Unstoppable | Tony Scott | ||
| 2011 | Life in a Day | Kevin Macdonald | Documentary |
| The Grey | Joe Carnahan | ||
| 2012 | Britain in a Day | Morgan Matthews | Documentary |
| Japan in a Day | Philip Martin, Gaku Narita | Documentary | |
| The Polar Bears | John Stevenson, David Scott | Animated short film | |
| Prometheus | Ridley Scott | ||
| 2013 | The East | Zal Batmanglij | |
| Stoker | Chan-wook Park | ||
| Welcome to the Punch | Eran Creevy | ||
| I/Nation | Timothy Gibbs | TV Movie | |
| Killing Lincoln | Adrian Moat | TV Movie | |
| Killing Kennedy | Nelson McCormick | TV Movie | |
| Springsteen & I | Baillie Walsh | Documentary | |
| The Counselor | Ridley Scott | ||
| Out of the Furnace | Scott Cooper | ||
| Christmas in a Day | Kevin Macdonald | Documentary | |
| 2014 | Galyntine | Greg Nicotero | TV Movie |
| Before I Go to Sleep | Rowan Joffé | ||
| Italy in a Day | Gabriele Salvatores | Documentary | |
| Exodus: Gods and Kings | Ridley Scott | ||
| Get Santa | Christopher Smith | ||
| 2015 | American Express | Toby Dye | Documentary |
| Killing Jesus | Christopher Menaul | Documentary | |
| Child 44 | Daniel Espinosa | ||
| I Am Dying | Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin | Documentary | |
| Swedish House Mafia – Leave the World Behind | Christian Larson | Documentary | |
| Annabel's | Greg Fay | Documentary | |
| Equals | Drake Doremus | ||
| The Martian | Ridley Scott | ||
| Concussion | Peter Landesman | ||
| 2016 | India in a Day | Richie Mehta | Documentary |
| Morgan | Luke Scott | ||
| 2017 | Phoenix Forgotten | Justin Barber | |
| Alien: Covenant | Ridley Scott | ||
| 2036: Nexus Dawn | Luke Scott | Short film | |
| 2048: Nowhere to Run | Luke Scott | Short film | |
| Blade Runner 2049 | Denis Villeneuve | ||
| Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Peter Landesman | Co-production with Playtone | |
| Murder on the Orient Express | Kenneth Branagh | ||
| All the Money in the World | Ridley Scott | ||
| Mindhorn | Sean Foley | ||
| 2018 | American Woman | Jake Scott | |
| 2019 | The Aftermath | James Kent | |
| The Friend | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | ||
| Jungleland | Max Winkler | ||
| Earthquake Bird | Wash Westmoreland | ||
| 2020 | Death on the Nile | Kenneth Branagh | Post-production |
| The Last Duel | Ridley Scott | Post-production | |
| TBA | Naked Singularity | Chase Palmer | Post-production |
Other
| Year | Title | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997–2000 | The Hunger | TV series | 48 episodes |
| 2005–2010 | Numbers | TV series | 118 episodes |
| 2007 | The Company | TV mini-series | 6 episodes |
| 2008 | The Andromeda Strain | TV mini-series | 4 episodes |
| 2009–2016 | The Good Wife | TV series | 156 episodes |
| 2010 | The Pillars of the Earth | TV mini-series | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | Coma | TV mini-series | 2 episodes |
| 2012 | World Without End | TV mini-series | 8 episodes |
| 2012 | Labyrinth | TV mini-series | 2 episodes |
| 2014 | Klondike | TV mini-series | 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Halo: Nightfall[20] | TV mini-series | 5 episodes (co-produced with 343 Industries) |
| 2015–2019 | The Man in the High Castle | TV series | 20 episodes |
| 2016–2017 | Mercy Street | TV series | 12 episodes |
| 2016 | BrainDead | TV series | 13 episodes |
| 2017–present | Taboo | TV series | 8 episodes |
| 2017–present | The Good Fight | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2017 | Jean-Claude Van Johnson | TV series | 6 episodes |
| 2018–present | The Terror | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2018 | Strange Angel | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | The Passage | TV series | 10 episodes |
| 2019 | A Christmas Carol | Miniseries | 3 episodes |
| TBA | Raised by Wolves | TV series |
Animation
| Year | Title | Directed by | Format | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Especial | Mic Graves | CG-feature animation film | Scott Free Vision |
References
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- Galloway, Stephen (16 May 2012). "Did You Know Ridley Scott's Empire Contains 'The Good Wife'?". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Parrill, William B. (2011). Ridley Scott: A Critical Filmography. McFarland. p. 94. ISBN 978-0-7864-5866-0.
- "Scott Free". rsafilms.com. RSA Films. Retrieved 1 June 2013.
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- "The Great Escape (1971)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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