Born in County Durham, England, Ridley Scott has been called “the very best eye in the business” and with films like Alien, Gladiator, Blade Runner, The Martian and many more to his credit, he certainly proved that. He discovered young talents who would go on to become huge movie stars – think Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise and, at 85 still has almost 20 projects in various development stages, with his newest, Napoleon coming out in 2023.