Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He was known for directing action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), The Last Boy Scout (1991), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010).\n', '

Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London. In 1995 both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. He died by suicide on 19 August 2012, by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.\n', '

Scott was born in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, North East England, the youngest of three sons of Elizabeth (née Williams) and Colonel Francis Percy Scott (who served in the Royal Engineers). Scott\'s great uncle Dixon Scott was a pioneer of the cinema chain; opening cinemas around Tyneside. One of Dixon\'s cinemas, Tyneside cinema, is still operating in Newcastle. It is also the last remaining open newsreel cinema operating in the United Kingdom. He followed in his elder brother\'s footsteps, studying at Grangefield School, West Hartlepool College of Art and graduating from Sunderland Art School with a fine arts degree. At the age of 16 he appeared in Boy and Bicycle, a short film marking the directorial debut of his 23-year-old brother Ridley.\n', '

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