About
Action film director whose filmography includes Top Gun, Days of Thunder, The Fan, Man on Fire, and True Romance. He also served as executive producer of the CBS series The Good Wife. He died before the sequel to Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick was released in 2022.
Before Fame
He directed his first short film, One of the Missing, in 1969 at age 25. His first feature film, Loving Memory, was released in 1971.
Trivia
He sadly ended his own life after jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California. The last film he directed was titled Unstoppable and was released in 2010.
Family Life
He married his third wife Donna W. Wilson in 1994, after divorcing Glynis Staunton in 1987. He had two sons named Frank and Max Scott.
Associated With
He was the younger brother of fellow director Ridley Scott .
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