Tony de Vit

Biography

Among England’s most widely used DJs even before his premature loss of life in 1998, Tony De Vit’s make of sleek, trancey hi-NRG home enlivened Britain’s dance picture through the mid-’90s, because of his residencies (in the golf club Trade and on London’s Kiss FM) and his respected brands, Jump Polish and TDV. While functioning full-time as share control manager for the thermal-insulation factory from the middle-1970s (and long lasting well in to the 1990s), De Vit started moonlighting being a DJ in the homosexual membership circuit in 1978. He continuing to experiment the country through the 1980s, and in 1992 started a residency on the after-hours membership Trade. There, De Vit’s meld of Belgian-hoover trance and nu-style disco became favored by an underground homosexual audience usually drawn to the greater mainstream aspect of dance. With the middle-’90s, De Vit acquired added many DJ honours to his shelf and obtained an area on Kiss FM (after Carl Cox and Judge Jules departed for Radio One). He also started producing, using the singles “BURNING” and “Towards the Limit.” Both strike the British Best 40 and sparked much remix timetable for De Vit and documenting partner Simon Parkes, including East 17, Michelle Gayle and Louise. During 1996-97, De Vit produced his own brands (Jump Polish and TDV) and released two amounts within the Global Underground combine series. His major-label debut Trade noted a particular date at his most famed membership, and even gained American discharge through Concern. In 1998, on the top of his popularity, De Vit passed away of bronchial failing while at a Birmingham medical center.

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#	Fact
1	He was an avid car enthusiast. His brother Ridley convinced him to work at his production company instead of the BBC by tellling him he'd have a Ferrari within a year. He did.
2	Directed Dakota Fanning in ''Man On Fire (2004)'' and her sister Ella Fanning in ''Deja Vu (2006)''. Both films also starred Denzel Washington.
3	Of the 16 feature films Tony Scott directed in his lifetime, 14 have at least one Academy Award - winning actor/actress in the cast. The other 2 features (Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) and Spy Game (2001)) have multiple nominees in the cast. [2016].
4	In Scott's penultimate film The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), the climax involved a runaway train that foreshadowed the plot of his final film Unstoppable (2010).
5	Left two suicide notes that have not been publicly disclosed. Police have said the notes do not explain his motivation for suicide.
6	Tony and Ridley Scott's Scott Free Productions signs a 3-year production deal with Fox. Each will produce (separately and together) films for Fox and each will direct at least one film at Fox in that time. [September 2001]
7	Was set to direct Man on Fire (1987), based on a A.J. Quinnell's novel, but he was rejected by the producers because they believed he was not accomplished enough to pull off the project. 17 years later, Scott directed Man on Fire (2004), a new version of the same novel.
8	Dedicated his movie The Hunger (1983) to his brother Frank Scott, who died in 1980.
9	Father of twin sons, Frank and Max (born 2000), with Donna W. Scott.
10	Former brother-in-law of Sandy Watson.
11	Was classmates with Stephen Goldblatt and Richard Loncraine in Film School.
12	He and his brother, Ridley Scott, have both worked with the following actors: Susan Sarandon (Thelma & Louise (1991), The Hunger (1983)), Tom Skerritt (Alien (1979), Top Gun (1986)), Tom Cruise (Legend (1985), Top Gun (1986)), Viggo Mortensen (G.I. Jane (1997), Crimson Tide (1995)), Brad Pitt (Thelma & Louise (1991), True Romance (1993)), Giancarlo Giannini (Hannibal (2001), Man on Fire (2004)), Gary Oldman (Hannibal (2001), True Romance (1993)) and Denzel Washington (American Gangster (2007), Man on Fire (2004), et al), Kevin Corrigan (American Gangster (2007), Unstoppable (2010)), Edgar Ramírez (Domino (2005), The Counselor (2013)), Tom Sizemore (True Romance (1993), Black Hawk Down (2001)).
13	Often worked with editor Christian Wagner.
14	Unlike brother Ridley Scott, he utilizes mostly American actors in lead roles. (Only four leads in his features have not been American since The Hunger (1983): Catherine Deneuve and David Bowie in The Hunger (1983); Nicole Kidman in Days of Thunder (1990)) and Keira Knightley in Domino (2005)).
15	Performance (1970) by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg was one of his favourite films.
16	Dedicated his movie Spy Game (2001) to the memory of his mother, Elizabeth Scott, who died that year.
17	Uncle of actress Jordan Scott
18	Son of Elizabeth Jean Scott.
19	In the early 1980s, was reported to be a contender to direct the highly regarded screenplay Starman (1984), since British commercial veterans were suddenly in vogue in Hollywood (Alan Parker, Adrian Lyne, Hugh Hudson, Ridley Scott, etc.) However, the reaction to his debut film, The Hunger (1983), was so negative that his stock in Hollywood sank almost instantly. Starman was ultimately directed by John Carpenter, and Scott's next film was Top Gun (1986), three years later.
20	Turned down a chance to direct Beautiful Girls (1996), because he felt he couldn't do justice to Scott Rosenberg's script, which placed characterization and dialogue above dramatic event.
21	Once linked romantically to Brigitte Nielsen, whom he directed in Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). Both were married at the time, Nielsen to Sylvester Stallone. Scott has since admitted the affair was what led to his divorce from his second wife.
22	Directed literally thousands of television commercials, most for his brother Ridley Scott's company RSA (Ridley Scott Associates), between the early 1970s and the early 1980s.
23	Graduated from the Royal College Of Art In London, England.
24	Was an avid mountain climber.
25	Starred in brother Ridley Scott's first filmmaking effort, "Boy and Bicycle", in 1960 at the age of 16, playing the title role. The film is currently owned by the British Film Institute, and video copies are currently available for purchase.
26	Often worked with film editor Chris Lebenzon.
27	Visual trademarks include heavy use of smoke, colored filters, and shafts of light breaking through windows, often through blinds.
28	His films are known for their rich visual style, with dazzling cinematography and beautiful production designs.
29	Once had a biography of Mexican icon Pancho Villa in production. At the same time, his brother, Ridley Scott, also had a "Pancho Villa" project in development. The story made headlines, and although both brothers are careful to note differences in the two projects, neither project has yet been produced (2001).
30	Partner, with Ridley Scott, in Scott Free Productions.
31	Uncle of Jake Scott
32	Younger brother of director Ridley Scott.



Producer

Producer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Emma's War		announced
Potsdamer Platz		announced
Get Santa	2014
Before I Go to Sleep	2014	executive producer - uncredited
Out of the Furnace	2013	producer - uncredited
The Good Wife	2009-2013	TV Series executive producer - 89 episodes
Killing Lincoln	2013	TV Movie executive producer / producer
Stoker	2013	producer
The East	2013	executive producer
The Polar Bears	2012	Short producer
Labyrinth	2012	TV Mini-Series producer - 2 episodes
World Without End	2012	TV Mini-Series producer - 8 episodes
Call of Duty ELITE: Friday Night Fights	2011-2012	TV Series executive producer - 17 episodes
Coma	2012	TV Mini-Series executive producer - 2 episodes
The Grey	2011	executive producer
Gettysburg	2011	TV Movie documentary executive producer
Life in a Day	2011	Documentary executive producer
Nomads	2010	TV Movie executive producer
Unstoppable	2010	producer
The Pillars of the Earth	2010	TV Mini-Series executive producer - 9 episodes
The A-Team	2010	producer
The Real Robin Hood	2010	TV Movie documentary executive producer
Numb3rs	2005-2010	TV Series executive producer - 119 episodes
Cyrus	2010/I	executive producer
Welcome to the Rileys	2010	executive producer
Cracks	2009/I	executive producer
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	2009	producer
Into the Storm	2009	TV Movie executive producer
Tell Tale	2009	producer
The Andromeda Strain	2008	TV Mini-Series executive producer - 4 episodes
Law Dogs	2007	TV Movie executive producer
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford	2007	executive producer
The Company	2007	TV Mini-Series executive producer - 6 episodes
Tristan + Isolde	2006	executive producer
Orpheus	2006	TV Movie executive producer
Domino	2005	producer
In Her Shoes	2005	executive producer
Man on Fire	2004	producer
Ticker	2002	Short executive producer
Beat the Devil	2002	Short executive producer
Hostage	2002	Short executive producer
The Gathering Storm	2002	TV Movie executive producer
AFP: American Fighter Pilot	2002	TV Series executive producer
Big Time	2001	executive producer
The Last Debate	2000	TV Movie executive producer
Where the Money Is	2000	executive producer
RKO 281	1999	TV Movie executive producer
The Hunger	1997-1999	TV Series executive producer - 4 episodes
Clay Pigeons	1998	executive producer

Director

Director

Title	Year	Status	Character
Unstoppable	2010
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	2009
Numb3rs	2007	TV Series 1 episode
Deja Vu	2006
Domino	2005
Agent Orange	2004	Short
Man on Fire	2004
Beat the Devil	2002	Short
Spy Game	2001
The Hunger	1997-1999	TV Series 2 episodes
Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael	1999	Video documentary video "One More Try"
Enemy of the State	1998
The Fan	1996
Crimson Tide	1995
True Romance	1993
The Last Boy Scout	1991
The King of Ads	1991	Documentary segment "Smarties commercial"
Days of Thunder	1990
Revenge	1990/I
Beverly Hills Cop II	1987
Top Gun	1986
The Hunger	1983
Nouvelles de Henry James	1976	TV Series 1 episode
Loving Memory	1971	as Anthony Scott
RHM Mother's Pride Supermarket Raid 87670	1971	Short
One of the Missing	1969	Short

Actor

Actor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Angelo nero	1998	TV Movie
Cityscrapes: Los Angeles	1994		Director B
Spearfield's Daughter	1986	TV Mini-Series	Police Lieutenant
Number One	1985	TV Movie	Danny
Boy and Bicycle	1965	Short	The Boy

Cinematographer

Cinematographer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Loving Memory	1971	as Anthony Scott, photography
Forum	1969
One of the Missing	1969	Short as Anthony Scott, photographed by

Writer

Writer

Title	Year	Status	Character
Loving Memory	1971	written by - as Anthony Scott
One of the Missing	1969	Short as Anthony Scott

Editor

Editor

Title	Year	Status	Character
Loving Memory	1971	as Anthony Scott
One of the Missing	1969	Short as Anthony Scott

Thanks

Thanks

Title	Year	Status	Character
The Escape	2016/VI	Short in memory of
Jake and the Giants	2015	the producers wish to thank
Exodus: Gods and Kings	2014	dedicatee
Revenge	2014/I	special thanks
Phantom	2013/I	very special thanks
The Day I Kidnapped Tom Cruise	2012	Short very special thanks
The Disappointment of Jonathan Bender	2012	Short in memory of
Necessary Measures	2012	TV Mini-Series dedicatee - 2012-2013
Django Unchained	2012	in memory of
10 Metres	2012	very special thanks
Hall of Fame	2012	in memory of
The Good Wife	2012	TV Series in memory of - 1 episode
The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards	2012	TV Special in memory of
Coma	2012	TV Mini-Series in memory of - 1 episode
La vida loca	2008	Documentary special thanks
Hard Candy	2005	thanks
Donnie Darko	2001	special thanks
Reservoir Dogs	1992	special thanks

Self

Self

Title	Year	Status	Character
Omnibus	1992	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Making of 'Beverly Hills Cop II'	1987	Video short	Himself
Top Gun: Behind the Scenes	1986	Video short	Himself
Top Gun: Survival Training	1986	Video short	Himself
Derailed: Anatomy of a Scene	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
Hanging Off the Train: Stunt Work of 'Unstoppable'	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
On the Rails with the Director and Cast of 'Unstoppable'	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
The Fastest Track: Unleashing 'Unstoppable'	2011	Video documentary short	Himself
2010 Britannia Awards	2010	TV Special	Himself
From the Top Down: Stylizing Character	2009	Video short	Himself
No Time to Lose: The Making of 'Pelham 123'	2009	Video documentary short	Himself
The Third Rail: New York Underground	2009	Video documentary short	Himself
Up Close with Carrie Keagan	2009	TV Series	Himself
Crunching Numb3rs: Season Four - Trust Metric	2008	Video documentary	Himself
Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner	2007	Video documentary	Himself
Obsession: The Sex and Violence of Revenge	2007	Video documentary short	Himself
Déj	2007	Video documentary	Himself
Déj	2007	Video documentary	Himself
Film '72	2006	TV Series	Himself
All Access: The Showdown of 'Enemy of the State'	2006	Video short	Himself
Bounty Hunting on Acid: Tony Scott's Visual Style	2006	Video documentary short	Himself - Director and Producer
I Am a Bounty Hunter: Domino Harvey's Life	2006	Video documentary short	Himself - Director and Producer
Vengeance Is Mine: Reinventing 'Man on Fire'	2005	Video documentary	Himself
Danger Zone: The Making of 'Top Gun'	2004	Video documentary	Himself
Charlie Rose	2004	TV Series	Himself - Guest
HBO First Look	2004	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Making of 'Man on Fire'	2004	TV Short documentary	Himself
100 Greatest Sexy Moments	2003	TV Movie documentary	Himself
True Romance: Behind the Scenes	2002	Video documentary short	Himself
VH-1 Behind the Movie	2002	TV Series documentary	Himself
Beverly Hills Cop II: The Phenomenon Continues	2002	Video documentary short	Himself - Director
The Men from the Agency	2002	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Story Behind: Top Gun	2001	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Making of 'Spy Game'	2001	Video documentary short	Himself
Conversations with Jerry Bruckheimer	2000	Video documentary short	Himself
The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Money	1998	TV Movie documentary	Himself
The Directors	1997	TV Series documentary	Himself
The Works	1996	TV Series documentary
The Making of 'Crimson Tide'	1995	Video documentary short	Himself
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	1995	Documentary	Himself
All Access: On the Set of 'Crimson Tide'	1995	Video short	Himself
The Making of 'True Romance'	1993	Video documentary short	Himself

Archive Footage

Archive Footage

Title	Year	Status	Character
The 85th Annual Academy Awards	2013	TV Special	Himself - Director (In Memoriam)
The EE British Academy Film Awards	2013	TV Special	Memorial Tribute
The Making of 'Enemy of the State'	2006	Video documentary short	Himself

Won awards

Won awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2011	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Nonfiction Special	Gettysburg (2011)	· Mary Lisio (executive producer) · Ridley Scott (executive producer) · Julian Hobbs (executive producer for history) · Mary Donahue (executive producer for history) · Christopher G. Cowen (producer) · David McKillop (executive producer for history)
2005	WFCC Award	Women Film Critics Circle Awards	Hall of Shame	Domino (2005)
2002	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	The Gathering Storm (2002)	· Ridley Scott (executive producer) · Julie Payne (executive producer) · Tracey Scoffield (executive producer for the bbc) · Lisa Ellzey (co-executive producer) · Frank Doelger (producer) · David M. Thompson (producer)
1995	Michael Balcon Award	BAFTA Awards
1971	Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley	Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival	Best Short Film	One of the Missing (1969)

Nominated awards

Nominated awards

Year	Award	Ceremony	Nomination	Movie	Award shared with
2014	CinEuphoria	CinEuphoria Awards	Best Film - International Competition	Stoker (2013)	· Michael Costigan (producer) · Ridley Scott (producer) · Chan-wook Park (director)
2012	PGA Award	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Drama	The Good Wife (2009)	· Brooke Kennedy · Michelle King · Robert King · Ridley Scott · David W. Zucker
2011	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	The Good Wife (2009)	· Ridley Scott (executive producer) · Robert King (executive producer) · Michelle King (executive producer) · David W. Zucker (executive producer) · Brooke Kennedy (executive producer) · Ted Humphrey (co-executive producer) · Leonard Dick (co-executive producer) · Keith Eisner (co-executive producer) · Courtney Kemp Agboh (producer) · Corinne Brinkerhoff (producer)
2011	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries or Movie	The Pillars of the Earth (2010)	· David A. Rosemont (executive producer) · Jonas Bauer (executive producer) · Tim Halkin (executive producer) · Michael Prupas (executive producer) · David W. Zucker (executive producer) · Rola Bauer (executive producer) · Ridley Scott (executive producer) · John Ryan (producer)
2011	Movies for Grownups Award	AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	Best Director	Unstoppable (2010)
2011	Critics Choice Award	Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	Best Action Movie	Unstoppable (2010)
2010	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama Series	The Good Wife (2009)	· Robert King (executive producer) · Michelle King (executive producer) · David W. Zucker (executive producer) · Brooke Kennedy (executive producer) · Ridley Scott (executive producer) · Todd Ellis Kessler (co-executive producer) · Ted Humphrey (co-executive producer)
2008	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Miniseries	The Andromeda Strain (2008)	· Ridley Scott (executive producer) · David W. Zucker (executive producer) · Tom Thayer (executive producer) · Mikael Salomon (co-executive producer) · Clara George (produced by)
2003	DVD Premiere Award	DVD Exclusive Awards	Best Internet Video Premiere	Beat the Devil (2002)
2003	PGA Award	PGA Awards	Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television	The Gathering Storm (2002)	· Ridley Scott · Julie Payne · Frank Doelger
2000	Primetime Emmy	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Made for Television Movie	RKO 281 (1999)	· Ridley Scott (executive producer) · Diane Minter Lewis (co-executive producer) · Chris Zarpas (co-executive producer) · Su Armstrong
1996	Golden Seashell	San Sebastián International Film Festival		The Fan (1996)
1995	International Fantasy Film Award	Fantasporto	Best Film	True Romance (1993)



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#	Quote
1	[while reminiscing on his early days in Hollywood and career] Hopefully I'll be viewed as an extreme character when I pass on, you know. They might say "Wow he was out there. He was a fucking lunatic." And I like to be viewed in that way. But um, those years there seemed to be a lot of extreme individuals, and hopefully I'll be perceived and put in the same box.
2	[on making action films] The most dangerous moments come from boredom. Each of those slam bang sequences take hours to set up. The menace come from the stunt men who get so sick of standing around that they get careless. It's usually best to cut down on the waiting by planning two stunt sequences at once.
3	[on Top Gun (1986) and similar films] I see these pilots as rock 'n' roll stars of the skies. I see deep blue skies and silver steel. I hear the rock music and smell the jet fuel. I love shooting real things in the real world.
4	Ridley makes films for posterity. My films are more rock 'n' roll.
5	I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently.
6	The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face, and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through?
7	The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life.
8	I always get criticized for style over content, unlike Ridley's films that go into the classic box right away. Mine sort of hover. Maybe with time people will start saying they should be classics, but I think I'm always perceived as reaching too hard for difference, and difference doesn't categorize you as the 'classic category'.
9	(The studio) saw a cut of The Hunger (1983) and all of a sudden my parking spot at Warner Brothers was painted out.
10	[on Days of Thunder (1990)] The problem was, we started on the movie without a script. Tom [Cruise] was already part of the line-up when I arrived and they said: "Tom can sit behind the wheel of a race car and smoke a cigarette and this movie will make a fortune." And that was the attitude we went in with. Robert Towne would be writing the scenes at night, we would shoot in the morning. It was a dangerous way to work. But we really thought, "Look - it's racing cars and it's Tom Cruise!" But you always have to get a story and you've got to get character first, and we hadn't.
11	[on Tom Cruise] A magnet for women.
12	[on Ridley Scott] Nobody does toga movies like my brother.



#	Trademark
1	Advocate of "chiaroscuro" cinematographic style (contrasting lighting)
2	Often ended a film with a shootout. See True Romance (1993), The Last Boy Scout (1991), Enemy of the State (1998).
3	Frequently had sunlight flashing at characters to make the picture more effective.
4	Kinetic, choppy editing
5	Has used dogs in many of his movies including Top Gun (1986), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), The Fan (1996), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004) and Domino (2005).
6	[director's trademark - camera pan across a large tower] The "top of the world" tower at the casino in Domino and Beat The Devil, the tower in Mexico City at the start of Man on Fire.
7	Often casted Denzel Washington and Christopher Walken.
8	Constantly wore a faded red baseball cap. It often appeared in his films.



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