Guy Ritchie
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Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English filmmaker known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films.
Guy Ritchie is an English filmmaker who has become well-known for making British comedy gangster films and big-budget action-adventure movies. His work matters because he has helped define a distinctive style of crime comedy filmmaking and has established himself as a major director in the action-adventure genre.
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Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert Downey Jr. Ritchie left school at the age of 15. He worked in entry-level jobs in the film industry before directing television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the…
Known for
- Untold UK: Vinnie Jones — Self - (archive footage)2026
- King Arthur: Legend of the Sword — Inn Owner (uncredited)2017
- The Guv'nor — himself2016
- The Men in Blazers Show — Self2014
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson: A Perfect Chemistry — Self2012
- Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented — Self2010
- Live from Studio Five — Self2009
- The Graham Norton Show — Self2007
- I'm Going to Tell You a Secret — Self2005
- Celebrities Uncensored — Self2003
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guy
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Hatfield
- Spouse
- Jacqui Ainsley
- Occupation
- entrepreneur
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Notable work
- Aladdin
- Genre
- black comedy
- Sport
- judo
- Image
- GuyRitchiebyKathyHutchins.jpg
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- United Kingdom
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- Commons category
- Guy Ritchie
- date of birth
- 1968-09-10
- name in native language
- Guy Ritchie
- start of work period
- 1995-00-00
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Guy Ritchie
- has works in the collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- social media followers
- 45903
- member of
- Writers Guild of America, East
- medical condition
- dyslexia
- influenced by
- Danny Boyle
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- Template:Guy Ritchie
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Encyclopedic overview
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English filmmaker known primarily for British comedy gangster films and large-scale action-adventure films.
Ritchie left school at the age of 15, and worked in entry-level jobs in the film industry before going on to direct television commercials. In 1995, he directed a short film, The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film, Snatch (2000), which found critical and commercial success. Following Snatch, Ritchie directed Swept Away (2002), a critically panned box-office bomb starring Madonna, to whom Ritchie was married between 2000 and 2008. He went on to direct Revolver (2005) and RocknRolla (2008), which were less successful and received mixed reviews. In 2009 and 2011, he directed the box-office hits Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows starring Robert Downey Jr. as the title character. The former was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Original Score and Best Art Direction.
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