Guy Ritchie

Directing·Sep 10, 1968·Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK

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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 crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film, Snatch (2000), which was found to be critical and commercially successful. 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. The former was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Original Score and Best Art Direction. His other directed films include The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), based on the 1960s television series King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), and Aladdin (2019), Disney's live-action adaptation of their 1992 animated film which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in 2019 and the highest-grossing film of Ritchie's career. In 2019, he returned to crime comedy with The Gentlemen (2019), which was mainly well-received and a commercial success. He subsequently reteamed with Jason Statham on the action films Wrath of Man (2021) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023). His second film of 2023, The Covenant, received generally positive reviews. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Ritchie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Film	Credit
VViva la Madness2028 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Wife & Dog2027 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
In the Grey2026 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Fountain of Youth2025 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare2024 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant2023 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre2023 · Writer, Producer, Director	Writer, Producer, Director
Wrath of Man2021 · Producer, Director, Screenplay	Producer, Director, Screenplay
The Gentlemen2020 · Director, Producer, Screenplay	Director, Producer, Screenplay
Aladdin2019 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword2017 · Inn Owner (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay	Inn Owner (uncredited), Director, Producer, Screenplay
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows2011 · Director	Director
Sherlock Holmes2009 · Director	Director
RocknRolla2008 · Director, Producer, Writer	Director, Producer, Writer
Revolver2005 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Swept Away2002 · Director, Screenplay	Director, Screenplay
Star2001 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Snatch2000 · Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited), Director, Writer	Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited), Director, Writer
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
The Hard Case1995 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer