Tony Scott was born on June 21, 1944 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, North East England. He was known for directing action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Spy Game (2001), Déjà Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010). 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. Tony Scott jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge (pictured above in 2003) on 19 August 2012. On 19 August 2012, at approximately 12:30 pm. PDT, Scott killed himself by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the San Pedro port district of Los Angeles.

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