{"id":27553,"date":"2026-07-10T18:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=tony-scott"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:45:46","slug":"tony-scott","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=tony-scott","title":{"rendered":"Tony Scott"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Anthony David Leighton Scott (June 21, 1944 \u2013 August 19, 2012) was an English and American film director, producer and actor. He was known for directing highly successful action and thriller films such as Top Gun (1986), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Days of Thunder (1990), The Last Boy Scout (1991), True Romance (1993), Crimson Tide (1995), Enemy of the State (1998), Man on Fire (2004), D\u00e9j\u00e0 Vu (2006), and Unstoppable (2010).<\/p>\n<p>Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott. 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