Guy Stuart Ritchie\u00a0(born 10 September 1968)\u00a0is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British\u00a0gangster films\u00a0and the\u00a0Sherlock Holmes films starring\u00a0Robert Downey Jr.<\/p>\n
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,\u00a0The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy\u00a0Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998), his feature-length\u00a0directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film,\u00a0Snatch\u00a0(2000), which was found to be critical and commercially successful. Following\u00a0Snatch, Ritchie directed\u00a0Swept Away\u00a0(2002), a critically panned\u00a0box-office bomb\u00a0starring\u00a0Madonna, to whom Ritchie was married between 2000 and 2008. He went on to direct\u00a0Revolver (2005) and\u00a0RocknRolla\u00a0(2008), which were less successful and received mixed reviews. In 2009 and 2011, he directed the box-office hits Sherlock Holmes\u00a0and its sequel,\u00a0Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The former was nominated for\u00a0Academy Awards\u00a0in\u00a0Best Original Score\u00a0and\u00a0Best Art Direction.<\/p>\n
His other directed films include\u00a0The Man from U.N.C.L.E.\u00a0(2015), based on the\u00a01960s television series\u00a0King Arthur: Legend of the Sword\u00a0(2017),\u00a0and\u00a0Aladdin\u00a0(2019),\u00a0Disney’s live-action adaptation\u00a0of their\u00a01992 animated film which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, becoming one of the\u00a0highest-grossing films in 2019\u00a0and the highest-grossing film of Ritchie’s career. In 2019, he returned to crime comedy with\u00a0The Gentlemen\u00a0(2019), which was mainly well-received and a commercial success. He subsequently reteamed with\u00a0Jason Statham\u00a0on the action films\u00a0Wrath of Man\u00a0(2021) and\u00a0Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre\u00a0(2023). His second film of 2023,\u00a0The Covenant, received generally positive reviews.<\/p>\n
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Guy Stuart Ritchie\u00a0(born 10 September 1968)\u00a0is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British\u00a0gangster films\u00a0and the\u00a0Sherlock Holmes films starring\u00a0Robert 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,\u00a0The Hard Case, followed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-487","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n