Guy Ritchie

Guy Ritchie directs Screen Gems' Swept Away - 2002

Biography

Born 09/10/1968

Though he may have enjoyed cultivating his image as a bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks, British filmmaker Guy Ritchie roots were steeped in England’s upper class. Nonetheless, Ritchie directed some of the most stylish caper comedies about blue collar thugs and other lower class misfits...
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Awards

  • In 1999, received London Critics Circle Film Award for British Screenwriter of the Year
  • In 1999, received MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker
  • In 1999, received Evening Standard British Film Award for Most Promising Newcomer

Highlights

  • In 2008, Directed (also produced and scripted) the Russian mob drama, "RocknRolla" starring Gerard Butler, Thandie Newton and Tom Wilkinson
  • In 2007, Developed the concept for the 10-issue limited series comic book, The Gamekeeper (Virgin Comics)
  • In 2005, Helmed the Vegas-themed heist film "Revolver"; film was also critically panned

Family & Companions

  • Rebecca Green: born c. 1974; daughter of British tycoon Michael Green; her parents reportedly financed "The Hard Case", his short film that became his calling card for "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
  • David Banda: son (With wife Madonna, took custody of a motherless one year-old boy from Malawi on Oct. 12, 2006, after filing adoption papers; adoption finalized in May 2008 )
  • Lourdes Maria Leon: step-daughter (Born Oct. 14, 1996; mother, Madonna; father, Carlos Leon )

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