Guy Ritchie

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Ritchie's work has been recognized primarily by British and international critics' circles. His debut feature Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels swept the 1999 Empire Awards, winning Best British Film and earning him Best Director the following year for Snatch. He is one of the few directors to have an Edgar Allan Poe Award for screenwriting. While he has not received major Hollywood honors, his films have grossed over $3 billion combined, and Aladdin ranks among the highest-grossing live-action Disney remakes. Ritchie was ranked #1 on Empire's 2015 list of the greatest British directors of all time.

AwardsRitchie won the Empire Award for Best British Film for Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) and Best Director for Snatch (2000). He also won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay for Lock, Stock (shared with Matthew Vaughn). The Evening Standard British Film Awards named Lock, Stock Best Film in 1999. He received the London Film Critics Circle Award for British Newcomer of the Year and the MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker, both for his debut. His early short film The Hard Case won a Royal Television Society Award. Ritchie has not won an Oscar, Golden Globe, or BAFTA.

Rankings & Lists

The 10 Greatest British Directors of All Time

Empire Magazine·2015

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The 50 Best Directors Working Today

The Guardian·2020

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The 100 Greatest Directors of All Time

Total Film·2015

Magazine Covers

GQ (UK)

October 2019

Guy Ritchie: The Return of the King

The Hollywood Reporter

January 2020

Guy Ritchie on 'The Gentlemen,' His Billion-Dollar Year and Why He'll Never Work with Madonna Again

Variety

May 2019

Guy Ritchie on 'Aladdin' and His Billion-Dollar Comeback

Esquire (UK)

March 2021

Guy Ritchie: The Director Who Never Stopped Believing