Director
Guy Ritchie
58 years · Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England, UK · 28 films
Guy Stuart Ritchie (born 10 September 1968) is an English film director, producer and screenwriter. His work includes British gangster films and the Sherlock Holmes films starring Robert 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, The Hard Case, followed by the crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels(1998), his feature-length directorial debut. He gained recognition with his second film, Snatch (2000), which was found to be critical and commercially successful. Following Snatch, Ritchie directed Swept Away (2002), a critically panned box-office bomb starring Madonna, to whom Ritchie was married between 2000 and 2008. He went on to direct Revolver (2005) and RocknRolla (2008), which were less successful and received mixed reviews. In 2009 and 2011, he directed the box-office hits Sherlock Holmes and its sequel, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. The former was nominated for Academy Awards in Best Original Score and Best Art Direction. His other directed films include The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015), based on the 1960s television series King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), and Aladdin (2019), Disney's live-action adaptation of their 1992 animated film which grossed over $1 billion worldwide, becoming one of the highest-grossing films in 2019 and the highest-grossing film of Ritchie's career. In 2019, he returned to crime comedy with The Gentlemen (2019), which was mainly well-received and a commercial success. He subsequently reteamed with Jason Statham on the action films Wrath of Man (2021) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023). His second film of 2023, The Covenant, received generally positive reviews. Description above from the Wikipedia article Guy Ritchie, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Best known for
Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Director
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Director
Aladdin
2019 · Director, Screenplay
On Disney Plus
Snatch
2000 · Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited), Director
On Sundance Now
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998 · Director, Writer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 · Director, Screenplay
On YouTube
Filmography 26
Untold UK: Vinnie Jones
2026 · Self - (archive footage)
On Netflix
In the Grey
2026 · Director, Producer
On Philo
Fountain of Youth
2025 · Director, Producer
On Apple TV
The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
2024 · Producer, Director
Guy Ritchie's The Covenant
2023 · Director, Producer
On YouTube Free
Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre
2023 · Writer, Producer
On Lionsgate+ Amazon Channel
Wrath of Man
2021 · Producer, Director
On Amazon Prime Video
The Gentlemen
2020 · Director, Producer
On Netflix
Aladdin
2019 · Director, Screenplay
On Disney Plus
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
2017 · Inn Owner (uncredited), Director
On VIX
The Guv'nor
2016 · himself
On fuboTV
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
2015 · Director, Screenplay
On YouTube
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011 · Director
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
2010 · Self
Sherlock Holmes
2009 · Director
RocknRolla
2008 · Director, Producer
On Howdy Amazon Channel
I'm Going to Tell You a Secret
2005 · Self
Revolver
2005 · Director, Writer
On Howdy Amazon Channel
Swept Away Movie Special
2002 · Self
Swept Away
2002 · Director, Screenplay
On Troma NOW
Making 'Snatch'
2001 · Self
Star
2001 · Director, Writer
Snatch
2000 · Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited), Director
On Sundance Now
Victoria's Secrets
2000 · Self