Guy Stuart Ritchie is an English filmmaker known for his crime films. He left high school and got entry-level jobs in the film industry in the mid-1990s. He eventually graduated to directing commercials.
Film director, Screenwriter, Film Producer, Television producer, Businessperson, Actor, Copywriter
Education
Stanbridge Earls School
Nationality
United Kingdom
Spouse
Madonna (m. 2000–2008)
Children
David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie, Rocco Ritchie, Rafael Ritchie
Parents
Amber Parkinson, John Vivian Ritchie
Siblings
Kevin Bayton, Tabitha Ritchie
Partner
Jacqui Ainsley (2010–)
Nicknames
Guy Stuart Ritchie
Awards
Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay (2000), MTV Movie Award for Best New Filmmaker (1999), London Film Critics Circle Award, Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Director (1998), Evening Standard British Film Award
Nominations
BAFTA Award for Best British Film, British Independent Film Award for Best British Independent Film, British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay, British Independent Film Award for Best Director, British Independent Film Award Douglas Hickox Award (Directorial Debut)
Movies
‘Snatch’ (2000), ‘Mean Machine’ (2001), ‘RocknRolla’ (2008), ‘Suspect’ (2007), ‘Sherlock Holmes’ (2009), ‘Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows’ (2011), ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’, 'The Knights of the Round Table: King Arthur' (2017), 'King Arthur: Legend of the Sword' (2017)
TV Shows
"What it Feels Like for a Girl"(2005), "Star"
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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His films often feature characters who seem unstoppable and near-indestructible (e.g Boris the Blade from _Snatch (2000)_, the Chechnyans from _RocknRolla (2007)_, and Dredger from Sherlock Holmes (2009)).
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Frequent use of humor in violent scenes
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Frequently employs the use of high speed photography in action sequences
$6,000,000 (back-end for directing, based on worldwide gross of $523,000,000, and share of DVD and pay-TV revenue)
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Quote
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(On why he cast Madonna in Swept Away (2002)) Because she was cheap and available.
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[on claims by Madonna's brother that he's homophobic] You'd be hard pushed to be a homophobe and marry Madonna!
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Creatively, we like the same sort of things, so it just makes sense to work together. (on working with wife Madonna)
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As I get more and more involved in the child's world with Rocco [his son] I'm getting interested in making a film for children.
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I'd like to work with the missus, but there's nothing in the pipeline at the moment.
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The English countryside is the most staggeringly beautiful place. I can't spend as much time there as I like, but I like everything about it. I like fishing, I like clay- pigeon shooting. I am not involved in any 'issues' because it's too sensitive for me - or my wife - to get involved. Every time we express an opinion it becomes a whole thing in itself. And the whole purpose of living in the countryside was to get away from hundreds of people. My wife fell off a horse, and suddenly there are hundreds of people around.
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I'm not politically motivated. I used to be - passionately. I used to be very Left wing. Then I went very Right wing, and now I rest somewhere in the middle.
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I am relatively familiar with getting a good old rumping from the critics. In some cases, the critics just didn't like the film - fair cop. Others, I think, didn't understand it.
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We are not that flash, me or the missus. In fact, we are quite low-maintenance.
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I can understand that the whole world is interested in my wife. That's even why I married her.
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Fact
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Third child with fiancé Jacqui Ainsley, a son Levi Ritchie, was born on June 8, 2014.
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Was originally set to direct Layer Cake (2004), but dropped out due to other commitments. It was directed by his previous collaborator Matthew Vaughn.
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Is an avid fan of the English football club Chelsea FC.
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Welcomed a daughter, Rivka Ritchie, with fiancé Jacqui Ainsley on November 29, 2012.
He and wife Madonna adopted a boy from Malawi, David Banda Mwale Ciccone Ritchie (born September 24th 2005). They filed the adoption papers on October 10, 2006 and the adoption was finalized on May 28, 2008.
Stepmother, Shireen Ritchie, is chairwoman of the ultra-chic Kensington and Chelsea Conservative Association (UK).
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During the MTV Movie Awards, Will Smith arrived on a horse to perform the song from Wild Wild West (1999) and the horse accidentally stepped on Guy's foot, injuring him.
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Dropped out of school when he was 15.
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Is dyslexic.
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His first child with Madonna, a son Rocco John, was born by emergency C-section - 3 weeks early. [August 2000]